Weekly Ten: I.T. Glory Days Gone, Linux - The New 'Hot' Job Skill, iPhone Devs Flee Underground | Linux Today

Weekly Ten: I.T. Glory Days Gone, Linux – The New ‘Hot’ Job Skill, iPhone Devs Flee Underground

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 11, 2009

“1. Are the Glory Days Long Gone for I.T.?
IF Thomas M. Siebel can accurately see the future, computer science
students with the entrepreneurial gene may want to look for a
different major. And investors who think that information
technology is a sector that will produce outsized returns should
wake up.
More @ NYTimes.com

“2. Scaling Up a Quantum Computer
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) in Boulder, CO, have demonstrated multiple computing
operations on quantum bits–a crucial step toward building a
practical quantum computer. More @ TechnologyReview

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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