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NWSC Named 'Green' Data Center of the Year
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NWSC Named 'Green' Data Center of the Year

The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center has been named the 2013 'Green' Data Center of the Year at the inaugural Datacenter Dynamics North American Awards.

Rensselaer To Train U.S. Navy Officers in IT and Web Sciences
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Rensselaer To Train U.S. Navy Officers in IT and Web Sciences

The U.S. Navy is turning to the Information Technology and Web Science Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to prepare a select group of U.S. Navy officers...

Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
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Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning

Sebastian Thrun has worn many hats in the tech world: Stanford research professor, founder of Google's X Labs, where he oversaw the development of self-drivingUdacity...

Meet the Designer Behind Some of the Web’s Newest Killer Fonts
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Meet the Designer Behind Some of the Web’s Newest Killer Fonts

Thanks to newer browsers and greater bandwidth, there's been an explosion of new Web fonts—tens of thousands of them over the last decade.

The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of China's High-Tech Workers
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The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of China's High-Tech Workers

The hottest nightclub in this factory town is a neon-encrusted dive down the road from the industrial park where iPhones are made 24 hours a day.

Stretchable Conductors Pave Way for Elastic Electronics
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Stretchable Conductors Pave Way for Elastic Electronics

Networks of spherical nanoparticles embedded in elastic materials may make the best stretchy conductors yet, engineering researchers at the University of Michigan...

Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made ­ser-Friendly
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Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made ­ser-Friendly

University of Washington engineers found in a recent study that the user's experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn't rely on passwords...

New Apps Do Heavy Lifting During the Job Search
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New Apps Do Heavy Lifting During the Job Search

Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition.

The End of Digital Tyranny: Why the Future of Computing Is Analog
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The End of Digital Tyranny: Why the Future of Computing Is Analog

Our world is ruled by 1s and 0s.

Hugh Herr and the Liberating Age of Bionics
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Hugh Herr and the Liberating Age of Bionics

"It's extraordinary that we live in this day and age with all our wonderful modern technology, and still we have shoes that give us blisters," says Hugh Herr, with...

Solving Dna Puzzles Is Overwhelming Computer Systems, Researchers Warn
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Solving Dna Puzzles Is Overwhelming Computer Systems, Researchers Warn

Scientists in the fast-growing field of computational genomics are getting lots of data but lack the computer power needed to analyze it quickly.

AI System as Smart as a Four-Year-Old
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AI System as Smart as a Four-Year-Old

Artificial and natural knowledge researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago IQ-tested one of the best available artificial intelligence systems and...

Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell
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Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell

Like dozens of other brick-and-mortar retailers,Nordstrom wanted to learn more about its customers—how many came through the doors, how many were repeat visitors—the...

Why Microsoft's Reorganization Closes the Books on an Era of Computing
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Why Microsoft's Reorganization Closes the Books on an Era of Computing

Nothing ever stays the same. On more than one occasion, it has taken Microsoft, one of the most important engines powering the rise of the technology industry,...

Beijing's Great Leap Forward
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Beijing's Great Leap Forward

Cities all over the world have tried to duplicate Silicon Valley's prowess at churning out startups and multibillion-dollar technology companies. But only one has...

Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize For Human-Powered Helicopter
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Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize For Human-Powered Helicopter

The Canadian AeroVelo team has done what many thought impossible.

Imaging Electron Pairing in a Simple Magnetic Superconductor
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Imaging Electron Pairing in a Simple Magnetic Superconductor

Scientists have identified the factors needed for magnetically mediated superconductivity, which could reveal the mechanism behind zero-energy-loss current-carrying...

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Israel's Military-Entrepreneurial Complex Owns Big Data

Two years ago, a half-dozen programmers and entrepreneurs started working together in a Tel Aviv basement to create one of Israel's 5,000 high-tech companies.

The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?
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The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?

Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely a way the human brain copes with and explains the environment.

Researchers Find Bug Bounty Programs Pay Economic Rewards
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Researchers Find Bug Bounty Programs Pay Economic Rewards

Bug bounty programs can be as much as 100 times more cost-effective for finding security vulnerabilities than hiring full-time security researchers to do the same...
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