AT&T; to cut 12,000 employees through 2009
AT&T; will layoff 12,000 people through 2009 as it reorganizes and in the face of the tough economic environment. Read more...

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Profile: Microsoft hires noted database researcher to help scale SQL Server

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FAQ: Why Obama may back an H-1B increase even in a recession

Hoax e-mail postponing election sent to 35,000 at GMU

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2008 Salary Survey: IT pay takes tiny leaps
If you're like the almost 7,000 respondents to our survey, your paycheck this year has been flattened and your bonus obliterated. So what do you do to survive these tight times? Here are 12 ways to plump up your skinny paycheck.

Wall Street's Losses May Be Computer Science's Gain
The collapse of Wall Street may help make computer science and IT careers attractive to students who abandoned these fields in droves after the pop of the last big bubble, the dot-com bust of 2001.

Glory days: How high school shaped nine IT leaders
Nine IT leaders reflect on their high school selves and how their younger personas affected the adults they've become.

Add a staffing firm to your job search arsenal
The right partner in your job search can help connect you with unadvertised positions, provide skills training and résumé revamping, or offer the flexibility of consulting opportunities -- in addition to easing the stress of a job hunt.

Opinion: Rah, Rah, Apple U.
With Yale's Joel Podolny set to run an internal 'Apple University' program at Apple Inc., Computerworld columnist Dan Turner takes a look at the idea and what it might mean for company workers. Apple, as usual, is being tight-lipped.

Satisfaction, Security & Stress: Where do IT professionals stand?
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Opinion: The hottest IT skills survive a cool economy
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Career Watch
A focus on educating IT leaders at NYU; IT workers are less engaged than other employees.

Go Back to School
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Bump Up Your Bonus
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