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Breaking the Brogrammer Code: Margo Seltzer's Views on Women in Computer Science
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Breaking the Brogrammer Code: Margo Seltzer's Views on Women in Computer Science

In an interview with Txchnologist, Harvard University professor and ACM Fellow Margo Seltzer discussed the role of women in computer science.

Why Google Glass Is the Next Frontier For Developers
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Why Google Glass Is the Next Frontier For Developers

When Google co-founder Sergey Brin demoed Google Glass, the search giant's attempt to build a next-generation wearable computer, with skydivers live streaming their...

Online Classes Cut Costs, But Do They Dilute Brands?
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Online Classes Cut Costs, But Do They Dilute Brands?

The University of Virginia may have settled its most urgent controversy by reinstating President Teresa Sullivan after initially forcing her out. But still unresolved...

The Woman in the Facebook Frat House
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The Woman in the Facebook Frat House

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...

Report: The Best and Worst U.S. Cities for Jobs in Technology
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Report: The Best and Worst U.S. Cities for Jobs in Technology

If you're looking for a job in technology, get out of New Jersey, fast. Get out of Birmingham, Alabama. Cross the river to New York, or the country to San Francisco...

Qs Ranks World's Top Computer Science Programs
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Qs Ranks World's Top Computer Science Programs

QS, an online and offline education network, has released its latest university rankings of the world's top Computer Science programs.

Doing Apps and Start-­ps While Still in High School
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Doing Apps and Start-­ps While Still in High School

Like many young entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley, Matthew Slipper knows that success does not come easy.

Online Global Classroom Project Challenges Traditional Learning
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Online Global Classroom Project Challenges Traditional Learning

Arizona State University has launched an educational pilot project — a global classroom — with Leuphana University in Germany, laying the groundwork for an intensive...

How to Break Into Security, Schneier Edition
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How to Break Into Security, Schneier Edition

I asked noted cryptographer, author and security rock star Bruce Schneier for his thoughts. Schneier: I regularly receive email from people who want advice on how...

From ACM Opinion

Why Learn C?

Though C has been around for decades, it's still consistently ranked at the top of any list of programming languages used and studied today.  

Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech
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Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech

Computer scientist whose cutting-edge work links technology and health care is the first professor hired to work at the city’s new genius school.

'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap
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'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap

A slight media kerfuffle broke out this week after The Daily Beast released its Digital Power Index, a list of the 100 most influential people in the tech world...

Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer
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Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer

Professor Jim Hendler has been named the new head of the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Dr. Hendler is a strong researcher...

Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says
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Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says

Arguing against immigration policies that force foreign-born innovators to leave the United States, a new study to be released on Tuesday shows that immigrants...

Nokia Late to the Silicon Valley Party
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Nokia Late to the Silicon Valley Party

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...

For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big
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For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big

Degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math are associated with 25 to 50 percent higher earnings for minority college students, with Latino grads the...

Computer Science Students Develop Smartphone Apps to Aid Visually Impaired
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Computer Science Students Develop Smartphone Apps to Aid Visually Impaired

A group of computer science students at Drexel University worked with students from the Overbrook School for the Blind to develop a set of smartphone apps. The...

Four Elite CIOs Share Lessons
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Four Elite CIOs Share Lessons

A recent panel at the annual meeting of ACM's Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems included four chief information officers, who shared real...

College Faculty Have Reservations About Online Learning, Survey Shows
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College Faculty Have Reservations About Online Learning, Survey Shows

College and university faculty members are more pessimistic than optimistic about online education and remain far more skeptical about learning outcomes in online...

New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat Hackers
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New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat Hackers

Mikko Hypponen enjoys his position as the chief research officer at the Helsinki-based security firm F-Secure. He has no intention of leaving. But lately, he's...
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