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Some Silicon Valley companies are instituting pair programming in which two people share a desk and a computer, with one programmer designated a driver who mans...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2012
For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina's...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | September 4, 2012
The nonprofit Code for America, a kind of Peace Corps for geeks, has led the way in bringing online efficiency to offline government systems, picking a team of...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2012
I was strolling down the hall to a meeting on a Wednesday afternoon when I suddenly blacked out, coming to a halt.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 10, 2012
Unemployed lawyers looking for work in a lousy job market might want to brush up on their Korean or Chinese.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | July 24, 2012
The U.S. military is accelerating its cyberwarfare training programs in an aggressive expansion of its preparations for conflict on an emerging battlefield.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 10, 2012
At 11 a.m. on my first day at Facebook, the young, plain-looking guys in T-shirts, gazing at their screens, seemed startled—if not displeased—to see a strange new...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | July 6, 2012
NBC and Google are conducting "war games" in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 5, 2012
Nokia Corp. is hitting the reset button on its U.S. operations from a place some would argue the struggling Finnish handset maker should have been years ago: Silicon...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 25, 2012
Many firms are ramping up internal hiring efforts to boost intra-organization mobility, cut recruiting costs, and retain high performers. These initiatives reflect...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 19, 2012
The 310 SUGV is a distant cousin of the Roomba, the robotic vacuum cleaner currently being promoted as a Father's Day gift. In Afghanistan, the Marines call him...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 14, 2012
On college campuses these days, the top nerds are getting a taste of what it's like to be star jocks.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 5, 2012
In an essay in this newspaper last fall, Peter Cappelli, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, challenged...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 1, 2012
When next winter's storms subside, a specialized ship will begin a slow crossing, lowering a skinny cable into its wake along a precisely prescribed path: the shortest...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | May 31, 2012
The substitution of technology (which is cheap) for labor (which is expensive) can vastly increase access to an elite-caliber education.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | May 31, 2012
MakerBot Industries' 3-D printers can create everything from jewelry to bottle openers seemingly out of thin air. Now developers are hoping the hip tech company...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | May 10, 2012
Without the cachet of a Silicon Valley address or the allure of a hot technological innovation, Fortune 500 companies are experimenting with new tactics to convince...The Wall Street Journal From ACM CareerNews | April 10, 2012
Technology entrepreneurs of past eras took two years to build a product, hire a staff and figure out whether there was any real market for their service.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | May 1, 2012
Since the early days of Silicon Valley, rogue engineers and software developers have engaged in "black-ops IT," a tradition of sneaking new technology into their...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | April 30, 2012
The technology industry is in love with "Big Data," but there is a problem. There is a shortage of people with deep expertise in statistics and machine learning...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | April 27, 2012