Salon.com Technology | Tech downturn doesn't slow H-1B visas Tech downturn doesn't slow H-1B visas

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Jan. 27, 2002 | SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --
U.S. demand for visas to hire skilled foreign workers rose last year despite an economic downturn that prompted companies in various industries to lay off more than 1 million workers.
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Why you can't find a decent job even with your specialized skillset.
U.S. companies and other groups applied for 342,035 H-1B work visas in 2001, up 14 percent from 2000, before the economy tumbled. The H-1B visa is a six-year visa used for bringing skilled foreign workers in sectors that have shortages of qualified U.S. workers. About half the H-1B visas the U.S. government grants each year are for computer related jobs. About half go to people from India. China is a far second.

Apple lays on the hype / Macworld to open after big build up Since Apple won't talk, everybody else will.
Rumors of the new product the Cupertino computer-maker plans to unveil when Macworld Expo 2002 kicks off today at San Francisco's Moscone Center have been flying all over gossip sites. Guesses range from a flat-panel iMac to a personal digital assistant to a G5 microchip.
The only hint that Apple Computer Inc. will give is that "This one is big, even by our standards," adding, "Count on being blown away."
Whatever that means.

Salon.com Books | The emotional machine So what would an intelligent car be like, for example?
Well, there may never be such a thing. But we used to have intelligent cars; they were called horses. And they used to know stuff that our cars don't know. They used to know where they lived and how to get home and how not to knock over people. Even how to refuel themselves. The amazing thing was that they could even make new cars. The intelligent car would be like a horse. Something that really enjoyed a good drive and prided itself on not knocking people down.