Archive for April, 2007

Girls-Go-Tech : Creating Technology Dream For Girls

Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:25 No Comments

Interesting campaign to create a technology dream for Girls.  Share the word and make sure you work with atleast one girl to encourage to go tech. 
The Girls Go Tech campaign aims to encourage girls to develop an early interest in math, science, and technology and, ultimately, maintain that interest to help ensure a more diverse, [...]

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In Technology, Simplicity Sells!

Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:05 No Comments

Wonderful talk by David Pogue, NYT Technology Columnist.

New York Times technology columnist David Pogue opens his talk with a rousing musical number about the trials of customer support, then launches into some sharp commentary on “The Software Upgrade Paradox” (”Improve a piece of software enough times, you eventually ruin it”). Next he takes on the [...]

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USCIS Selects Final H1B Petitions by Random Selection - Almost a 50% chance for each Application

Friday, April 13, 2007 22:28 307 Comments

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that on April 12 it conducted the computer-generated random selection process to determine which H-1B petitions, subject to the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008), would continue to final processing. USCIS completed this determination ahead of the preliminary schedule noted on April 3, [...]

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USCIS Update on 2008 H1B Visas : 119,113 as of 9th April

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 21:59 2 Comments

As of April 9, USCIS has determined that approximately 119,193 of the H-1B petitions received on April 2 and 3 are subject to the FY 2008 congressionally mandated cap.
USCIS received on April 2 and 3 a total of approximately 12,989 cases requesting an exemption from the FY 2008 H-1B cap because they were filed on [...]

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Amazing Bangalore - A Solace in Pictures

Saturday, April 7, 2007 13:47 14 Comments

Having spent almost 4 years in Bangalore during the peak, I have seen it growing from Green to an outrageously polluted city. A 15 minutes enjoyable commute in 1999 grew to an alarming and smoking 1 hour 35 minutes by 2003 (at the time I finally left Bangalore).  Real estate prices outpaced the salary hikes of Software engineers [...]

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