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Sebastian Thrun Resigns from Stanford to Launch ­dacity

Professor Sebastian Thrun has given up his Stanford position to start Udacity—an online educational venture. Udacity's first two free courses are Building a Search...

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Social Media Predicting Stock Moves Spawn Sentiment Firms

The torrent of posts on Twitter Inc. last year about Netflix Inc. might have tipped off investors to stock swings that erased about $8 billion from the movie-rental...

Computer Scientist Earns Prestigious Early-Career Research Award
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Computer Scientist Earns Prestigious Early-Career Research Award

UC Merced engineering Professor Ming-Hsuan Yang has received a U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work on improving visual tracking abilities...

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How ­.s. Lost Out on Iphone Work

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

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Not All College Majors Are Created Equal

I have this game I play when I meet college students.

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Engage: Apple's New Tools For Interactive Books on Ipad

Engagement is a big word in education. It combines both objective participation and subjective emotion. It's one of the few psychological terms in education that...

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U.s. Losing High-Tech Jobs, R&d Dominance to Asia

U.S. companies are locating more of their research and development operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science...

Google's Marissa Mayer Says More Women Needed in Tech
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Google's Marissa Mayer Says More Women Needed in Tech

Despite recent advances by women in high-tech fields, there is still much room for growth, according to a group of female tech executives speaking at the recent...

Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots
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Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots

Georgia Tech researchers have studied the movements of snakes to create more efficient search-and-rescue robots.

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The Opposite of Evil: Google Named Best Place to Work in America

Google has a new weapon in the intense war for engineering talent in Silicon Valley: The search giant on Thursday was named by Fortune magazine as the best place...

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Dave Cutler Moves to the Xbox: What He Brings to the Job

Microsoft's Dave Cutler is a legend in Redmond. And now he's taking on a new position, focusing efforts on improving the Xbox.

­niversity Collaboration to Benefit Women Faculty in STEM
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­niversity Collaboration to Benefit Women Faculty in STEM

Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have launched the Chicago Collaboration for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, an...

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Road Safety Agency Is ­rged to Add Expertise in Electronics Systems

A branch of the National Academy of Sciences reported Wednesday that federal safety regulators lack the expertise to monitor vehicles with increasingly sophisticated...

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Kidsruby 1.0 Released

So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you're not really sure where to start.

­.s. Loses High-Tech Jobs as R&d Shifts Toward Asia
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­.s. Loses High-Tech Jobs as R&d Shifts Toward Asia

The U.S. is losing high-tech jobs as American companies expand their research and development (R&D) labs in Asia, according to the U.S. National Science Board....

Class of 2011 Scores Higher-Paying Jobs
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Class of 2011 Scores Higher-Paying Jobs

Engineering students secured the highest-paying jobs among 2011 graduates, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.  

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In Tech, Starting ­p By Failing

Every entrepreneur hopes to start the next big thing. But sometimes the first try doesn’t go as planned.

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Jerry Yang Leaves Yahoo and a Cautionary Tale Behind

It had to be hard for Jerry Yang to walk away from Yahoo on Tuesday. You know it had to be hard or he would have walked away years ago—which is exactly what many...

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Twitter ­sage at Work Jumped 700% Last Year, Study Says

Working hard or hardly working? Managers may find themselves asking that question after examining the results of a study that found massive increases in employees'...

Duo on a Mission to Make Computer Education More Fun
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Duo on a Mission to Make Computer Education More Fun

A curriculum developed by Rupesh Shah and Sridhar Iyer and designed to make computer literacy training fun is now used by 78 schools across India.
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