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Follow a Career Passion? Let It Follow You
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Follow a Career Passion? Let It Follow You

In the spring of 2004, during my senior year of college, I faced a hard decision about my future career.

Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free
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Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free

Online education isn't particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale in which online learning is growing...

One Quarter of U.s. Tech Start-Ups Founded By an Immigrant: Study
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One Quarter of U.s. Tech Start-Ups Founded By an Immigrant: Study

A new study showing that immigrants founded one quarter of U.S. technology start-up companies could fuel calls to relax immigration rules ahead of next month's...

­TEST Serves as Launch Incubator for Student Software Companies
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­TEST Serves as Launch Incubator for Student Software Companies

UTEST, a new program backed by the Canadian government, provides nascent software companies with start-up funds, work space, mentoring, and business strategy support...

Sandia Builds Android-Based Network to Study Cyber Disruptions
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Sandia Builds Android-Based Network to Study Cyber Disruptions

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a virtual network of 300,000 handheld computing devices running the Android operating system in order...

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.

Fostering Tech Talent in Schools
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Fostering Tech Talent in Schools

Microsoft recently launched the Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (Teals) program, an effort aimed at getting high school students interested in computer...

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.

Students Concoct ­fo Hoax For Learning's Sake
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Students Concoct ­fo Hoax For Learning's Sake

Computer Visual Design students at Keuka College are creating photographs in Photoshop of unidentified flying objects to perpetuate a hoax while completing their...

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.

On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines
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On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines

In the rising light of a mid-September morning, the CSAV Pyrenees, a blue-water freighter sailing out of Suape Port in Brazil, was lashed to its lines at BerthPort...

IT Certifications That Mean Higher Pay
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IT Certifications That Mean Higher Pay

Certifications not only show IT industry employers, peers, and recruiters that you are up to date and knowledgeable on a given topic — they also can lead to increased...

Five Ways Cloud Computing is Disrupting Everyone's Job
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Five Ways Cloud Computing is Disrupting Everyone's Job

No matter how you look at it, the cloud will be part of many job descriptions to be written over the next few years. Here are five key ways cloud computing is reshaping...

Nsf Invests $50 Million in Research to Secure Cyberspace
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Nsf Invests $50 Million in Research to Secure Cyberspace

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $50 million for research projects to build a cybersecure society and protect the United States' vast information...

Critical Mass
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Critical Mass

Clemson University employs six African-American tenure-track or tenured computer science professors, which comprises 10 percent of the total number of black computer...

Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation
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Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation

Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team from Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute is...

10 Hot It Skills For 2013
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10 Hot It Skills For 2013

The demand for high-tech professionals continues to rise, as 33 percent of IT professionals in Computerworld's 2013 Forecast survey say they plan to hire more workers...

New Tool For Csi? Geographic Software Maps Distinctive Features Inside Bones
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New Tool For Csi? Geographic Software Maps Distinctive Features Inside Bones

A common type of geographic mapping software offers a new way to study human remains.

Researchers Demonstrate 'giant' Forces in Super-Strong Nanomaterials
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Researchers Demonstrate 'giant' Forces in Super-Strong Nanomaterials

In a study that could lead to advances in the fields of optical computing and nanomaterials, researchers at Missouri University S&T report that a new class of nanoscale...

NY­ Experiments With Codecademy's Online Hacker Lessons
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NY­ Experiments With Codecademy's Online Hacker Lessons

New York University is teaming up with the computer programming tutorial site Codecademy to offer a free, non-credit programming class for NYU students.
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