Silicon Valley pushes for visa bill to boost high tech labor
Pratibha Gupta, IIT graduate with Citibank India experience, secures an H-1B visa and work offers in Santa Clara. With unemployment low, companies lobby Congress for nearly 600,000 new H-1B visas over three years. Clinton expected to sign as industry warns of talent shortages and offshore movement. Cisco notes 2,500 vacancies and 300 foreign workers among 34,000 staff.
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New dot suffixes may bring .kids .sex to the Web
The Internet may soon add suffixes such as .kids and .sex allowing user searches for family friendly or adult content. ICANN has accepted 47 domain proposals and will announce the final list by November 20, marking the first major growth in over a decade. 244 regional suffixes exist already and registration firms face a $50,000 application fee to participate in the new suffix rollout.
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Suffolk County votes to ban hand held cell phones in cars
Suffolk County lawmakers approve a 12 to 6 measure banning drivers from using hand held cell phones with hands free devices required. Emergency calls exempt. enforcement starts January. fines reach 150 dollars. The move follows similar laws in New Jersey Ohio and Pennsylvania and cites a Virginia crash as catalyst.
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