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Vint Cerf: Nobody's Too Old for Tech
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Vint Cerf: Nobody's Too Old for Tech

Technologies such as smartphones and social networks are changing the way people of all ages, not just young users, communicate and manage their day-to-day lives...

Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science?
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Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science?

In an experiment to steer more students into science, technology and engineering careers, the state of Florida is investigating whether tuition discounts could...

Ethical Questions Vex Social Network-Based Research
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Ethical Questions Vex Social Network-Based Research

Social networking sites like Facebook are a rich data source for academic research studies, but ethical guidelines governing how researchers should obtain and use...

Work Begins on Hardware to Aid Edsac Replica Recreation
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Work Begins on Hardware to Aid Edsac Replica Recreation

Edsac—Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator—ran its first program in 1949 and was created to help scientists at Cambridge University.

Machine Perception Lab Shows Child-Like Robot on Video
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Machine Perception Lab Shows Child-Like Robot on Video

The world is getting its first glimpse at a new humanoid robot in action mimicking the expressions of a one-year-old child. The robot will be used in studies on...

Tumblr: David Karp's $800 Million Art Project
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Tumblr: David Karp's $800 Million Art Project

David Karp is in the midst of a rite of passage that seems universal for the young tycoons of the Internet's social era: He's buying himself a proper swank pad.

Ben Horowitz on the Impact of Software Everywhere
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Ben Horowitz on the Impact of Software Everywhere

Ben Horowitz may have the skeleton key to the decimation—sorry, transformation—of our economic and political lives.

Make Guns Smart
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Make Guns Smart

Voices across the political spectrum are debating how to prevent mass shootings such as the one in Newtown, Connecticut.

­w, Pnnl Tackle Big Data with Joint Computing Institute
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­w, Pnnl Tackle Big Data with Joint Computing Institute

The deluge of data coming from today's countless electronic devices will be harnessed to take on the most pressing problems facing science and society at a new...

Can This Man Save Pinball?
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Can This Man Save Pinball?

The last guys who tried to save pinball bet all their quarters on a bunch of 3D aliens.

The Rise of the Corporate Sustainability Officer
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The Rise of the Corporate Sustainability Officer

Americans are discarding a growing pile of electronics.

Job Applicants' Cultural Fit Can Trump Qualifications
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Job Applicants' Cultural Fit Can Trump Qualifications

"Cultural fit" is becoming a popular buzzword with hiring managers. In order to evaluate the cultural fit of a candidate, companies are increasingly making hiring...

Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks
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Researchers Work to Counter Spear Phishing Attacks

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute are working to counter threats from spear phishing. The attacks use knowledge of computer users to gain their...

Guaranteed Delivery — In Ad Hoc Networks
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Guaranteed Delivery — In Ad Hoc Networks

A new algorithm for message dissemination in decentralized networks is faster than its predecessors but, unlike them, guarantees delivery.  

Engineers Working to Help Biologists Cope with Big Data
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Engineers Working to Help Biologists Cope with Big Data

Iowa State computer and electrical engineers are developing computing tools to help biologists analyze all of the data that is commonly produced by today's research...

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Tiny Tools Help Advance Medical Discoveries

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from...

Move Over Halo: Beautiful, Provocative Indie Games Step Into the Spotlight
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Move Over Halo: Beautiful, Provocative Indie Games Step Into the Spotlight

If you play video games, then you've probably heard a lot about games like "Halo 4" and "Assassin's Creed III" and "Bordelands 2."

Tony Fadell: From Iphones to Sexing ­p Thermostats
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Tony Fadell: From Iphones to Sexing ­p Thermostats

After you left Apple, you developed a "smart" thermostat. Was that always your plan?

Better Than Human: Why Robots Will—and Must—take Our Jobs
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Better Than Human: Why Robots Will—and Must—take Our Jobs

It's hard to believe you'd have an economy at all if you gave pink slips to more than half the labor force.

Big Data, Java and Other Developer Skills: Top Hiring Priorities
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Big Data, Java and Other Developer Skills: Top Hiring Priorities

Big data-related jobs ranked fourth among the top information technology skills hiring executives are looking for in 2013, according to a recent Dice.com survey...
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