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Intel Seeks Software Experts in Growing Windows Tablet Push
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Intel Seeks Software Experts in Growing Windows Tablet Push

Top chipmaker Intel Corp is recruiting for a new software team focused on tablets, according to a new job ad, underscoring the top chipmaker's efforts to expand...

Estonia Reprograms First Graders as Web Coders
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Estonia Reprograms First Graders as Web Coders

Public schools in Estonia will soon have a curriculum for teaching web and mobile application development to students as early as first grade.

Should the Boss Learn to Code?
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Should the Boss Learn to Code?

Learning to write code has become something of a trendy thing to do. But is it necessary? Among European entrepreneurs polled by The Wall Street Journal, the answer...

Key Skills Pay Off in Fast-Evolving World of Mobile App Development
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Key Skills Pay Off in Fast-Evolving World of Mobile App Development

As demand for mobile app developers continues to increase, some universities are beginning to offer the type of basic training that is essential to a career in...

Using YouTube to Assess and Supplement Online Learning
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Using YouTube to Assess and Supplement Online Learning

As online learning steadily becomes the norm, it is important that more educators are aware of the tools they can incorporate into their classrooms — such as Skype...

The Joys of ­rban Tech
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The Joys of ­rban Tech

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...

One-of-a-Kind Smartphone Lab Takes Shape at ­b
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One-of-a-Kind Smartphone Lab Takes Shape at ­b

University at Buffalo researchers are enlisting hundreds of students to build an unprecedented smartphone network that will provide scientists with ready access...

New Program Joins Computer Science and Design Experts at ­W, Tsinghua ­niversity
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New Program Joins Computer Science and Design Experts at ­W, Tsinghua ­niversity

Computer science, HCI, and design students from the University of Washington and Beijing's Tsinghua University collaborated this summer developing ways that technology...

Foundation Funding Sustains Arxiv Scientific Repository
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Foundation Funding Sustains Arxiv Scientific Repository

arXiv, the free repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information, is adopting a new governance and business model that will allow it to...

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Tech Industry to Republicans, Democrats: Tech Jobs Are Everywhere (Not Just in Silicon Valley)

A new report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute revealed that tech jobs are hot, they're getting hotter, and they're not just in Silicon Valley … or Silicon...

Education Leaders See MOOCs, Distance Learning as the Future of Higher Ed
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Education Leaders See MOOCs, Distance Learning as the Future of Higher Ed

Sixty percent of respondents to a survey conducted for an Elon University School of Communications project said the Internet is bringing great change to higher...

Gender Gap in IT Labor Market Remains Wide: Survey
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Gender Gap in IT Labor Market Remains Wide: Survey

Thirty-five percent of 2,400 information technology managers worldwide claim to have no women in IT management roles in their organization, and 24 percent have...

Visual Programming Means Anyone Can Be a Coder
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Visual Programming Means Anyone Can Be a Coder

Many great ideas start out as scribbles on scraps of paper, as thinking visually is an intuitive way to grapple with abstract concepts. Part of the reason is the...

A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
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A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley

In recent years, Silicon Valley seems to have forgotten about silicon. It’s been about dot-coms, Web advertising, social networking, and apps for smartphones.

Students Explore Cyber Issues at Sandia Summer Institute
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Students Explore Cyber Issues at Sandia Summer Institute

Top graduate students pursuing careers in cybersecurity worked alongside Sandia and other prominent cybersecurity experts in a weeklong summer institute sponsored...

Researchers Hope to Transform Software Engineering Training
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Researchers Hope to Transform Software Engineering Training

San Francisco State University researchers hope to improve the effectiveness of software engineering teams by learning what causes them to fail.

Program to Improve STEM Access For Blind, Visually-Impaired Students
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Program to Improve STEM Access For Blind, Visually-Impaired Students

Arizona State University kicks off a pilot program called 3D-Imagine that uses three-dimensional materials to enhance independent learning by blind or visually-impaired...

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Gild Promises True Meritocracy in Hiring, but Is that a Good Thing?

Even if it's just a myth, Silicon Valley loves to cling to the belief that it is a meritocracy.

Pioneering Mooc Course Focuses On Job Creation
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Pioneering Mooc Course Focuses On Job Creation

The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business will offer the school's first massive open online course (MOOC) in January 2013, called "Grow to Greatness...

At This Camp, Kids Learn to Question Authority (and Hack It)
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At This Camp, Kids Learn to Question Authority (and Hack It)

Some kids go to band camp; others go to swim camp. But for the children of the world's digital rabble-rousers, there is hacking camp. It's called DefCon Kids.
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