A report by staffing and placement firm Robert Half International shows that while many companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach to new hires, there's general optimism in the IT sector.

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Microsoft's Bing search engine managed to gain market share again in February, but its success isn't exactly sending Google running for cover.

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Chuck Thacker, one of the found researchers of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, has received the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award.

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Search giant debuts online shop for apps, expanding beyond its own App Engine to offer developers working in other frameworks an integration into the marketplace.

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Malaysian tech enthusiast site TechArp claims its sources say Microsoft has moved up availability of the first service pack for Windows 7 - possibly to the end of this year.

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Though it's not known for initiating patent lawsuits, Apple could be getting ready to more aggressively defend its intellectual property in the face of increasing competition from rival smartphone makers.

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Mixed statements from Chinese officials coming out of annual parliamentary session, with some reports claiming Google never filed a complaint with the government about the cyber attacks, while others report the two parties are currently in negotiations.

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