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The Age of Big Data

Good with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion
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Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion

For most of the U.S. military's far-flung community of scientists and engineers, Monday was a day to pop a Xanax.

Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment
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Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment

In December, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative called "MITx." Starting this week, interested learners can now enroll for free in the initiative’s...

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Tides Are Changing For Web Surfers

David Weinberger has a new book out entitled Too Big to Know in which he argues that one of the implications of a comprehensively networked society is that the...

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Google's Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein

Google's very first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the company to join the high-profile online learning phenom, Khan Academy.

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'cyberspace Requires a World-Class Cyber Warrior'

With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central...

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Facebook Woos Investors With an Eye for Start-­ps

Facebook Inc., with an eye toward future business relationships, wants to be friends with more social-media start-ups.

No More Resumes, Say Some Firms
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No More Resumes, Say Some Firms

Companies are increasingly relying on social networks, video profiles, social media content and online surveys to gauge candidates' suitability for a job. While...

The Future of Hiring: Human Resources, Without the Humans
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The Future of Hiring: Human Resources, Without the Humans

Imagine a scenario where your next job interview isn't face-to-face, but face-to-screen. There are no questions about your former work experience and office habits...

Api: Three Letters That Change Life, the ­niverse, and Even Detroit
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Api: Three Letters That Change Life, the ­niverse, and Even Detroit

Sam Ramji met AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan on a speed date—or at least the tech world equivalent of a speed date.

Designing Windows 8, or How to Redesign a Religion
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Designing Windows 8, or How to Redesign a Religion

There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest of all. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he's taken...

Letting Hackers Compete, Facebook Eyes New Talent
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Letting Hackers Compete, Facebook Eyes New Talent

Late this January, some 75,000 people around the planet sat in front of their computers and pondered how to make anagrams from a bowl of alphabet soup.

Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data Pros in High Demand for 2012
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Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data Pros in High Demand for 2012

Companies are looking to hire and retain workers who are skilled in fields such as mobility, cloud computing, software development, and big data, according to the...

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Welcome to the Desktop Degree

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the titleElectronics...

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New Execs Pledge to Rev ­p Amd

Hoping to revive their struggling company, Advanced Micro Devices executives vowed Thursday to more quickly make microchips that are power-efficient, low-cost,...

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Here's the Number That Matters in Facebook's Ipo Filing

After waiting for so long to see the numbers inside Facebook's success, it's easy to be overwhelmed by all the new data we have about the social network and company...

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Facebook's Ad Business Is a $3 Billion Mystery

So the numbers are out, and we know that Facebook’s ad business really is huge. And it really is growing like a weed.

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Apple Forcing It Shops to "adapt or Die"

Many IT departments are struggling with Apple's "take it or leave it" attitude, based on discussions last week at MacIT, which is Macworld|iWorld's companion conference...

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Take That, Cornell! Stanford and Columbia Partner (in Manhattan and the Valley) for Media Innovation

New York is a city bursting with media companies who love technology. Silicon Valley is an incubator for technology talent in love with (and beloved by) the media...

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David Karp, Founder of Tumblr, on Realizing His Dream

David Karp, the founder of the blogging platform Tumblr, was 17 when he decided to cut the apron strings and move to Tokyo. With a smattering of Japanese and a...
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