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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Carnegie Mellon, Nsa Seek High School Hackers
Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of computer hacking.
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Brogrammers Making Sex Jokes and Other Reasons Startups Need Hr Departments
When I worked at a startup, we jokingly referred to our "HR department"—a cardboard box that held resumes, NDAs, tax forms, whatever.
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The Touch-Screen Generation
On a chilly day last spring, a few dozen developers of children’s apps for phones and tablets gathered at an old beach resort in Monterey, California, to show off...
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Where Are the Cyber Pros?
The U.S. government has made progress on building a cyber workforce but continues to face several hurdles. The biggest challenge might be the budget climate and...
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In the Developing World, Moocs Start to Get Real
As online education platforms like Coursera, edX, and Udacity burst onto the scene over the past year, backers have talked up their potential to democratize higher...
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Intel's Media Unit on Hiring Spree to Prep for TV Debut
Intel Corp's media group has been on a hiring spree as it prepares to launch an Internet television service later this year, underscoring the chip maker's seriousness...
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'cool' Factor Key to Inspiring Future Tech and Engineering Stars
Stanford University president John Hennessy suggests the technology and engineering education field will need to develop a coolness factor if is to attract the...
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10 Companies Chasing Innovations That Really Matter
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin faced some flak recently when he announced he was starting a new company in the already crowded field of digital payments.
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HHMI Hopes $1M Grants Will Transform Science Education
Up to 15 new HHMI professors will receive $1 million over five years to create activities that integrate their research with student learning to enhance undergraduates'...
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Israel Ramps p Its Cyberdefense Training
Twice a week about 200 Israeli high school students in seven separate locations meet after school for six hours of extra classes.
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Computer Science Enrollments Soared Last Year, Rising 30%
The number of new undergraduate computing majors in U.S. computer science departments increased more than 29 percent in 2012, marking the fifth straight year of...
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Which Tech Degrees Pay the Most From Day One?
Asked about industry demand for their graduates, colleges and professors from various technology disciplines said that more job opportunities and higher starting...
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A Laboratory Grows Young Scientists
During lunch hour, the hallways of Ossining High School have a kind of barely contained chaos.
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Can Your Boss Read Your Email?
Harvard faculty members responded with shock after the Boston Globe revealed that theuniversity’s administration had searched 16 faculty deans’ email accounts to...
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Computer Scientists Use Music to Lure Students to STEM Majors
Making music is the main objective of students in Professor Jennifer Burg's computer science classes. But Burg's goal is to get them to understand the underlying...
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Computer Coding: It's Not Just For Boys
At 16, Isabelle Aleksander spends hours writing computer code and plans a career in engineering. Her latest passion is the Raspberry Pi, a low-cost, credit-card...
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Disney Turns Away from Hand-Drawn Animation
Disney, the Hollywood titan which brought the world classics such as Fantasia, Bambi, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has admitted it has no current plans...
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New Center for Open Science Designed to Increase Research Transparency
A new Center for Open Science, based at the University of Virginia, will encourage openness, accessibility and reproducibility of research across all scientific...
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Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started
Mobile computers are spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history.
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Carly Fiorina on Marissa, Sheryl, and Women in Tech
Before Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg became the faces of female leadership in Silicon Valley, there was Carly Fiorina.
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