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Study: Skills Shortage Boosts Salaries
An annual study on hiring and compensation trends revealed that IT professionals may have more negotiating power than they think, and VARs may soon be paying more for their services. According to the study, conducted by IT staffing consultant Robert Half International and online job site CareerBuilder.com, 81 percent of hiring managers said it is…
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Linspire Frees Click ‘N Run Software Service
In a surprise move, Linspire is now offering its Click ‘N Run software service at no charge to its Linspire and Freespire Linux distribution customers. In addition, the company will soon be open-sourcing the CNR Client. CNR, previously a fee-based service offered at annual subscription rates of $20 for basic and $50 for premium (“Gold”)…
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Microsoft To Issue Fix For DRM Stripper App
Microsoft is preparing a fix for a program that strips the digital-rights-management protections attached to its Windows Media file format, representatives said Monday night. Armed with the program, users could theoretically download an unlimited amount of music via MTV’s Urge music service, as well as other sites that offer music for download. The “FairUse4WM” program…
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New Fujitsu 2.5-inch HDDs Feature Perpendicular Recording
Fujitsu’s U.S. subsidiary Aug. 30 introduced two new mobile hard disk drives with perpendicular magnetic recording—a feature that lets a disk greatly increase its capacity for data. The two new additions—the first mobile disks with PMR in Fujitsu’s product line—are the MHW2160BH series, a 160GB, 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) model featuring PMR technology; and the…
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jQuery Eases JavaScript, AJAX Development
As more developers adopt the practice of AJAX-style development to create more interactive applications, they are looking for tools to make the job easier. One such tool is jQuery, which some users say makes AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) development cleaner by making using JavaScript easier. JavaScript is notoriously difficult to work with, said a…
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Court Asked to Modify Final Judgement Against Microsoft
Microsoft and the Department of Justice have formally requested that the final judgment issued in the U.S. antitrust litigation against the software giant be modified. The proposed changes will reflect the two-year extension of the provisions related to Microsoft’s licensing program for communications protocols in the Windows desktop operating system. A joint motion in this…
