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Times Have Changed For the Wristwatch Industry
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Times Have Changed For the Wristwatch Industry

It showed 12:17 p.m. on all of the timepieces carried by students and young workers taking a break around a coffee table at Johnson County Community College.

Camera System Identifies Ideal Walrus Habitats
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Camera System Identifies Ideal Walrus Habitats

A University of Delaware research team has developed a novel camera system to map the surface topography of Arctic sea ice to assess walrus habitat. The NSF project...

Tech Workers Back Need For More Women in It but Oppose Quotas
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Tech Workers Back Need For More Women in It but Oppose Quotas

There are not enough women in the IT industry in the United Kingdom, according to 77 percent of respondents to a newly published survey. However, 71 percent of...

Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Other Tech Giants Rushing to Embrace Software
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Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Other Tech Giants Rushing to Embrace Software

Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Autonomy may have turned into a multibillion-dollar disaster, but it hasn't stopped HP—and other Silicon Valley tech giants—from making...

Applicants' Photos on Social Media Can Be a Key Factor in Hiring Decisions
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Applicants' Photos on Social Media Can Be a Key Factor in Hiring Decisions

A recent study found that applicants whose pictures appear on their social media profiles are viewed more favorably than applicants who are not pictured. Also,...

Data Analytics For City Planning and Design
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Data Analytics For City Planning and Design

The new Urban Center for Computation and Data will apply the most advanced computational and data-driven techniques to the challenge of intelligent urban planning...

Why Google Maps Is Better Than Apple Maps
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Why Google Maps Is Better Than Apple Maps

There's a simple answer: people.

From ACM Opinion

I Am Not Big Brother

I've grown accustomed to reading inaccurate accounts of my day job. I'm in political data.

Five Reasons Everyone Should Celebrate Computer Science Education Week
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Five Reasons Everyone Should Celebrate Computer Science Education Week

Once upon a time computers would take up entire floors in buildings. Now they are smaller, faster, sleeker and more affordable than ever! Awesome.

Cleanroom: The Machine That Manufactures Air
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Cleanroom: The Machine That Manufactures Air

You can scrub all you want but you'll never get your room *ultra* clean. Why? Because of air—filthy, filthy air.

Current Collector Could Limit the Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries
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Current Collector Could Limit the Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries

A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently...

Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article
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Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article

In the few minutes it takes to read this article, chances are you'll pause to check your phone, answer a text, switch to your desktop to read an email from the...

Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias
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Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias

There are some disturbing indications that age bias is part of the culture in Silicon Valley. As a result, some older candidates are taking steps to appear younger...

Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?
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Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?

While the IT industry has had a number of female role models — most recently Marissa Mayer at Yahoo! — there is a growing concern that not enough women are making...

Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers
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Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers

It was the hangar which incubated Howard Hughes's aviation dreams, each aircraft model more fanciful than the last, and half a century later it is the launchpad...

Silicon Valley Straps on Pads
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Silicon Valley Straps on Pads

The San Francisco 49ers have a long tradition of borrowing ideas from Silicon Valley.

How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started
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How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started

Four years ago developer Matt Biddulph jokingly coined "Silicon Roundabout" as a description of East London's small but growing startup scene—now it's become the...

Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets
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Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets

Researchers at Georgia Tech have created Access4Kids, a wireless input device that attempts to open the world of tablet computers to children whose limited mobility...

Do We Live in a Computer Simulation? Researchers Say Idea Can Be Tested
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Do We Live in a Computer Simulation? Researchers Say Idea Can Be Tested

A decade ago, a British philosopher put forth the possibility that the universe might be a computer simulation run by our descendants. Now, a team of physicists...

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NASA Offers High School Girls a Chance to Jump-Start Their Future

NASA is offering high school junior girls from across the United States an opportunity to jump-start their future by participating in the Women In STEM High School...
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