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India, Long the Home of Outsourcing, Now Wants to Make Its Own Chips
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India, Long the Home of Outsourcing, Now Wants to Make Its Own Chips

The government of India, home to many of the world’s leading software outsourcing companies, wants to replicate that success by creating a homegrown industry for...

Shortage of Skilled People Could Hamper Military's Offensive Security Capabilities
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Shortage of Skilled People Could Hamper Military's Offensive Security Capabilities

The U.S. military has been attempting to build up the offensive cybersecurity capabilities in its various services for several years now, but is running into the...

Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
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Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...

Should ­niversities Offer Cobol Classes?
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Should ­niversities Offer Cobol Classes?

Billions of lines of Cobol code are still in use at large businesses and in government agencies. However, Cobol is only taught as an elective at most universities...

Immigration and the Knowledge Economy
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Immigration and the Knowledge Economy

Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community.

Building a Better Tech School
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Building a Better Tech School

If all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City...

Inside the App Culture
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Inside the App Culture

I wouldn't say I have my finger, or any body part, on the pulse of the tech scene. Most of my knowledge of New York City's Internet start-up and mobile-app culture...

Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents
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Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents

To be a good coder in Silicon Valley is to be among the pampered elite.

What Thousands of Job Vacancies Say About Microsoft
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What Thousands of Job Vacancies Say About Microsoft

Analysts at Griffin Securities conducted a handy piece of research on Microsoft recently: scanning the company's careers websites and analyzing the details of the...

We Can STEM the Gender Gap
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We Can STEM the Gender Gap

Why is there such a gender imbalance when it comes to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields? Studies suggest that academic performance is...

Scientific Articles Accepted (personal Checks, Too)
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Scientific Articles Accepted (personal Checks, Too)

The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional...

Cyber Education Key to Security
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Cyber Education Key to Security

Today, cyberspace is woven into the fabric of our daily lives.

Avatars, Virtual Classroom Aid as Teacher Preparation Tools
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Avatars, Virtual Classroom Aid as Teacher Preparation Tools

Student teacher candidates at Southeastern Louisiana University are practicing their skills in a virtual classroom before having to experience the real thing.

17 of Apple's Favorite Apps
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17 of Apple's Favorite Apps

Steve Jobs was a stickler for detail, requiring final approval on everything from ads to wording on his Keynote presentations. It's no surprise then that the company...

Opening a Gateway For Girls to Enter the Computer Field
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Opening a Gateway For Girls to Enter the Computer Field

Several programs are emerging that encourage girls to learn technology skills that will enable them to enter computer science fields.

Opening a Gateway For Girls to Enter the Computer Field
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Opening a Gateway For Girls to Enter the Computer Field

When Julia Geist was asked to draw a picture of a computer scientist last year, the 16-year-old sketched a businessman wearing glasses and a tie.

Visa Demand Jumps
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Visa Demand Jumps

For the first time since the financial crisis, U.S. employers are expected within days to reach a limit on the yearly allotment of applications for coveted skilled...

Free Online Courses Mean College Will Never Be the Same
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Free Online Courses Mean College Will Never Be the Same

Depending on who you're listening to, Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, are either the greatest boon to the spread of knowledge since Gutenberg cranked his...

Students Have Engineering on the Brain
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Students Have Engineering on the Brain

MIT's "Neurotechnology Ventures" class offers students a chance to create businesses based on their study of the brain, psychology, artificial intelligence, neurobiology...

Teacher's Vision, but Done New York City's Way
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Teacher's Vision, but Done New York City's Way

At last year's State of the City speech, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the creation of a public high school called the Academy for Software Engineering.
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