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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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To the delight of American satellite makers, communications satellites—which orbit Earth to relay phone calls, link ships to shore and broadcast television programs—will...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 4, 2013
Despite technology's increasingly important role in the U.S. economy, IT wages remain persistently flat, with the sluggish economy getting most of the blame for...Computerworld From ACM CareerNews | December 5, 2012
The antivirus industry has a dirty little secret: its products are often not very good at stopping viruses.The New York Times From ACM News | January 3, 2013
The number of advertised agile software development jobs outnumbers active candidates by 4.59 to one, according to a recent Yoh Services study. eWeek From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2013
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast...Gartner From ACM Careers | January 3, 2013
A long time ago, my colleagues and I became part of a great adventure, teamed with a small band of scientists and technologists in the U.S. and elsewhere.Google From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2013
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...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | January 2, 2013
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...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 2, 2013
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...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | January 2, 2013
When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive—and...CNET From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2012
China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information and requiring service...Reuters From ACM News | December 28, 2012
Virtually any article today about big data inevitably turns to the notion that the country is suffering from a crucial shortage of data scientists.GigaOm From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2012
In 1979, I was an aeronautical-engineering major at San Jose State University, sneaking time in the laser lab to make holograms or running over to the computer...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2012
In the late 1960s it emerged as one of Asia Pacific's key electronics manufacturing hubs, making transistors and basic gadgets, before shifting into PCs and other...BBC News From ACM Careers | December 21, 2012
Nearly three years after the first iPad was introduced, the tablet has come a long way. Now there are plenty of smaller, cheaper tablets that are pretty powerful...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 21, 2012
Intel researchers recently offered predictions on how workers and workplaces will change over the next 10 to 20 years. "Most people work 9-to-5 jobs, are selfView...eWeek From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2012
Samsung Electronics is a company at the top of its game, having become the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer in the last year.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 20, 2012
As the head of Windows product development at Microsoft, Julie Larson-Green is responsible for a piece of software used by some 1.3 billion people worldwide.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 20, 2012
Despite efforts to help them succeed, women account for just six percent of the chief executives of the top 100 U.S. technology companies and just 22 percent of...The Financial Times From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2012