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NY­ Experiments With Codecademy's Online Hacker Lessons
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NY­ Experiments With Codecademy's Online Hacker Lessons

New York University is teaming up with the computer programming tutorial site Codecademy to offer a free, non-credit programming class for NYU students.

Employee Shopping: 'acqui-Hire' Is the New Normal in Silicon Valley
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Employee Shopping: 'acqui-Hire' Is the New Normal in Silicon Valley

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech...

Tech Industry Keen on STEM Visas
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Tech Industry Keen on STEM Visas

The tech industry has a message for Republicans and Democrats bickering over competing immigration bills: See the bigger picture.

China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It
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China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It

Stay or go? That question has erupted in a public way among China's large population of expatriate businessmen, entrepreneurs, journalists, and academics, who the...

Big Data Brings Big Academic Opportunities
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Big Data Brings Big Academic Opportunities

Many colleges and universities are developing advanced degree programs in analytics to manage big data.  

Innovation in the Classroom
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Innovation in the Classroom

MIT's 'Future of Education' symposium examined the evolution of teaching and learning.

How Student Coders Helped Cern Build Iphone App, Speed ­p Simulations
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How Student Coders Helped Cern Build Iphone App, Speed ­p Simulations

Google Summer of Code is one of the best deals out there both for students looking to hone their coding skills and for organizations that need cheap, talented labor...

Don't Tell Teenager Shachi Kakkar That Chip Verification Is For Nerds
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Don't Tell Teenager Shachi Kakkar That Chip Verification Is For Nerds

Anybody who's 17, or ever been 17, knows that any suggestions your parents make are nothing but lame. But every now and then, one of those lame ideas turns into...

Breaking Tech's Code
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Breaking Tech's Code

In New York City, new introductory programming courses that lead to immediate job opportunities — even for candidates with no previous experience — are helping...

Can the App Economy Cure Dismal Job Numbers?
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Can the App Economy Cure Dismal Job Numbers?

"This is shameless, really," said Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., on Wednesday, as she held out her iPad, showing high-resolution photo of her infant grandson to...

Collaborative STEM Programs at Rutgers-Camden Produce New Opportunities and Friendships
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Collaborative STEM Programs at Rutgers-Camden Produce New Opportunities and Friendships

STEM students at Rutgers University-Camden have access to scholarship and academic support thanks to a $600,000 U.S. NSF grant that aims to support high-achieving...

Stanford Announces 16 Online Courses For Fall Quarter
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Stanford Announces 16 Online Courses For Fall Quarter

Stanford University launched 16 new online courses and two new home-grown platforms for interactive learning this fall. Stanford's new online courses cover topics...

Stop Computer Prodigies Before They Hack
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Stop Computer Prodigies Before They Hack

Some U.S. government programs aim to teach kids the wrongness of hacking so they will be less likely to use their computing skills malevolently.

Robots, Codebreaking, and S'mores: Welcome To Summer Camp For Supergeeks
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Robots, Codebreaking, and S'mores: Welcome To Summer Camp For Supergeeks

On a dusk-lit beach on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, four miles from the northwesternmost point of the continental U.S., a man dressed in a mad scientist's white...

Intel Seeks Software Experts in Growing Windows Tablet Push
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Intel Seeks Software Experts in Growing Windows Tablet Push

Top chipmaker Intel Corp is recruiting for a new software team focused on tablets, according to a new job ad, underscoring the top chipmaker's efforts to expand...

Estonia Reprograms First Graders as Web Coders
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Estonia Reprograms First Graders as Web Coders

Public schools in Estonia will soon have a curriculum for teaching web and mobile application development to students as early as first grade.

Should the Boss Learn to Code?
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Should the Boss Learn to Code?

Learning to write code has become something of a trendy thing to do. But is it necessary? Among European entrepreneurs polled by The Wall Street Journal, the answer...

Key Skills Pay Off in Fast-Evolving World of Mobile App Development
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Key Skills Pay Off in Fast-Evolving World of Mobile App Development

As demand for mobile app developers continues to increase, some universities are beginning to offer the type of basic training that is essential to a career in...

Using YouTube to Assess and Supplement Online Learning
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Using YouTube to Assess and Supplement Online Learning

As online learning steadily becomes the norm, it is important that more educators are aware of the tools they can incorporate into their classrooms — such as Skype...

The Joys of ­rban Tech
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The Joys of ­rban Tech

For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina's...
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