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Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities Encourages Online Education
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Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities Encourages Online Education

Colleges around the world will have to change their business and credentialing models to adapt to emerging technology if they want to maintain their importance...

Economic Damage From Offshoring Jobs May Be Exaggerated
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Economic Damage From Offshoring Jobs May Be Exaggerated

Offshoring jobs might not damage the U.S. economy to the degree publicly perceived, says University at Buffalo economist Winston Chang.

Ship Code or Ship Out: Bootcamp For New Facebook Engineers
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Ship Code or Ship Out: Bootcamp For New Facebook Engineers

Congratulations, recruit! It's time to learn the ropes of your Facebook engineering job.

X-Ray Technique Reveals Structure of Printable Electronics
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X-Ray Technique Reveals Structure of Printable Electronics

An innovative X-ray technique has given researchers new insight into how organic polymers can be used in printable electronics such as transistors and solar cells...

Msri Recognized For Encouraging Women and Minorities in Mathematics
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Msri Recognized For Encouraging Women and Minorities in Mathematics

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute is receiving the 2012 "Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference" award for its "high level of commitment and successful...

To Teach Kids Math, Researcher Devises 'Brain Games'
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To Teach Kids Math, Researcher Devises 'Brain Games'

University at Buffalo education researcher Ming Ming Chiu has developed a series of Brain Games to help young children learn math.

North American Programmers Prep for World Finals Competition
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North American Programmers Prep for World Finals Competition

Computer programming teams from across North America will compete for $12,000 in prize money, including a $4,500 grand prize, at the University of Chicago Invitational...

Israel's Rocket-Hunting Ace Got His Start Playing Warcraft
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Israel's Rocket-Hunting Ace Got His Start Playing Warcraft

While many of the boys in Idan Yahya's high school class were buffing up and preparing themselves for selection into elite combat units, this gawky teenager was...

Hype Hangs Over Dropbox
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Hype Hangs Over Dropbox

Dropbox Inc. followed the Internet start-up playbook to a tee last year.

Paper from FiftyThree Hits 1.5 Million Downloads in Two Weeks
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Paper from FiftyThree Hits 1.5 Million Downloads in Two Weeks

Former Microsoft employees who worked on the ill-fated Courier dual-screen tablet and started their own mobile-development house have hit some early success.

Not All Jobs Are Created Equal
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Not All Jobs Are Created Equal

On any given workday, Brandon Hilkert, 31, might be found sitting in front of his MacBook Air at home in West Chester, Penn., in a coffee shop nearby, or at a co...

New Degree Concept Looks to Create More Computer Scientists
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New Degree Concept Looks to Create More Computer Scientists

Oregon State University is beginning an online program that will allow a student with any type of accredited bachelor's degree to gain a second degree, a bachelor's...

Move Over, Eye Candy. Here Comes the Business Tech Boom
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Move Over, Eye Candy. Here Comes the Business Tech Boom

Sometimes an IPO is more than just another IPO, and that's the case with Palo Alto Networks, which has just filed to go public.

On the Hunt For Tech Hires
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On the Hunt For Tech Hires

How does a company that isn't a shining star of Silicon Valley or a hot start-up convince sought-after technology professionals to accept a job offer?

Engineer Tackles Nanoscale Computing Challenges
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Engineer Tackles Nanoscale Computing Challenges

University of Illinois at Chicago assistant professor Wenjing Rao has won a National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career award that she will use to explore...

To Raise Talent Pool, Tech Firms Start Funding Phd Students
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To Raise Talent Pool, Tech Firms Start Funding Phd Students

Plagued by the shortage of scientific talent, technology companies in India — both multinationals and homegrown firms — are taking it upon themselves to build...

Pirates, Beware: Navy's Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd
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Pirates, Beware: Navy's Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd

The Office of Naval Research will begin testing an unmanned robotic helicopter this summer equipped with high-definition cameras, mid-wave infrared sensors, and...

Reentry: From Nasa to Entrepreneurship
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Reentry: From Nasa to Entrepreneurship

During his five years as NASA’s chief technology officer for IT, Chris Kemp helped make millions of NASA’s images—such as rover tracks on Mars and lunar craters—available...

The Enemy Within
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The Enemy Within

Companies' IT staffs often hold the keys to the castle. And that's the problem.

Bosses' Big Fear? That Employees Will Film Them
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Bosses' Big Fear? That Employees Will Film Them

A survey suggests that bosses are paranoid that employees will upload inappropriate videos to company networks or film them in slightly less than perfect situations...
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