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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Three years ago, a Silicon Valley robotics startup called Willow Garage shook up the industry by offering one of the first robots capable of a wide range of different...CNET From ACM Careers | October 21, 2013
Big-name companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook aren't necessarily paying their engineers the most (although they're up there), according to a new Glassdoor...CNet From ACM Careers | October 18, 2013
In a double dose of irony, the National Security Agency's prying has given a big helping hand to Phil Zimmermann's business, Silent Circle.CNET From ACM Opinion | September 30, 2013
The U.S. National Security Agency has posted an ad for a "Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer," offering critics of the NSA a well-nigh irresistible chance to play...CNET From ACM Careers | September 27, 2013
Hopes of alien life on Mars were dashed Thursday when a paper published in the journal Scienceconcluded that the Curiosity rover has yet to find any methane gas...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2013
Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2013
The interesting thing about Bitcoin isn't what it is today. What's interesting is that this experiment is turning into a serious proving ground for the idea of...CNET From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
Six cybertools have been designated as weapons by the U.S. Air Force, allowing the programs to better compete for increasingly scarce Pentagon funding, an Air Force...CNET From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
First, let's review the plan for Yachay, the name chosen for the Ecuadorian government's planned "City of Knowledge" already under construction at a rural location...CNET From ACM Careers | March 29, 2013
The U.S Federal Trade Commission said today that it is cracking down on marketers that are allegedly bombarding consumers with hundreds of millions of unwanted on...CNET From ACM News | March 7, 2013
When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive—and...CNET From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission is offering a cash reward of $50,000 to whoever develops a solution to block robotic calling on both landlines and mobiles.CNET From ACM Careers | October 19, 2012
IBM research scientist Dimitri Kanevsky develops technologies that help people with hearing loss to communicate. He was honored at a White House ceremony this...CNET From ACM Careers | May 9, 2012
A survey suggests that bosses are paranoid that employees will upload inappropriate videos to company networks or film them in slightly less than perfect situations...CNET From ACM Careers | April 9, 2012
Two small asteroids now bear the names of two towering figures in computing history, Unix inventors Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.CNET From ACM Careers | March 8, 2012
Rep. Lamar Smith, whose congressional district in Texas encompasses the cropland and grazing land stretching between Austin and San Antonio, might seem like an...CNET From ACM News | December 15, 2011
The rise of the app has massively altered the public perception of what a software programmer is. It has turned a generation of geek coders from social misfits...CNet From ACM Careers | November 17, 2011
Stack Exchange, the company behind the Stack Overflow site for programmers, has unveiled a new jobs board for developers. The Careers 2.0 board helps hiring managers...CNet From ACM CareerNews | February 23, 2011
A recent Technisource survey of men and women in information technology found differences in opinion in areas such as compensation and career challenges. Fewer...CNet From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2010