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Qs Ranks World's Top Computer Science Programs
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Qs Ranks World's Top Computer Science Programs

QS, an online and offline education network, has released its latest university rankings of the world's top Computer Science programs.

Nbc, Google, Stage 'war Games' To Prepare For Olympic Disruptions
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Nbc, Google, Stage 'war Games' To Prepare For Olympic Disruptions

NBC and Google are conducting "war games" in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online...

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again
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In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again

Since the mid-1990s Liam Casey, PCH International's chief executive officer, has helped technology companies with the nastiest task in Silicon Valley: building...

Doing Apps and Start-­ps While Still in High School
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Doing Apps and Start-­ps While Still in High School

Like many young entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley, Matthew Slipper knows that success does not come easy.

Researcher Solves N-Representability Problem
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Researcher Solves N-Representability Problem

A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as ranked by the National Research...

Computer Composer Honors Turing's Centenary
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Computer Composer Honors Turing's Centenary

A century after Alan Turing's birth, a computer program called Iamus has penned a suite of musical and orchestral pieces in his honor. An Iamus composition premiered...

Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says
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Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says

Immigrants played a role in more than three out of four patents at the top U.S. research universities, according to a study by the nonprofit Partnership for a...

Online Global Classroom Project Challenges Traditional Learning
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Online Global Classroom Project Challenges Traditional Learning

Arizona State University has launched an educational pilot project — a global classroom — with Leuphana University in Germany, laying the groundwork for an intensive...

How to Break Into Security, Schneier Edition
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How to Break Into Security, Schneier Edition

I asked noted cryptographer, author and security rock star Bruce Schneier for his thoughts. Schneier: I regularly receive email from people who want advice on how...

Clothing the Body Electric
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Clothing the Body Electric

Researchers at the University of South Carolina have converted the fabric in a cotton T-shirt into a material that can store electricity. Their work could pave...

Six-Figure It Salaries Not Just For Cios, Svps
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Six-Figure It Salaries Not Just For Cios, Svps

Information architects, data security analysts, and user experience designers often see salaries top $100,000, according to Robert Half Technology.

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Why Learn C?

Though C has been around for decades, it's still consistently ranked at the top of any list of programming languages used and studied today.  

Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech
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Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech

Computer scientist whose cutting-edge work links technology and health care is the first professor hired to work at the city’s new genius school.

'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap
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'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap

A slight media kerfuffle broke out this week after The Daily Beast released its Digital Power Index, a list of the 100 most influential people in the tech world...

Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories
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Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories

Thomson Reuters recently previewed the Data Citation Index, an upcoming research resource within its Web of Knowledge research platform to facilitate the discovery...

Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience
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Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience

Wedding DJs everywhere should be worried about job security now that Shimi, a musical companion robot developed by Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology, is...

Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer
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Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer

Professor Jim Hendler has been named the new head of the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Dr. Hendler is a strong researcher...

Battery Manufacturing R&d Facility Opens at Ornl
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Battery Manufacturing R&d Facility Opens at Ornl

Future automotive batteries could cost less and pack more power because of a new manufacturing research and development facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Bomb Threat? An App For That, Too
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Bomb Threat? An App For That, Too

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new smartphone application helps first responders and technicians respond to bomb threats.

Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says
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Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says

Arguing against immigration policies that force foreign-born innovators to leave the United States, a new study to be released on Tuesday shows that immigrants...
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