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  • The offshored American

    Will the American 'grip and grin' spirit see increasing numbers of tech professionals working overseas?

  • Offshore is in -- get used to it

    Are you ready for eight more months of demagoguery about how to stop the loss of American technology jobs? I'm sure you're as thrilled about that prospect as I am.

  • Protesters picket US outsourcing powwow

    A conference instructing companies on moving technology work and other jobs overseas drew picketers, in one of the first demonstrations protesting the practice to hit the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • It's not offshoring, it's a euphemism

    Euphemism is alive and well again when it comes to axing jobs in America and elsewhere.

  • Calling tech companies to account

    A report which lifts the lid on the appalling conditions faced by workers in tech manufacturing sites in developing nations should make the world's tech heavyweights duck for cover.

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  • It's not offshoring, it's a euphemism

    Euphemism is alive and well again when it comes to axing jobs in America and elsewhere.

  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

  • Recruitment heavyweight says outlook bright for tech jobs

    IT&T recruitment company Hudson has given an optimistic prediction on the job front for the rest of the year despite concerns about offshoring.

  • Linux and outsourcing 'set for boom'

    In 2004, Linux will expand its presence in key markets, while offshore outsourcing will continue at a brisk pace, analysis firm Forrester Research predicted on Wednesday.

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