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Disparity Among First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in STEM Degrees
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Disparity Among First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in STEM Degrees

Latino and Asian immigrants and their U.S.-born children are studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects at different rates. The...

Next Made-in-China Boom: College Graduates
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Next Made-in-China Boom: College Graduates

Zhang Xiaoping’s mother dropped out of school after sixth grade. Her father, one of 10 children, never attended.

 New $28M Center Will Develop Computers of 2025
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New $28M Center Will Develop Computers of 2025

 Designing the computers of 2025 is the focus of a new $28 million, five-year research center led by the University of Michigan.

Src, DARPA ­nveil $194 Million Research Network Focused on Next-Generation Microelectronics
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Src, DARPA ­nveil $194 Million Research Network Focused on Next-Generation Microelectronics

The new STARnet program features six microelectronics research centers based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michigan, Minnesota, Notre Dame,...

Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe
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Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe

The Defense Department wants new computer tools to analyze mounds of unstructured text, blogs, and tweets as part of a coordinated push to help military analysts...

Banks Seek Nsa Help Amid Attacks on Their Computer Systems
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Banks Seek Nsa Help Amid Attacks on Their Computer Systems

Major U.S. banks have turned to the National Security Agency for help protecting their computer systems after a barrage of assaults that have disrupted their Web...

Open Compute Project to Ask College Students for Hardware Ideas
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Open Compute Project to Ask College Students for Hardware Ideas

In its quest to figure out how best to build efficient, scalable data centers, the Open Compute Project is looking to students and other independent people for...

Cyberwar's Gray Market
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Cyberwar's Gray Market

Behind computer screens from France to Fort Worth, Texas, elite hackers hunt for security vulnerabilities worth thousands of dollars on a secretive unregulated...

Amazon Drives Seattle Office Market Surge
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Amazon Drives Seattle Office Market Surge

If the strength of Seattle’s office market could be chalked up to one company, it would be Amazon.

Education Body Calls on Support of It Pros to Close Ict Skills Gap
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Education Body Calls on Support of It Pros to Close Ict Skills Gap

All major U.K. employers should be involved in the effort to close the IT skills gap, according to a report from the Corporate IT Forum Education and Skills Commission...

Computer Science Postdocs — Best Practices
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Computer Science Postdocs — Best Practices

The computer science community must cultivate a clear understanding of the best practices related to pursuing, hosting, and nurturing postdocs, according to a new...

App Helps Catch Drunk Drivers
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App Helps Catch Drunk Drivers

Computer science professor Frank Vahid and students at the University of California, Riverside have created a free app that makes it easy to record and report drunk...

Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition
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Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition

For many people, smartphone shopping comes down to a choice of Apple's iPhone or one powered by Google's Android software.

It Job Market Recovering Faster Than After Dot-Com Bubble Burst
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It Job Market Recovering Faster Than After Dot-Com Bubble Burst

More new technology jobs have been created since the end of the past recession than during the same recovery period following the burst of the dot-com bubble and...

Women Pry Open Door to Video Game Industry's Boys' Club
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Women Pry Open Door to Video Game Industry's Boys' Club

When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand.

Google Glass Hackathons Coming Up in SF and NY
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Google Glass Hackathons Coming Up in SF and NY

Google announced that it is throwing two hackathons for developers to get to know and work on its Google Glass project. The people allowed to participate in the...

­.S. Postal Service Pushes the Digital Envelope in Battle for Its Future
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­.S. Postal Service Pushes the Digital Envelope in Battle for Its Future

Paul Vogel is, in his own words, trying to bring the U.S. Postal Service "from the today world into the tomorrow world."

Facebook on Collision Course With Google on Web Searches
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Facebook on Collision Course With Google on Web Searches

After years of collecting photos and personal data from its billion-plus members, Facebook Inc. Tuesday unveiled a search tool that sifts through people's profiles—and...

Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App
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Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App

It's not a surprise when a company with copious resources like Google builds a better iPhone search or mail app. But it’s far more interesting when small development...

Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress
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Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress

There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...
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