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Amazon battles IBM for $600M CIA cloud contract Amazon.com Inc. is fighting IBM Corp. for a $600 million contract to supply cloud-computing services to the Central Intelligence Agency. Tableau CEO: Nothing more important than how a company's founders get along Tableau co-founder and CEO Christian Chabot believes the No. 1 thing that leads to a company's success is strong relationships between co-founders. Bothell tech company TalentWise gets $25M investment New hire paperwork is a pain. There's no denying it. Does anyone ever remember to bring the correct ID with them on the first day? And how many times do you have to write your address and phone number on pieces of paper that will be filed away and never looked at again? I wish I hadn't sold the company to HP, says former Palm CEO Former Palm CEO regrets selling the company to Hewlett-Packard, saying, "talk about a waste." In an interview Tuesday, Jon Rubinstein said he was frustrated with how HP hobbled, and later abandoned Palm's webOS smartphone platform. Google asks feds to let it show national security requests Google Inc. wants the U.S. Attorney General to allow it to make public details on requests it has received for data in connection with national security issues. Microsoft wants more transparency with govt. data requests Microsoft Corp. said it wants more transparency and wants to be able to print more data about requests from government agencies seeking national security requests. Washington's average wage grows 3.4 percent Washington state's average annual wage grew by 3.4 percent last year to $51,595, passing $50,000 for the first time, the state Employment Security Department said Wednesday. The average weekly wage rose from $959 to $992. Microsoft apologizes for 'offensive' game comments Microsoft Corp. has apologized for some reportedly sexist comments made during its Xbox One game unveiling this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Animal-rights group wants Amazon to stop selling foie gras An animal-rights and pro-vegetarian organization wants Amazon.com Inc. to stop selling foie gras, or duck liver, saying the production method used is cruel to animals. National Tech News Nominations open for Governor's Celebration of Innovation tech awards Colorado stocks: UQM jumps again; Dow drops below 15K Facebook tries unironic hashtags A brainy building for a brainy institute (slide show) Social Madness: Perky Jerky, Dwell Denver pull out to hefty Round 1 leads Oregon companies could shine in 'Grimm' season three Tweeters react: @Sprint's shutdown of @Dish merger talks bodes well for #KC Washington's average wage grows 3.4 percent Sprint losing Clearwire vote could make life hard — but maybe better AT&T to hire hundreds in Houston

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