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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats
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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats

According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects' communications...

How Star Wars Tech Changed Silicon Valley
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How Star Wars Tech Changed Silicon Valley

When Oren Jacob was a teenager, he hung up Star Wars posters on his bedroom wall. In his early 20s at a college dorm at Berkeley, he replaced them with a smallPixar...

Automakers Can Monitor Social Media to Identify Quality Issues
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Automakers Can Monitor Social Media to Identify Quality Issues

Virginia Tech researchers evaluate a new process and decision support system to identify and prioritize automotive defects using social media.

Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's Controversial Mr. Windows 8
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Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's Controversial Mr. Windows 8

Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was working on a file synchronization technology that would make stashing and grabbing pictures, documents...

Information Wants to Be Shared, E-Book Says
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Information Wants to Be Shared, E-Book Says

A new ebook from Harvard Business Review Press takes a fresh examination of the economics of information selling in the digital age. What information really wants...

Genome Hunters Go After Martian Dna
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Genome Hunters Go After Martian Dna

Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life.

An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams
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An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams

In 2006, football coaches at the University of Nebraska approached Jeffrey S. Raikes about ways to improve the Cornhuskers’ game with technology. Raikes, then president...

Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads
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Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads

Dr. Alvin Rajkomar was doing rounds with his team at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center when he came upon a puzzling case: a frail, elderly...

Grad Schools Add Big-Data Degrees
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Grad Schools Add Big-Data Degrees

Master's degree programs in analytics emerge amid projections of a talent shortage — and in response to lobbying by big companies.

Collaborative Effort Seeks to ­nlock the 'Long Tail' of Science
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Collaborative Effort Seeks to ­nlock the 'Long Tail' of Science

A new collaboration will look for ways to bring vast amounts of scientific data out of hiding and make it more accessible to the scientific community, revealing...

Big Data Skills Gap Needs Filling Says Tech Industry
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Big Data Skills Gap Needs Filling Says Tech Industry

Many technology industry officials are worried about a growing skills gap in education and training in the field of data analysis.

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
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Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century

When Jonathan Goldman arrived for work in June 2006 at LinkedIn, the business networking site, the place still felt like a start-up.

Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together
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Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together

Ask a group of data scientists the toughest part of their job, and many will probably tell you–it's not the math but the work required to turn raw data into something...

Nsf Invests Nearly $15 Million in New Big Data Research Projects
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Nsf Invests Nearly $15 Million in New Big Data Research Projects

The National Science Foundation, with support from the National Institutes of Health, has announced nearly $15 million in new Big Data fundamental research projects...

Nasa Tournament Lab to Launch Big Data Challenge Series For ­.s. Government Agencies
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Nasa Tournament Lab to Launch Big Data Challenge Series For ­.s. Government Agencies

NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science announced on Wednesday the launch of the Big Data Challenge, a series of...

Ibm's Ginni Rometty Looks Ahead
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Ibm's Ginni Rometty Looks Ahead

Ginni Rometty's first customer conference as CEO of IBM was an unusual affair, especially by Big Blue's buttoned-up standards.

Meet the Man Who Gave the Mars Rover Its Eyes
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Meet the Man Who Gave the Mars Rover Its Eyes

Iconic pictures from the latest mission to the Red Planet are coming courtesy of space-imaging expert Michael Malin.

Power, Pollution, and the Internet
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Power, Pollution, and the Internet

Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt.

Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality
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Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality

The robots zipping across the aluminum grid look less like Star Wars droids and more like little red wagons.

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.  
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