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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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To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few atom...McGill niversity From ACM Careers | November 7, 2012
For a dramatic sign of the strategy reversal under way at General Motors as it moves on from its 2009 bankruptcy, look no further than the IT department.Technology Review From ACM Careers | November 5, 2012
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, one of the most rigorous tests of robotic ability ever conceived, kicked off last week. The contest sets teams of engineers from around...New Scientist From ACM Careers | November 1, 2012
You probably expect all the latest and greatest high-tech gear to be out in force at the MIT Media Lab innovation complex. And you’d be right. Holograms? Check....GigaOm From ACM Careers | October 26, 2012
On Monday, the research firm laid out "10 critical tech trends for the next five years." Tuesday, it took a look at a little closer in, providing a list of the...Forbes From ACM Careers | October 25, 2012
Guitar teacher Erich Andreas works from a basement studio in Nashville, Tenn. His classroom, though, is the world itself.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 25, 2012
NASA has selected 10 university-led proposals for study of innovative, early-stage space technologies designed to improve shielding from space radiation, spacecraft...NASA From ACM Careers | October 24, 2012
A Des Moines television station has turned off the lights on the city's Weather Beacon, igniting a tempest among residents who were raised to look downtown for...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 23, 2012
Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was working on a file synchronization technology that would make stashing and grabbing pictures, documents...CNET From ACM News | October 22, 2012
In a push to lower the cost of solar power, the U.S. Department of Energy has funded two projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on improving concentrating...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM Careers | October 22, 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
Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life.Technology Review From ACM Careers | October 18, 2012
Up to 100 members of "generation Xbox" will be offered a career in the secret services, under a scheme announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague.BBC News From ACM Careers | October 18, 2012
Nano-ribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM Careers | October 18, 2012
In 2006, football coaches at the University of Nebraska approached Jeffrey S. Raikes about ways to improve the Cornhuskers’ game with technology. Raikes, then president...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | October 16, 2012
Since NASA's Curiosity rover made its extraordinary Aug. 6 touchdown on Mars, it has been roving the Martian landscape, returning startling images.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012
Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 16, 2012
The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, which houses one of the world's most powerful supercomputers dedicated to the geosciences, officially opened on Monday...National Center for Atmospheric Research From ACM Careers | October 16, 2012
Several novice programmers who signed up for a free machine-learning class on Coursera have gone on recently to win predictive-modeling competitions.GigaOm From ACM Careers | October 15, 2012