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Three Questions For Computing Pioneer Carver Mead
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Three Questions For Computing Pioneer Carver Mead

Computer scientist Carver Mead gave Moore's Law its name in around 1970 and played a crucial role in making sure it's held true in the decades since.

Researchers Present Jellyfish-like Flying Robot
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Researchers Present Jellyfish-like Flying Robot

Look, up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . a jellyfish?

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Why the ­.s. May Lose the Race to Exascale

In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers—exascale—there is no guarantee the U.S. will finish first.

Women Gain in Some STEM Fields, but Not Computer Science
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Women Gain in Some STEM Fields, but Not Computer Science

A few weeks ago, I wrote about ways to get more women interested in computer science.

Why Steven Sinofsky Really Left Microsoft
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Why Steven Sinofsky Really Left Microsoft

About every six weeks, a small group of Microsoft executives gathers at a Seattle restaurant to talk strategy.

Companies That Screen Social Media Accounts Alienate Job Candidates
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Companies That Screen Social Media Accounts Alienate Job Candidates

Research shows companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees — making it harder for them to attract top job candidates...

What's Next For Gpu Chips? Maybe the Network.
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What's Next For Gpu Chips? Maybe the Network.

Over the last few years it's been interesting to see where in the computing landscape graphics processors or GPUs like those turned out by Nvidia have turned up...

Meet The 'assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins
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Meet The 'assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins

As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.

They're Watching You at Work
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They're Watching You at Work

In 2003, thanks to Michael Lewis and his best seller Moneyball, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, Billy Beane, became a star.

Nsf Provides $10.5 Million Grant to Develop Software For Un-Curated Data
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Nsf Provides $10.5 Million Grant to Develop Software For Un-Curated Data

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a team of researchers more than $10 million over the next five years to develop software to manage and make sense...

What Can Happen When Graphene Meets a Semiconductor
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What Can Happen When Graphene Meets a Semiconductor

A UWM study has found that intrinsic ripples form on a sheet of graphene when it is placed on top of a semiconductor. The ripples further change the Schottky...

Dr. Dobb's Annual Developer Salary Survey 2013
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Dr. Dobb's Annual Developer Salary Survey 2013

Developer salaries are on the rise again after a period of nearly two years in which salaries did not change. This advance is most likely attributable to an improving...

Drone's Latest Target: Peru's Tropical Ecosystem
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Drone's Latest Target: Peru's Tropical Ecosystem

A flying, insect-like robot will give an unprecedented look at Peru's tropical cloud forest, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems.

Study Shines Light on What Makes Digital Activism Effective
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Study Shines Light on What Makes Digital Activism Effective

Digital activism is usually non-violent and tends to work best when social media tools are combined with street-level organization, according to new research from...

Computer Scientists Create 3-D Technique
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Computer Scientists Create 3-D Technique

UT Dallas computer scientists are using a famous mathematician's theory to make 3-D images that are more accurate approximations of the shapes of the original objects...

Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing
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Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing

Unexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a new approach...

Remembering Legendary Enigma Code Breaker Mavis Batey
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Remembering Legendary Enigma Code Breaker Mavis Batey

Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created—the Enigma machine—may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the...

Quantum Memory 'world Record' Smashed
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Quantum Memory 'world Record' Smashed

"Qubits" of information encoded in a silicon system persisted for almost 100 times longer than ever before.

Shocker: Women Outnumber Men in This Year's Tech Hires
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Shocker: Women Outnumber Men in This Year's Tech Hires

Women represented a majority of workers filling new technology jobs created through September of this year, for the first time in at least 10 years, according to...

'something Very Big Is Coming,' Hints Stephen Wolfram
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'something Very Big Is Coming,' Hints Stephen Wolfram

Wolfram|Alpha creator Stephen Wolfram said on Wednesday (November 13) that he and his team have developed a general-purpose knowledge-based language called the...
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