Senator wants Microsoft to explain U.S. jobs loss in layoff; How to dual boot Vista and Windows

Sen. Charles Grassley wants Steve Ballmer to provide a breakdown of the jobs Microsoft plans to eliminate Microsoft Alert NetworkWorld.com | Software Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Splunk 5 Ways to see Network trouble coming Find and fix problems before they impact your network. Learn how in this Webcast, "Become a Network Psychic: 5 ways to see trouble coming and stop it before it starts." John Gallant CEO of Network World will introduce and Erik Swan, CTO, of Splunk will review timely information regarding troubleshooting and proactively monitoring the network. Review this program today. Spotlight Story This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Top pick of the week Senator wants Microsoft to account for U.S. jobs lost in layoff Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, wants Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to provide a breakdown of the jobs Microsoft plans to eliminate in terms of how many will be folks with H-1B visas and how many will be Americans, reports Reuters. Ballmer had said during a live telecast with analysts that although Microsoft plans to eliminate up to 5,000 jobs over the course of 18 months, the company also planned to hire a few thousand people for key areas like search. Microsoft Subnet questioned at that time whether this was another way for Microsoft to say that it was killing U.S. jobs and shifting to them to overseas workers. 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If you are lucky enough to convert users from folders to metadata in SharePoint, you may find yourself having to convince users that they don’t really need metadata for every possible way to classify a document. Hot discussions among Microsoft Subnet readers Why Windows 7 will never kill off Linux Windows 7 - the dilemma XP users will face IE8: Achilles heel of Windows 7 beta How to dual boot Vista and Windows 7 Fun with Windows 7 NVIDIA ION: gives the Linux netbook something to keep an I-ON Giveaways and goodies Deadline is January 31 for these goodies up for grabs: 1) One Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. 2) Fifteen copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration Book by Ross Mistry and Hilary Cotter, published Dec. 23, 2008, by Sams. See the Microsoft Subnet home page for details on all giveaways. Check out Microsoft Subnet’s library for more free chapters and special discounts on best-selling books. 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