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New Data Reveal University Licensing, Startup Formation Remain Strong
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New Data Reveal University Licensing, Startup Formation Remain Strong

Despite a chilly economic climate, university and research institute licensing and startup activity remained strong in fiscal year 2010, according to survey data...

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Apple Most Popular Employer with Fresh Graduates in Singapore

Consumer electronics giant Apple was chosen as the most popular employer among fresh graduates in Singapore this year again, a latest survey showed.  The survey...

Researchers Face Budget Bind
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Researchers Face Budget Bind

Federally funded researchers are facing months of uncertainty due to the budget-cutting battle that's unfolding in Washington. But policy experts say one outcome...

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Education Needs a Digital-Age ­pgrade

If you have a child entering grade school this fall, file away just one number with all those back-to-school forms: 65 percent. Chances are just that good that...

It Jobs Are Growing, But Can It Last?
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It Jobs Are Growing, But Can It Last?

During the second quarter, total U.S. IT employment exceeded 4 million jobs, marking a return to the employment levels of 2008. But will it last? IT employment...

Linkedin Launches Button That Lets You Apply For Jobs
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Linkedin Launches Button That Lets You Apply For Jobs

With the launch of its new "Apply With LinkedIn" button, LinkedIn is making it easier for candidates to apply for jobs online. The social network's goal is to...

Dealing with the Cyberworld's Dark Side
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Dealing with the Cyberworld's Dark Side

People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a...

Autm Website to Facilitate Academic/industry Partnerships
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Autm Website to Facilitate Academic/industry Partnerships

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) plans to launch the AUTM Global Technology Portal, a website to facilitate networking, partnership and...

Defcon Opens Its Doors to Pre-Teen and Teen Hackers
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Defcon Opens Its Doors to Pre-Teen and Teen Hackers

DefCon, the conference where hackers and the people who monitor them get together to trade the latest in hacking and tracking data, had some new attendees: children...

The Best in the ­.s. For Entrepreneurship: How States Rank
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The Best in the ­.s. For Entrepreneurship: How States Rank

New York tops the new State Entrepreneurship Index, a measurement that evaluates the 50 U.S. states' entrepreneurial activity based on their business formation...

Research, Science and Technology Parks Creating High-Wage Jobs
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Research, Science and Technology Parks Creating High-Wage Jobs

Research, science and technology parks are catalysts for job creation. As communities look for ways to create jobs and drive economic growth, many are finding innovation...

Tech Girlz Rule: Microsoft Camps Designed to Draw Young Women Into Field
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Tech Girlz Rule: Microsoft Camps Designed to Draw Young Women Into Field

Microsoft's Fargo, ND campus drew participants from multiple states to a three-day event designed to spark interest and provide role models for the next generation...

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Why Isn't America Innovating Like It ­sed To?

America isn't innovating like it used to. And by "like it used to," I mean the period from after World War II to 1973, when an explosion of new technologies increased...

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At a Hacker Conference, Plenty of Friendly Feds

 Why are the Feds hobnobbing with hackers? Defcon, a convention of computer hackers here, was crawling with federal agents on Friday. They smiled, shook hands,...

Why Are China's Universities Losing Their Star Students?
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Why Are China's Universities Losing Their Star Students?

It happens every summer. In the weeks after the annual National College Entrance Examination, new high school graduates wait for the list. For years, who gets...

China Aims to Renew Status As Scientific Superpower
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China Aims to Renew Status As Scientific Superpower

China was probably the world's earliest technological superpower, inventing the plow, the compass, gunpowder, and block printing. Then, science in the Middle...

How ­niversities Will Produce the Next Generation of Ict Stars
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How ­niversities Will Produce the Next Generation of Ict Stars

The dot-com bust of the early 2000s had a devastating effect on the number of students enrolling in college ICT programs. It has taken almost a decade to recover...

The Future of It Will Be Reduced to Three Kinds of Jobs
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The Future of It Will Be Reduced to Three Kinds of Jobs

The IT profession and the IT job market are in the midst of seismic changes that are going to shift the focus to three types of jobs: Consultants, Project managers...

City Students Discover Love of Science
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City Students Discover Love of Science

A 10-year retrospective study has validated Project Exploration's personalized, out-of-school time approach to science education for urban teenagers.

Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point For the Spread of Ideas
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Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point For the Spread of Ideas

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted...
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