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There is no doubt that conferences can be fun. But if your employer sends you to a conference, what are your responsibilities while you are attending?

One college in England is offering a masters degree program in social networking. Can a PhD in blogging be far behind?

Pick your tech exec to revive the U.S. auto industry

All of us should be on the lookout for helpful resources for unemployed IT workers, and I think I've spotted a good one: an IT training outfit based in Philadelphia called Training Camp. They appear to be genuinely out to make it easier for IT pros to get the training they need to stay employed or to regain employment.

What IBM’s layoff really means

In today's podcast: IBM reportedly ready for more layoffs; Dell improves its enterprise offerings; and Cisco releases security updates for IOS.

In today's podcast: Intel freezes employee salaries; former US official sentenced for accessing passport info; and HP releases tool to find vulnerabilities in Flash.

Massive layoffs hopefully aren't an expedient first step being discussed at the IBM-Sun negotiating table, suggests Don Tennant in this week's editorial.

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The economy is in the toilet. Foreclosures are skyrocketing. Unemployment is rising. 401ks have lost value. What should you do? Here's an idea: Why not travel the world?

Wait, what?

What is it about tech execs and guitars? Do they all secretly want to be on the guy on the stage at the concert? I think so.

Congratulations to Seth Weintraub on his win of this year's Best blog at yesterday's Neal Awards. The judges mentioned the excellent use of video as reason for the honor. I bet they loved the video of Seth snowblogging from the Alps.

Have you attended the RSA Conference in the past couple of years and have also recently lost your job? Here's an opportunity to go to RSA again on their dime.

If IT vendors shoulder more of the burden of the recession, layoffs of IT workers can again become a last resort, urges Don Tennant in this week's editorial.

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Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is one of the most vocal opponents of the H-1B visa program in the country, and is a hero to many in the anti-H-1B crowd. But his clarity of thought has to be questioned in light of his suggestion that executives at AIG should kill themselves.

In today's podcast: Dell lays off workers to cut costs; OLPC almost ready to dump x86 for Arm; and SAP and Sybase join for mobile apps.