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Ruchi Sanghvi: Facebook's Pioneer Woman
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Ruchi Sanghvi: Facebook's Pioneer Woman

Ruchi Sanghvi was 23 years old when she became the first female engineer at Facebook.

Bre Pettis: 3d Printing's First Celebrity
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Bre Pettis: 3d Printing's First Celebrity

Bre Pettis looks like a throwback. He’s got an Elvis Presley-meets-Buddy Holly thing going on with his chunky sideburns, thick-rimmed black glasses, and sculpted...

The Education of Mark Zuckerberg
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The Education of Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is ready for his close-up.

Bringing the Electric Grid Into the 21st Century
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Bringing the Electric Grid Into the 21st Century

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are working on a project that would modernize the United States' electricity grid by using automated control...

Putting the Tech in Metrotech
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Putting the Tech in Metrotech

MakerBot Industries' 3-D printers can create everything from jewelry to bottle openers seemingly out of thin air. Now developers are hoping the hip tech company...

When It Comes to Robotics, Silicon Valley Is a Follower, Not a Leader
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When It Comes to Robotics, Silicon Valley Is a Follower, Not a Leader

Attention, Silicon Valley: We are losing the robot war! Not the apocalyptic one where robots rise up and enslave humans or wipe us out or turn us into cute pets...

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Big Apple

When it comes to New York's booming tech startup scene, digital media and new commerce companies get all the attention, but in reality, the Big Apple's big opportunity...

The Future of Clean Tech? Try Hacking Code
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The Future of Clean Tech? Try Hacking Code

Internet, meet clean tech.

Struggle Continues to Plug Embedded Programming Gap
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Struggle Continues to Plug Embedded Programming Gap

Critics say the growing embedded programming gap can be attributed to university curriculums for introductory computer science courses, which recently have focused...

5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game
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5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game

Rui Viana isn't a full-time app developer and he hasn't learned how to use Apple's iOS software development kit.

In Tech, Some Bemoan the Rise of 'brogrammer' Culture
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In Tech, Some Bemoan the Rise of 'brogrammer' Culture

On campus at Stanford University, a hot startup attracts recruits with a poster asking if they want to "bro down and crush some code." Welcome to the world of...

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Microsoft's New Lab Hunts For Value in User Data

A new research lab that opens in New York today brings together researchers studying such questions as how to identify the most influential users of a social network...

Thwarting the Cleverest Attackers
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Thwarting the Cleverest Attackers

Savvy hackers can steal a computer's secrets by timing its data storage transactions or measuring its power use. New research shows how to stop them.

How Nvidia Can Accelerate the Graphics in Your Apps
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How Nvidia Can Accelerate the Graphics in Your Apps

If you want to create some pretty apps, look to Nvidia.

Firms Try to Turn 'black-Ops It' Into Products
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Firms Try to Turn 'black-Ops It' Into Products

Since the early days of Silicon Valley, rogue engineers and software developers have engaged in "black-ops IT," a tradition of sneaking new technology into their...

The Rise of the 'brogrammer'
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The Rise of the 'brogrammer'

Danilo Stern-Sapad writes code for a living, but don't call him a geek.

The Robot Revolution Is Just Beginning
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The Robot Revolution Is Just Beginning

When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s initially on automobile assembly lines—computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were...

What's a 'computer Vision Specialist' and Why Does Apple Need One?
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What's a 'computer Vision Specialist' and Why Does Apple Need One?

When Apple posted a job listing last week for a "Computer Vision specialist," the tech-obsessed echo chamber began speculating which Apple product line would be...

Microsoft's Design Drive
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Microsoft's Design Drive

 In 2010, Jon Bell was an interaction designer in the Seattle office of Frog Design, the company that created the beige cases for some of the iconic early Apple...

Going With the Flow: Google's Secret Switch to the Next Wave of Networking
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Going With the Flow: Google's Secret Switch to the Next Wave of Networking

In early 1999, an associate computer science professor at UC Santa Barbara climbed the steps to the second floor headquarters of a small startup in Palo Alto, and...
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