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In Silicon Valley, Rose-Colored Glasses Sometimes Provide Best View
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In Silicon Valley, Rose-Colored Glasses Sometimes Provide Best View

When I heard the news that Google was moving into the indoor-mapping business, I called Ankit Agarwal to offer my condolences.

Computer Professionals ­pdate Act Targets Overtime For American Nerds
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Computer Professionals ­pdate Act Targets Overtime For American Nerds

The Computer Professionals Update Act before the U.S. Senate would make many tech sector workers exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. That means the standard...

Diversity in Workplace Enhances Bottom Line
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Diversity in Workplace Enhances Bottom Line

The more diverse a company's workforce is, the more loyal, happy and productive its employees tend to be, according to a new study.

Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance
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Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance

A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement — in particular...

Silicon Fen Shows Off Its Wares at Cambridge Showcase
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Silicon Fen Shows Off Its Wares at Cambridge Showcase

The iPad hovers over the poster showing a picture of a fire. Suddenly the static image bursts into flames with a crackle.

Minorities, Women Often Discouraged From Entering Engineering, Science Fields
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Minorities, Women Often Discouraged From Entering Engineering, Science Fields

Many female and minority scientists claim they were discouraged from going into their chosen profession, according to Bayer's Facts of Science Education XV survey...

Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier
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Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier

Imagine computer-designed viruses that cure disease, new bacteria capable of synthesizing an unlimited fuel supply, new organisms that wipe out entire populations...

It Pros to Find Demand For Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice Report
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It Pros to Find Demand For Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice Report

About 65 percent of nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters said their companies or clients will add technology professionals in the first half of...

Scientists Create First Realistic 3-D Reconstruction of Brain Circuit
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Scientists Create First Realistic 3-D Reconstruction of Brain Circuit

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute are reporting that they have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column...

Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method
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Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method

New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort through visual perceptual learning.

Video Game Players Advancing Genetic Research
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Video Game Players Advancing Genetic Research

Players of a video game designed by McGill University researchers are contributing to the analysis of DNA sequences.

Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality
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Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality

Iowa State University's METaL virtual reality facility is designed to be a versatile, everyday research tool. It will be used to study and develop 3-D visual display...

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Pentagon Fast-Tracks Hacker Research

The Pentagon has long had a love-hate relationship with computer hackers: On the outside, they can infiltrate vulnerable defense networks. On the inside, they...

In Her Free Time, This Google Researcher Designs Puzzles of the Wooden Kind
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In Her Free Time, This Google Researcher Designs Puzzles of the Wooden Kind

By day, Google researcher Maya Gupta tries to solve the puzzle of how to teach computers to recognize the contents of digital images.

Computer Simulations Shed Light on the Physics of Rainbows
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Computer Simulations Shed Light on the Physics of Rainbows

Computer scientists at UC San Diego, who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well.

Hubble Racks ­p 10,000 Science Papers
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Hubble Racks ­p 10,000 Science Papers

For the past 21 years thousands of astronomers around the world in over 35 countries have been engaged in Hubble Space Telescope research, and the 10,000th Hubble...

Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools
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Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools

If we don't change the way ICT is thought about and taught, we're shutting the door on our children's futures.

Tim Cook's First 100 Days as Apple Ceo
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Tim Cook's First 100 Days as Apple Ceo

World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders? As of last Friday, it has been 100 days since...

Women in It
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Women in It

Men are still dominant when it comes to top IT positions in higher education, and  women face in the field face numerous challenges. Dominican University CIO Jill...

With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield
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With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield

Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.
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