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Microsoft's Design Drive
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Microsoft's Design Drive

 In 2010, Jon Bell was an interaction designer in the Seattle office of Frog Design, the company that created the beige cases for some of the iconic early Apple...

Move Over, Eye Candy. Here Comes the Business Tech Boom
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Move Over, Eye Candy. Here Comes the Business Tech Boom

Sometimes an IPO is more than just another IPO, and that's the case with Palo Alto Networks, which has just filed to go public.

Reentry: From Nasa to Entrepreneurship
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Reentry: From Nasa to Entrepreneurship

During his five years as NASA’s chief technology officer for IT, Chris Kemp helped make millions of NASA’s images—such as rover tracks on Mars and lunar craters—available...

The Education of Google's Larry Page
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The Education of Google's Larry Page

Larry Page is surrounded.

An App That Helps You Cozy ­p to Strangers
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An App That Helps You Cozy ­p to Strangers

Paul Davison is in a hurry. Not just to board the plane that's about to take him to his father's retirement party in San Diego, or to get through the talking points...

Silicon Valley's Humble Billionaire
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Silicon Valley's Humble Billionaire

It's a Saturday afternoon in Palo Alto, Calif., and there goes David Cheriton, navigating the Silicon Valley suburb's tony downtown on his bike.

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Garmin Finds a New Direction

In the pantheon of seemingly obsolete technologies, automobile navigation devices might seem ready to join laser discs and pagers.

Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York
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Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York

Start spreadin' the news: Silicon Valley is invading New York. In the past year, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, game maker Zynga, and other technology players have opened...

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Tech Employers Ignore Slump

Among U.S. technology companies with a market value of more than $100 million, almost 50 increased employment by more than half in the most recently reported two...

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Social Media Predicting Stock Moves Spawn Sentiment Firms

The torrent of posts on Twitter Inc. last year about Netflix Inc. might have tipped off investors to stock swings that erased about $8 billion from the movie-rental...

It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery
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It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery

The U.S. produces almost one-quarter more goods and services today than it did in 1999, while using almost precisely the same number of workers.

Flight of the Warbots
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Flight of the Warbots

How a save-the-earth maker of solar-powered aircraft became the world's most prolific manufacturer of military drones.

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Retailers Are Losing the Software Talent Wars

For a decade, Target outsourced its website operations to Amazon.com. The Minneapolis retail giant began preparing two years ago to take control of the site when...

The Rare Find: Reinventing Recruiting
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The Rare Find: Reinventing Recruiting

Companies like Google and Facebook are downplaying résumés and identifying talent in unusual ways. An excerpt from George Anders's book "The Rare Find."

A Campus Champion For Women in Computer Science
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A Campus Champion For Women in Computer Science

Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe has helped increase the percentage of female computer science majors at the college to 42 percent, compared to the national...

A Graduation Gift For College Seniors: Jobs
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A Graduation Gift For College Seniors: Jobs

Hamza Afzal had such a hard time finding an internship during the recession that he delayed his graduation, took pre-med classes, and applied to law school. This...

Techdom's Talent Poaching Epidemic
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Techdom's Talent Poaching Epidemic

Competition for IT talent is fierce as the economy rebounds, with tech companies  battling over the engineers, designers, computer scientists, and executives who...

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Why There Are So Few Women in Tech

Women with engineering or computer science degrees face a tricky career path at technology companies and often leave their jobs just as they near their career peaks...

Start Planning Your Future at the Finish
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Start Planning Your Future at the Finish

To have a successful career, it sometimes helps to focus on your long-range goals and work backward.
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