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Road Safety Agency Is ­rged to Add Expertise in Electronics Systems

A branch of the National Academy of Sciences reported Wednesday that federal safety regulators lack the expertise to monitor vehicles with increasingly sophisticated...

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Kidsruby 1.0 Released

So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you're not really sure where to start.

­.s. Loses High-Tech Jobs as R&d Shifts Toward Asia
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­.s. Loses High-Tech Jobs as R&d Shifts Toward Asia

The U.S. is losing high-tech jobs as American companies expand their research and development (R&D) labs in Asia, according to the U.S. National Science Board....

Class of 2011 Scores Higher-Paying Jobs
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Class of 2011 Scores Higher-Paying Jobs

Engineering students secured the highest-paying jobs among 2011 graduates, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.  

Duo on a Mission to Make Computer Education More Fun
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Duo on a Mission to Make Computer Education More Fun

A curriculum developed by Rupesh Shah and Sridhar Iyer and designed to make computer literacy training fun is now used by 78 schools across India.

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Nyc to Open Its First Software Engineering High School

New York City is taking another step toward becoming Silicon Alley—the East Coast’s own tech hub—with the grand opening of the city's first software engineering...

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Making It in America

In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S. factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly the same fraction.

China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen
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China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen

China's People's Liberation Army is using an Intranet training system that allows soldiers to keep up with their studies while in the service.

Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls
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Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls

A University of Michigan educational technology aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive.

What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education
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What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education

Three very similar compressed software development training programs have emerged in the past few months: Code Academy (not to be confused with the startup Codecademy)...

Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!
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Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!

It's a good bet that a lot of kids who can’t get enough cartoons dream about someday getting a job making them.

Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists
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Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists

Bay Area high school seniors snagged an astounding 29 spots among the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, it was announced Wednesday.

School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program
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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program

England education secretary Michael Gove announced that the current program of information and communications technology will be replaced next September by an open...

'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns
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'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns

University of Southampton professor Dame Wendy Hall warns that girls still think of computer science as a subject for geeks and that this has proved to be a very...

It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness
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It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness

The Information Security Media Group reports that an analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that there was no joblessness for information...

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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Programme

The current information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in England's schools is a "mess" and must be radically revamped, the education secretary...

Britain's Computer Science Courses Failing to Give Workers Digital Skills
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Britain's Computer Science Courses Failing to Give Workers Digital Skills

Britain is facing a shortage of workers with programming skills, fuelled by poor-quality training courses in universities and colleges, which has left companies...

Wanted: Supercomputer Programmers
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Wanted: Supercomputer Programmers

The U.S.'s supercomputing labs are having difficulty finding software developers who can program state-of-the-art machines, according to a recent Daily Beast article...

Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus
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Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus

Five computer science students at Middle Tennessee State University have developed an Android mobile app that has been adopted for use at their university. Specific...

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Could Coding Be the Next Mass Profession?

Like farming in the 17th century, factory work in the industrial revolution, construction in the Great Depression, and manufacturing following World War II, but...
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