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The Next Big Os War Is in Your Dashboard
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The Next Big Os War Is in Your Dashboard

Competition in automotive technology has long been about who's got the most horsepower, the best towing capacity or the fastest acceleration. These days, though...

Texas Teen Wins $100,000 National Science Prize
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Texas Teen Wins $100,000 National Science Prize

A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm...

The ­ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go
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The ­ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go

You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.

Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities
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Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...

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I.b.m. and Ohio State ­niversity to Open Center For Big Data

There is plenty of debate about just how much Big Data analytics can help businesses make smarter decisions to increase sales and cut costs. Yet there seems to...

How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World
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How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World

Next time you pull out your smartphone to use a popular application—whether it's to price check items in a store, to tweet or to check your cloud-based calendar—you...

Idc Predictions 2013
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Idc Predictions 2013

The ICT industry is in the midst of a once every 20-25 years shift to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. We call it the 3rd Platform, built on...

Want a Flying Drone? These Students 3D-Printed Their Own
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Want a Flying Drone? These Students 3D-Printed Their Own

It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers—both University of Virginia engineering students—the culmination of months of designing and refining.

Apple's Cue Seeks Overhaul of Maps Amid Duel With Google
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Apple's Cue Seeks Overhaul of Maps Amid Duel With Google

Apple Inc.'s Eddy Cue, who took charge of map software last month, is racing to turn around the troubled service, firing a senior manager, and urging partners to...

Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team
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Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team

Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...

The Cult of Amazon: How a Bookseller Invented the Future of Computing
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The Cult of Amazon: How a Bookseller Invented the Future of Computing

In most of corporate America, you write the press release when your creation is finished. But at Amazon, you write it before you've even begun.

College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All
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College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All

Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote...

An Amazon Engineer Had a Little Idea That Turned Into a Billion-Dollar Business
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An Amazon Engineer Had a Little Idea That Turned Into a Billion-Dollar Business

Once upon a time, Amazon was a dot-com-era technology company best known for selling books.

Why Better Traffic Data Means More Than Just a Faster Commute
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Why Better Traffic Data Means More Than Just a Faster Commute

You might never have heard of Inrix, but there's a good chance it’s already helped you out—or vice versa.

As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living
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As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living

Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation...

Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats
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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats

According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects' communications...

How a Soccer Robot Led to a Mathematician's Non-Reversing Mirror
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How a Soccer Robot Led to a Mathematician's Non-Reversing Mirror

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows...

As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living
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As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living

Mobile apps have inspired a new class of entrepreneurs. Freelance app developers have turned cellphones and tablets into versatile tools, spawning a multibillion...

Demand for Software Engineers Keeps Climbing and So Do the Salaries
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Demand for Software Engineers Keeps Climbing and So Do the Salaries

Skyrocketing demand is leading to higher salaries and improved career prospects for software engineers across the United States.

Supercomputer Simulations Studied to Improve Military and Sports Helmet Designs
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Supercomputer Simulations Studied to Improve Military and Sports Helmet Designs

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies...
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