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Foxconn Says to Boost China Worker Participation in ­nion
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Foxconn Says to Boost China Worker Participation in ­nion

Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of most of the world's top-selling electronic gadgets including Apple Inc's iPhone, is trying to raise participation in...

Senate’s H-1B Visa Proposal Goes Far Beyond Microsoft’s
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Senate’s H-1B Visa Proposal Goes Far Beyond Microsoft’s

The Immigration Innovation Act, recently introduced in the U.S. Senate, would increase the annual quota of H-1B visas for those workers from 65,000 to 115,000....

Google Offers $3.14159 Million in Total Rewards For Chrome Os Hacking Contest
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Google Offers $3.14159 Million in Total Rewards For Chrome Os Hacking Contest

Google has never been stingy when it comes to paying for information about security vulnerabilities in products.

Becoming Biohackers: Learning the Game
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Becoming Biohackers: Learning the Game

When you have lunch courtesy of the FBI, you are offered chicken Caesar salad, hamburger, or fish.

In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a 'better Way'
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In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a 'better Way'

Consumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don't really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check in to the restaurants and shops...

Bipartisan Group of Senators to Introduce High-Skilled Immigration Bill
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Bipartisan Group of Senators to Introduce High-Skilled Immigration Bill

H-1B visas would jump to a cap of 115,000 from the current cap of 65,000 under a high-skilled immigration bill that will soon be introduced in the U.S. Senate with...

New Cornell Technology School Will Foster Commerce Amid Education
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New Cornell Technology School Will Foster Commerce Amid Education

Their curriculum devotes months to helping a company solve a current technological challenge.

How Google Became Such a Great Place to Work
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How Google Became Such a Great Place to Work

A few years ago, Google's human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company.

Atari's Bankruptcy: Gen X Bids Pong Farewell
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Atari's Bankruptcy: Gen X Bids Pong Farewell

Reading the news that Atari’s U.S. subsidiary is filing for bankruptcy was a little like hearing that Bob Hope died—in that you were surprised to discover he had...

Men More Likely Than Women to Commit Scientific Fraud
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Men More Likely Than Women to Commit Scientific Fraud

Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty. That's the conclusion...

Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe
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Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe

The Defense Department wants new computer tools to analyze mounds of unstructured text, blogs, and tweets as part of a coordinated push to help military analysts...

Banks Seek Nsa Help Amid Attacks on Their Computer Systems
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Banks Seek Nsa Help Amid Attacks on Their Computer Systems

Major U.S. banks have turned to the National Security Agency for help protecting their computer systems after a barrage of assaults that have disrupted their Web...

Cyberwar's Gray Market
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Cyberwar's Gray Market

Behind computer screens from France to Fort Worth, Texas, elite hackers hunt for security vulnerabilities worth thousands of dollars on a secretive unregulated...

Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition
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Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition

For many people, smartphone shopping comes down to a choice of Apple's iPhone or one powered by Google's Android software.

­.S. Postal Service Pushes the Digital Envelope in Battle for Its Future
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­.S. Postal Service Pushes the Digital Envelope in Battle for Its Future

Paul Vogel is, in his own words, trying to bring the U.S. Postal Service "from the today world into the tomorrow world."

Facebook on Collision Course With Google on Web Searches
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Facebook on Collision Course With Google on Web Searches

After years of collecting photos and personal data from its billion-plus members, Facebook Inc. Tuesday unveiled a search tool that sifts through people's profiles—and...

Ethical Questions Vex Social Network-Based Research
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Ethical Questions Vex Social Network-Based Research

Social networking sites like Facebook are a rich data source for academic research studies, but ethical guidelines governing how researchers should obtain and use...

Ben Horowitz on the Impact of Software Everywhere
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Ben Horowitz on the Impact of Software Everywhere

Ben Horowitz may have the skeleton key to the decimation—sorry, transformation—of our economic and political lives.

Make Guns Smart
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Make Guns Smart

Voices across the political spectrum are debating how to prevent mass shootings such as the one in Newtown, Connecticut.

The Rise of the Corporate Sustainability Officer
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The Rise of the Corporate Sustainability Officer

Americans are discarding a growing pile of electronics.
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