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Submission + - Praying for Goodness from Google (cio.com)

knash writes: "Admit it. We're all sick of Google the Kingmaker. If Google's mysterious spiders and algorithms and server nymphs see your site, you're golden. Or at least not dead in the Internet waters. But if Google won't give you a second look, woe is you. Let us then bow our heads...CIO.com posts a Prayer to Google, for those who seek guidance, strength and page views. Here's a snippet: Google is my shepherd, I shall not want for page views and ad revenues. It helpeth me find what I seek and leadeth me through the Internet and maketh me pots of money. Lo, though I walk through the Valley of Spam ..."
United States

Submission + - Offshoring's Impact: More R&D; Less Gloom-and- (cio.com)

Chris Lindquist writes: "The ramifications of globalization will have a long-term impact on our standard of living in the U.S., or so says entrepreneur-turned-academic Vivek Wadhwa. For many, there's no surprise there. But, he adds, offshoring and guest workers aren't necessarily the portents of gloom and doom that they're made out to be — at least for U.S. companies (if not their workers). Why care what Wadhwa says? He was one earliest executives to outsource software development to Russia in the early 1990s and isn't shy about touting his leading-edge use of H-1B visas, because 'When you have a person on H-1B waiting for a green card, you have them captive for six to 10 years.'"
Businesses

Submission + - Argonne Lab Helps Personalize Manufacturing (anl.gov)

Chris Lindquist writes: "Fab Labs: Coming soon to a town near you? That's quite likely if you live in the Chicagoland area. Argonne National Lab recently opened a "personal manufacturing" facility at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and has plans in the works for five to ten similar facilities in the Chicago area. The labs — based on open-source software and off-the-shelf manufacturing equipment (laser cutters, mini milling machines and the like) — would be open to school groups and others interested in pursuing innovative, small-scale manufacturing experiments."
Businesses

Submission + - Gen Y: Love Them or Lose Them (cio.com)

Chris Lindquist writes: "Sure, they're high-maintenance, entitled, technologically sophisticated and fickle. But Generation Y, a.k.a. the Millennials, is also potentially the most high-performing generation in decades — if companies learn how to manage them. And before you whine about how pampered kids are these days, take note that Gen Y-influenced HR changes seem to be improving workplace policies for everyone."
User Journal

Submission + - Scary Stories of Tech Disaster (cio.com)

Chris Lindquist writes: "From Brad Knowles experience on "Black Wednesday," August 10, 1996 (aka "The Day AOL Killed Email Worldwide") to Michael T. Halligan's flu-fueled nightmare at Napster, CIO.com has rounded up a short collection of worst days ever to brighten this Halloween holiday season. Other lessons? Never hit "Enter" in anger, and automating a bad business process only makes it a bad business process that runs really fast ."

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