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Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App
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Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App

It's not a surprise when a company with copious resources like Google builds a better iPhone search or mail app. But it’s far more interesting when small development...

Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress
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Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress

There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...

Nih to Appoint Chief Data Official
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Nih to Appoint Chief Data Official

The National Institutes of Health plans to recruit a new associate director to examine the potential for vast new troves of biomedical research data related to...

Detroit: After Decades of ­rban Blight, Technology Boom Gives Motor City Hope
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Detroit: After Decades of ­rban Blight, Technology Boom Gives Motor City Hope

The raucous scene inside the M@ dison building is not one usually associated with inner-city Detroit.

Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science?
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Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science?

In an experiment to steer more students into science, technology and engineering careers, the state of Florida is investigating whether tuition discounts could...

Work Begins on Hardware to Aid Edsac Replica Recreation
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Work Begins on Hardware to Aid Edsac Replica Recreation

Edsac—Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator—ran its first program in 1949 and was created to help scientists at Cambridge University.

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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Tiny Tools Help Advance Medical Discoveries

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from...

Move Over Halo: Beautiful, Provocative Indie Games Step Into the Spotlight
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Move Over Halo: Beautiful, Provocative Indie Games Step Into the Spotlight

If you play video games, then you've probably heard a lot about games like "Halo 4" and "Assassin's Creed III" and "Bordelands 2."

Project Login Aims to Double State's Computer Science Graduation Rate
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Project Login Aims to Double State's Computer Science Graduation Rate

The University of Maine and Educate Maine recently launched Project Login, which aims to double the number of computer science and information technology graduates...

5 Nerds to Watch in 2013
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5 Nerds to Watch in 2013

When Steve Jobs died, there was a lot of talk about who would be the next Steve Jobs. But the truth is, rarely can one person reshape the future. And breakthroughs...

No Women in Cs? Well, Not For Long
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No Women in Cs? Well, Not For Long

Stanford University students Ayna Agarwal and Ellora Israni recently founded she++, a Stanford community for women in tech.

Calculating a College Degree's True Value
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Calculating a College Degree's True Value

How much is a college diploma actually worth? The perennial question asked by every former English, philosophy, and art history major now has an answer in some...

Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China
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Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China

One day last summer, Pu Xiaolan was halfway through a shift inspecting iPad cases when she received a beige wooden chair with white stripes and a high, sturdy back...

Color-Sensing Toasters? A Student Reimagines the Home
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Color-Sensing Toasters? A Student Reimagines the Home

At 21, Basheer Tome has a rather well-defined notion of what he thinks the world needs: clever, useful, beautiful objects that elevate our homes well and truly...

Loreto College Pioneering Best-Practice in Computer Science Education
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Loreto College Pioneering Best-Practice in Computer Science Education

Loreto College in Northern Ireland recently hosted a Java programming course for teachers. The course is a response to a growing demand from pupils and the information...

IT Workforce Can't Meet Demand for Cloud Skills
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IT Workforce Can't Meet Demand for Cloud Skills

The IT market is projected to grow as much as 2.7 percent through 2020, with most of the growth coming from cloud-related technologies. The demand for cloud computing...

With Growth of 'hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn to Tinker
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With Growth of 'hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn to Tinker

Countless kids have grown up with the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts ,or Campfire Girls, but for some families, the uniforms and outdoor focus of traditional Scouting...

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Science Fair Projects Demystified in Jpl Education Videos

Just in time for science fair season, the Education Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a video series designed to take teachers, students and...

We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se
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We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se

Virtually any article today about big data inevitably turns to the notion that the country is suffering from a crucial shortage of data scientists.
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