Companies are still holding back on salary increases for IT professionals, and many workers say they are going to switch employers to boost their salaries, according to a report from Dice. – Even as the economy recovers and companies start hiring IT workers again,
the average pay for technology workers remained flat for a second year in a
row, according to the results of a survey released by technology and engineering career Website Dice
on Jan. 19.
The online poll of nearly 20,000 …
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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.2% in the three months ended March from a revised 2.3% the previous quarter, the Ministry of Manpower said today. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of six economists was for a jobless rate of 2.1%. The city state added an estimated 34,000 new jobs last quarter.
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices reports it generated $257 million in profit and $1.57 billion in revenue in the first quarter, making it AMD’s second consecutive quarter of profit after 12 losing quarters. CEO Dirk Meyer attributes the success to AMD’s strong product line and execution.
– Advanced Micro Devices saw a boost in server and PC revenue in the first
quarter, and overall generated $257 million in profit on $1.57 billion in
revenue.
The quarter was the second in a row in which the world’s
second-largest chip maker saw a profit after 12 consecutive quarters of losses.
CE…
Another fossil human, this time from South Africa
THIS year is shaping up to be a good one for human palaeontology. Two weeks ago, on March 24th, what appears to be an entire new species of human was announced on the basis of the DNA preserved in a single finger bone from Siberia. Now, another manlike species has been described using more traditional evidence, from a more traditional source of ancient human remains: Africa.
The new species, dubbed Australopithecus sediba, is reported in Science this week by Lee Berger and his colleagues at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg. It is represented by the fragmentary remains of two skeletons found in caves at a site called Malapa, in South Africa. As a member of the genus Australopithecus, sediba is less manlike than the as-yet-unnamed Siberian discovery, which was a member of the genus Homo. Palaeoanthropologists are nevertheless excited because some of its features, particularly the shape of its pelvis (which would have made upright walking more efficient) and the size of its teeth (which were smaller than those of its ancestors), have a lot in common with members of Homo. At a bit less than 2m years of age, the new skeletons seem to be younger than the oldest known representatives of Homo, and therefore cannot be directly ancestral to that genus. Nevertheless, these features suggest to some that an ancestor of A. sediba was also an ancestor of Homo, and thus of modern humanity. …
Recognizing financial improvements and expanded disclosures in its annual CSR report, CRO Magazine ranked Intel #2 on its annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, which came out today. The List compares Russell 1000® companies’ performance in environment, climate change, human rights, employee relations, philanthropy, financial and governance. Intel is one of only a few companies that have been on this list every year since its inception in 1999.
The company, around two-thirds owned by Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL), has cut staff and reduced capacity over the past 15 months to cope with weaker cargo volumes, but it said demand is gradually returning.
AT T posted a public note on its site, pointing out a few “key facts” about its coverage. The note comes after AT T reportedly tried to get Verizon to pull a series of holiday ads that it alleges misrepresent AT Ts coverage areas.
– AT amp;T wants to set the record straight about its
nationwide coverage, and has posted a note on its Website, offering some
“key facts” about what it covers, and how.
AT amp;T has filed a suit against Verizon Wireless, alleging
that Verizon is misleading customers about AT amp;Ts coverage area…
Aussie singer Peter Andre has hit back at ex-wife Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan’s claims of him having an affair with his manager.
Andre, 36, issued an official statement after the former model suggested he was more than friends with Claire Powell on Graham Norton’s chat show.
“I am making this statement to put the record straight regarding [...]
By: Ron Hart
The last decade has seen Philadelphia jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride expand his boundaries beyond traditional bop by experimenting with a myriad of different tones and textures, from fresh hip hop breakbeats on his amazing 2001 collaboration with fellow Philly musicians keyboardist Uri Cane and Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson as The Philadelphia Experiment to Latin rhythms on his 2003 Warner Bros. Debut, Vertical Vision, to Miles style electric voodoo on his 2006 triple-disc live set at the sorely-missed Lower East Side jazz club Tonic. However, McBride always seems most at home when he’s in classic jazz mode, which makes his debut on the Mack Avenue label such a treat. Showcasing his new quintet, Inside Straight – vibraphonist Warren Wolf, Jr., modern sax great Steve Wilson, pianist Eric Reed and drummer Carl Allen – the album pays homage to two of his biggest heroes, bassist Ray Brown and one of his first bosses, the recently departed trumpet guru Freddie Hubbard, on his most traditional work since 2006′s New York Time.
However, sonically speaking, Kind of Brown is an album that will surely take jazz heads back to their favorite Blue Note-era Bobby Hutcherson titles like 1969′s Now! and 1974′s Cirrus, particularly in the interplay between Wolf and Wilson on compositions like “Rainbow Wheel” and “The Shade of the Cedar Tree,” an ode to McBride’s New York Time bandmate and hard bop great Cedar Walton. As a bassist, McBride himself displays his strong allegiance to the work of Charles Mingus on the stirring tribute to his old boss, the late Freddie Hubbard, via Hub’s 1978 homage to basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabar entitled “Theme for Kareem” (check the hot solo around the 4:00 mark) and the luscious “Pursuit of Peace,” a tight workout that really projects this Philly boy’s growth as a leader in his own right. Coupled with amazing cover art courtesy of illustrator Keith Henry Brown and designer Raj Naik, Kind of Brown is easily one of the finest new jazz releases of 2009.
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