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Software Companies Beg For Qualified Job Candidates
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Software Companies Beg For Qualified Job Candidates

The biggest problem the U.S. software industry faces is finding enough qualified software engineers, according to several major software firms. The problem is not...

The Start-Ups that Favour New York Over Silicon Valley
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The Start-Ups that Favour New York Over Silicon Valley

New York's start-up scene has been booming, with the sector creating more than 10,000 jobs in the city over the past five years. Some talk of Silicon Alley as being...

Agile Developers Rule the Roost, Experience Trumps Toolsets
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Agile Developers Rule the Roost, Experience Trumps Toolsets

If you're an agile development pro, especially on the West Coast, Utah, Minnesota, New York or Massachusetts, you're pretty much in the catbird seat when comes...

Wallflowers of Silicon Valley Get Asked to Dance
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Wallflowers of Silicon Valley Get Asked to Dance

After years of being wallflowers at Silicon Valley's hottest tech conferences and Sean Parker's after-parties, enterprise technology firms are now part of the "in"...

Selling Flak Jackets in the Cyberwars
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Selling Flak Jackets in the Cyberwars

When the Israeli army and Hamas trade virtual blows in cyberspace, or when hacker groups like Anonymous rise from the digital ether, or when WikiLeaks dumps a trove...

Buffeted By the Web, but Now Riding It
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Buffeted By the Web, but Now Riding It

When the consumer Web exploded in the mid-1990s, part of the promise was that it would transform careers and the concept of work.

By Hiring Kurzweil, Google Just Killed the Singularity
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By Hiring Kurzweil, Google Just Killed the Singularity

Late last Friday, Google announced a jaw-dropping hire: Ray Kurzweil will join the company as a Director of Engineering. Has the world’s brainiest tech company"rapture...

Job Recruiters Turn to Linkedin, Social Media Startups
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Job Recruiters Turn to Linkedin, Social Media Startups

In his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment...

Times Have Changed For the Wristwatch Industry
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Times Have Changed For the Wristwatch Industry

It showed 12:17 p.m. on all of the timepieces carried by students and young workers taking a break around a coffee table at Johnson County Community College.

Tech Workers Back Need For More Women in It but Oppose Quotas
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Tech Workers Back Need For More Women in It but Oppose Quotas

There are not enough women in the IT industry in the United Kingdom, according to 77 percent of respondents to a newly published survey. However, 71 percent of...

Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Other Tech Giants Rushing to Embrace Software
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Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Other Tech Giants Rushing to Embrace Software

Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Autonomy may have turned into a multibillion-dollar disaster, but it hasn't stopped HP—and other Silicon Valley tech giants—from making...

Applicants' Photos on Social Media Can Be a Key Factor in Hiring Decisions
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Applicants' Photos on Social Media Can Be a Key Factor in Hiring Decisions

A recent study found that applicants whose pictures appear on their social media profiles are viewed more favorably than applicants who are not pictured. Also,...

Why Google Maps Is Better Than Apple Maps
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Why Google Maps Is Better Than Apple Maps

There's a simple answer: people.

Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article
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Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article

In the few minutes it takes to read this article, chances are you'll pause to check your phone, answer a text, switch to your desktop to read an email from the...

Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias
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Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias

There are some disturbing indications that age bias is part of the culture in Silicon Valley. As a result, some older candidates are taking steps to appear younger...

Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?
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Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?

While the IT industry has had a number of female role models — most recently Marissa Mayer at Yahoo! — there is a growing concern that not enough women are making...

Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers
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Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers

It was the hangar which incubated Howard Hughes's aviation dreams, each aircraft model more fanciful than the last, and half a century later it is the launchpad...

Silicon Valley Straps on Pads
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Silicon Valley Straps on Pads

The San Francisco 49ers have a long tradition of borrowing ideas from Silicon Valley.

How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started
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How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started

Four years ago developer Matt Biddulph jokingly coined "Silicon Roundabout" as a description of East London's small but growing startup scene—now it's become the...

In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung
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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung

So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...
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