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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung
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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung

So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...

Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks

Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...

Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign
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Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign

Having spent the better part of two years re-inventing and re-sizing itself through layoffs, restructurings and acquisitions, networking giant Cisco Systems has...

Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan
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Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan

In policy circles, problems that are mind-bogglingly difficult or impossible to solve, like global warming, are formally termed "wicked."

Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science
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Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science

A crowdsourced website aims to be a combination of Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary for deaf people in math and science, creating a common sign language for technical...

Tiny Compound Semiconductor Transistor Could Challenge Silicon's Dominance
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Tiny Compound Semiconductor Transistor Could Challenge Silicon's Dominance

MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.

Neil Degrasse Tyson Helps His New 'bud' Superman Get a Glimpse of Home
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Neil Degrasse Tyson Helps His New 'bud' Superman Get a Glimpse of Home

DC Comics, Tyson explains, approached him for permission to use the Planetarium—as well as his likeness—in a story where Superman witnesses the destruction of Krypton...

Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test
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Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test

How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous...

Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy
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Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy

A new report, "Technology Works: Patterns of High Technology Employment and Wages in the United States," suggests the high-tech sector is responsible for outsized...

Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths
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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths

Just 15 years ago, New York City had 35,000 phone booths. Thanks to cell phones it now has just 11,000, most of which serve little purpose for anyone but Clark...

Lenovo's Quest to Be Cool
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Lenovo's Quest to Be Cool

China's Lenovo is on a roll. It has just been named the world's number one PC seller, and it has rapidly won the number two spot in mobile phones in its home market...

Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper
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Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper

This video shows the result of stitching together 463 intermediate versions of a paper that Timothy Weninger submitted to the WWW2013 computer science conference...

The Next Big Os War Is in Your Dashboard
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The Next Big Os War Is in Your Dashboard

Competition in automotive technology has long been about who's got the most horsepower, the best towing capacity or the fastest acceleration. These days, though...

Texas Teen Wins $100,000 National Science Prize
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Texas Teen Wins $100,000 National Science Prize

A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm...

Star Trek Classroom: The Next Generation of School Desks
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Star Trek Classroom: The Next Generation of School Desks

Durham University researchers are developing NumberNet, a multi-touch, multi-user classroom desk that can boost students' math skills. The desk has shown that...

Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields
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Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields

Silicon Valley is starting to attract a new wave of entrepreneurs from Latin America who have launched startups offering everything from digital wallets to video...

IST Research Helps Businesses Optimize Benefits of Crowdsourcing
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IST Research Helps Businesses Optimize Benefits of Crowdsourcing

Penn State University researchers are studying how crowdsourcing processes can be optimized so companies can match the right crowd to the right job. Organizations...

The ­ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go
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The ­ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go

You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.

Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities
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Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...

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I.b.m. and Ohio State ­niversity to Open Center For Big Data

There is plenty of debate about just how much Big Data analytics can help businesses make smarter decisions to increase sales and cut costs. Yet there seems to...
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