IBM denies report it will hire 2,200 in Calcutta. The company, and its Global Services outsourcing arm in particular, has been the focus of concern in the U.S. that many skilled technology jobs are being moved overseas. [Computerworld News]
7:56:01 AM    

Hardly Challenged, Duke Keeps Rolling. The second half of Duke's 85-71 victory was so lopsided that Georgia Tech Coach Paul Hewitt felt obligated to defend his team. By Viv Bernstein. [New York Times: Sports]
7:38:10 AM    

Can Silicon Valley, U.S. Lead in New Global Economy?. Can Silicon Valley compete in a true global economy? Once, this would have seemed like a foolish question. No more.

The valley, and America as a whole, had enormous competitive advantages for decades. But conditions have changed in dramatic ways -- such as the composition of the global workforce and emerging entrepreneurialism in other places.

With few exceptions, our leaders are not facing up to some of the most serious issues. But if we don't start planning -- and investing -- right now for the challenge, we could face troubles that would make even the worst recessions of the past half-century seem tame. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
7:28:03 AM    

J. Robert Oppenheimer. "Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man." [Quotes of the Day]
5:06:47 PM    

Heinrich Heine. "The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin." [Quotes of the Day]
2:30:55 PM    

Alan Turing. "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency." [Quotes of the Day]
6:35:05 AM    

Michael McClary. "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." [Quotes of the Day]

This is what I should have said to Fran Whittle when he mentioned desalination and magnetohydrodynamics as interesting fields to enter in 1959. Were I that cool in 1959 I probably would have already been in grad school. Smile.
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