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Silicon Valley Technology Could Be Key to Connect Cars For Safer Driving
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Silicon Valley Technology Could Be Key to Connect Cars For Safer Driving

While Google's self-driving car is getting heaps of attention, a lesser-known effort that would employ Silicon Valley technologies to make regular automobiles safer...

Apple Said to Be Exploring Switch From Intel For Mac
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Apple Said to Be Exploring Switch From Intel For Mac

Apple Inc. is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. processors in its Mac personal computers with a version of the chip technology it uses in the iPhone and iPad...

Material Challenges Face Designers of Future Computer Chips
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Material Challenges Face Designers of Future Computer Chips

To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few atom...

Study Reveals Declining Influence of High Impact Factor Journals
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Study Reveals Declining Influence of High Impact Factor Journals

The most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in the world have less and less influence amongst scientists, according to a paper co-authored by Vincent Larivière,...

What's Gone Wrong With Hp?
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What's Gone Wrong With Hp?

In 2010, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s then-chief executive Mark Hurd boasted the company was "the largest IT company in the world" and said "we are still not to our full...

A Reboot in Recruiting Women Into Computer Science
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A Reboot in Recruiting Women Into Computer Science

U.S. government agencies, universities, and technology companies have contributed tens of millions of dollars to increase the number of female computer scientists...

5 Most Surprising Things Heard at Harvard's Cyberposium
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5 Most Surprising Things Heard at Harvard's Cyberposium

There was the usual talk about the excitement of the startup universe and the thrill of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School's 18th annual Cyberposium on...

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With Computerized Cars Ahead, Gm Puts It Outsourcing in the Rearview Mirror

For a dramatic sign of the strategy reversal under way at General Motors as it moves on from its 2009 bankruptcy, look no further than the IT department.

Women 'under-Represented' in Emerging Nations' S&t
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Women 'under-Represented' in Emerging Nations' S&t

Countries leading in technological advancement have failed to open up their knowledge societies to women, according to a recent report from Women in Global Science...

Beam Me to My Meeting!
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Beam Me to My Meeting!

European scientists have integrated robotics, video, and various sensor and display technologies to transport someone into a geographically distant meeting room...

Computer Scientist Turned Artist
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Computer Scientist Turned Artist

MIT professor Erik Demaine is a computer scientist turned artist with expertise in computational origami, the mathematical study of bending and folding. Together...

I Meet Tumblr Whizz-Kid David Karp
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I Meet Tumblr Whizz-Kid David Karp

There's a joke running around about social media: Facebook is how you want people to see you, Twitter is how you see yourself; Tumblr is—"Hey look! Funny cat picture...

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The 10 Silicon Valley Companies You Wish You Worked for (or Started)

The history of Silicon Valley is the history of digital technology. To become a part of that history, do you go to work for one of the giants—Apple, Google, Intel...

One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education
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One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education

The headquarters of what has rapidly become the largest school in the world, at 10 million students strong, is stuffed into a few large communal rooms in a decaying...

DARPA Throws Down Gauntlet to Human-Style Robots
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DARPA Throws Down Gauntlet to Human-Style Robots

The DARPA Robotics Challenge, one of the most rigorous tests of robotic ability ever conceived, kicked off last week. The contest sets teams of engineers from around...

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Apple R&D Spending Up Nearly 40 Percent in 2012

Apple increased the amount it spent on research and development during 2012, though it remained a fraction of its overall spending.

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The 10 San Francisco Tech Companies You Wish You Worked For

As a veteran Silicon Valley investor on the faculty of Stanford business school, Andy Rachleff spends much of his time counseling young tech workers on how to manage...

5 Cool Things at MIT Media Lab
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5 Cool Things at MIT Media Lab

You probably expect all the latest and greatest high-tech gear to be out in force at the MIT Media Lab innovation complex. And you’d be right. Holograms? Check....

Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll Out the Welcome Mat?
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Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll Out the Welcome Mat?

Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the new...

Enterprise Hunger For Custom Apps Equals Developer Jobs
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Enterprise Hunger For Custom Apps Equals Developer Jobs

Application development is one of the fastest-growing trends in the enterprise market, according to several recent surveys. As a result, IT budgets are shifting...
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