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U.S. Lost Quarter of its High-Tech Jobs in Past Decade
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U.S. Lost Quarter of its High-Tech Jobs in Past Decade

A National Science Board study released Tuesday (January 17) says the United States shed 687,000 high-tech manufacturing jobs since reaching a peak of 2.5 million...

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Nyc to Open Its First Software Engineering High School

New York City is taking another step toward becoming Silicon Alley—the East Coast’s own tech hub—with the grand opening of the city's first software engineering...

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Making It in America

In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S. factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly the same fraction.

Online Environment to Help Vehicle Designers Collaborate
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Online Environment to Help Vehicle Designers Collaborate

The Georgia Tech Research Institute has received a $1.5 million contract from DARPA to produce an online environment that would let multiple design teams work together...

China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen
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China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen

China's People's Liberation Army is using an Intranet training system that allows soldiers to keep up with their studies while in the service.

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The Rise of the New Groupthink

Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement...

Surgical Robots to Provide Open-Source Platform For Medical Robotics Research
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Surgical Robots to Provide Open-Source Platform For Medical Robotics Research

Seven identical robots created and built at the UW will be flown to campuses across the country, where they will provide the first common research platform to develop...

Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls
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Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls

A University of Michigan educational technology aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive.

What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education
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What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education

Three very similar compressed software development training programs have emerged in the past few months: Code Academy (not to be confused with the startup Codecademy)...

Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!
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Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!

It's a good bet that a lot of kids who can’t get enough cartoons dream about someday getting a job making them.

Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists
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Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists

Bay Area high school seniors snagged an astounding 29 spots among the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, it was announced Wednesday.

School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program
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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program

England education secretary Michael Gove announced that the current program of information and communications technology will be replaced next September by an open...

'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns
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'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns

University of Southampton professor Dame Wendy Hall warns that girls still think of computer science as a subject for geeks and that this has proved to be a very...

Nanomaterials Cooked in Microwave Oven Could Lead to Solid-State Air Conditioners and Refrigerators
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Nanomaterials Cooked in Microwave Oven Could Lead to Solid-State Air Conditioners and Refrigerators

Rensselaer researchers at have developed a new way to create nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no refrigerants...

Sandia Cyber Project Looks to Help It Professionals with Dns Vulnerabilities
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Sandia Cyber Project Looks to Help It Professionals with Dns Vulnerabilities

Sandia National Laboratories' Casey Deccio has developed a visualization tool known as DNSViz to help network administrators within the federal government and global...

It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness
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It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness

The Information Security Media Group reports that an analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that there was no joblessness for information...

Hr and Virtual Employees
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Hr and Virtual Employees

Within the modern organization, HR does not always understand the role of virtual employees who work off-site. Given the rapid pace of technological change, there...

What Job Seekers Need to Know in Today's Digital Market
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What Job Seekers Need to Know in Today's Digital Market

Social media has flourished as a burgeoning recruitment strategy, becoming a more mainstream approach for companies of all sizes and industries. In today's digital...

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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Programme

The current information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in England's schools is a "mess" and must be radically revamped, the education secretary...

Stephen Hawking's New Pc
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Stephen Hawking's New Pc

Intel application engineer Travis Bonifield has been working closely with Hawking to communicate with the world for a decade.
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