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Silicon Valley Straps on Pads
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Silicon Valley Straps on Pads

The San Francisco 49ers have a long tradition of borrowing ideas from Silicon Valley.

How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started
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How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started

Four years ago developer Matt Biddulph jokingly coined "Silicon Roundabout" as a description of East London's small but growing startup scene—now it's become the...

In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung
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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung

So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...

Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks

Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...

Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign
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Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign

Having spent the better part of two years re-inventing and re-sizing itself through layoffs, restructurings and acquisitions, networking giant Cisco Systems has...

Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan
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Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan

In policy circles, problems that are mind-bogglingly difficult or impossible to solve, like global warming, are formally termed "wicked."

Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy
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Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy

A new report, "Technology Works: Patterns of High Technology Employment and Wages in the United States," suggests the high-tech sector is responsible for outsized...

Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths
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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths

Just 15 years ago, New York City had 35,000 phone booths. Thanks to cell phones it now has just 11,000, most of which serve little purpose for anyone but Clark...

Lenovo's Quest to Be Cool
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Lenovo's Quest to Be Cool

China's Lenovo is on a roll. It has just been named the world's number one PC seller, and it has rapidly won the number two spot in mobile phones in its home market...

Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields
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Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields

Silicon Valley is starting to attract a new wave of entrepreneurs from Latin America who have launched startups offering everything from digital wallets to video...

Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities
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Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...

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I.b.m. and Ohio State ­niversity to Open Center For Big Data

There is plenty of debate about just how much Big Data analytics can help businesses make smarter decisions to increase sales and cut costs. Yet there seems to...

How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World
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How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World

Next time you pull out your smartphone to use a popular application—whether it's to price check items in a store, to tweet or to check your cloud-based calendar—you...

Asian Workers Now Dominate Silicon Valley Tech Jobs
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Asian Workers Now Dominate Silicon Valley Tech Jobs

Asian-Americans make up half of the Bay Area's technology workforce, and their double-digit employment gains came from jobs lost among white tech workers, according...

Idc Predictions 2013
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Idc Predictions 2013

The ICT industry is in the midst of a once every 20-25 years shift to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. We call it the 3rd Platform, built on...

Why Employers Don't Hire the Very Best Candidates
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Why Employers Don't Hire the Very Best Candidates

Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do the job, suggests a study...

The 10 Best-Paying College Majors For Women
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The 10 Best-Paying College Majors For Women

Despite women's gains in educational attainment (they are now the majority of college graduates), an ugly gender pay gap persists.

Demand for Cloud Skills Doesn't Stop at the Data Center Door
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Demand for Cloud Skills Doesn't Stop at the Data Center Door

Cloud computing skills may be providing non-tech professionals and managers an edge in the job market as well.

Apple's Cue Seeks Overhaul of Maps Amid Duel With Google
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Apple's Cue Seeks Overhaul of Maps Amid Duel With Google

Apple Inc.'s Eddy Cue, who took charge of map software last month, is racing to turn around the troubled service, firing a senior manager, and urging partners to...

The Cult of Amazon: How a Bookseller Invented the Future of Computing
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The Cult of Amazon: How a Bookseller Invented the Future of Computing

In most of corporate America, you write the press release when your creation is finished. But at Amazon, you write it before you've even begun.
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