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Competition Heats ­p To Fill European Tech Jobs
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Competition Heats ­p To Fill European Tech Jobs

Europe's stagnant economy is having little effect on demand for qualified engineers information technology specialists.

National Study Ranks City Governments' ­se of Social Media
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National Study Ranks City Governments' ­se of Social Media

Six times as many big-city governments reached citizens via Facebook in 2011 compared to 2009. Use of YouTube and Twitter grew fourfold and threefold respectively...

The Digital Economy: Yes, We're Failing You
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The Digital Economy: Yes, We're Failing You

Students in the European Union are not acquiring the computer skills which are now arguably as important as basic literacy and math, and the future of the global...

Why Women Make Better Bosses
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Why Women Make Better Bosses

Women make better bosses. That's the finding of a new report, which found that women in management positions lead in a more democratic way, allow employees to...

Community Colleges Should ­rge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says
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Community Colleges Should ­rge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says

An Institute for Women's Policy Research report calls on community colleges to encourage female students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering,...

Twelve Things Experienced Employees Know That Make Life Better
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Twelve Things Experienced Employees Know That Make Life Better

Being a great employee isn't just about doing the work. Experienced employees have learned skills that have helped them become more productive and successful...

American Students Don't Want To Go Into Tech Because Of Their Colleges
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American Students Don't Want To Go Into Tech Because Of Their Colleges

Technology is one of the few sectors that isn't suffering from unemployment, yet there isn't enough talent to fill positions, and it's because colleges are doing...

Sharing Patents With Competitors May Encourage Innovation
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Sharing Patents With Competitors May Encourage Innovation

Firms that make a previously patented innovation accessible to competitors increase overall likelihood of improving upon that breakthrough while also raising profits...

Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors
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Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors

Roxanne Hughes' recently completed doctoral dissertation identifies a variety of factors that influence female undergraduates as they make a decision about their...

­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative
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­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Association of University Technology Managers, a nonprofit organization, have launched a specialized training program...

At Least 1 Woman Should Be Interviewed For Every It Job Opening, Advocacy Group Says
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At Least 1 Woman Should Be Interviewed For Every It Job Opening, Advocacy Group Says

Recruiters for high-tech jobs should make sure there is at least one woman candidate for every job opening in information technology, according to "Solutions to...

Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad
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Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad

Washington, D.C., has replaced Silicon Valley as the locus for technology jobs as non-tech industries continue to add tech professionals, according to Dice.com....

Computer Simulations Help Explain Why HIV Cure Remains Elusive
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Computer Simulations Help Explain Why HIV Cure Remains Elusive

Australian research scientist Jack da Silva used computer simulations to discover that a human immunodeficiency virus, even at an early phase of infection, evolves...

Researcher Aims to Use Social Multimedia For Enhanced Mapping
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Researcher Aims to Use Social Multimedia For Enhanced Mapping

Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation will support UC Merced Professor Shawn Newsam's work gathering geographic information from user-submitted photos...

Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015
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Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015

Spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015 and create $1.1 trillion a year in new business...

How America's Wealthiest Get Rich
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How America's Wealthiest Get Rich

If you follow our World’s Billionaires list, you know there's no single way to get the job done–you can get rich on energy drinks or yoga pants just as well as...

Cios Reveal Second-Quarter Hiring Plans
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Cios Reveal Second-Quarter Hiring Plans

U.S. technology executives expect continued IT hiring in the second quarter, albeit at a slower pace than three months ago, according to the latest Robert Half...

Two Computer Scientists to Receive Nsf's Alan T. Waterman Award
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Two Computer Scientists to Receive Nsf's Alan T. Waterman Award

Two computer scientists, Robert Wood of Harvard University and Scott Aaronson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have been named by the National Science...

DARPA Director Bolts Pentagon For Google
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DARPA Director Bolts Pentagon For Google

Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon's premiere research shop to take a job with Google.

Teen Wins ­k Cyber Security Challenge
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Teen Wins ­k Cyber Security Challenge

Jonathan Millican, a first year computer science student at Cambridge University, was named the UK Cyber Security Champion at the Cyber Security Challenge UK Awards...
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