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The 10 San Francisco Tech Companies You Wish You Worked For

As a veteran Silicon Valley investor on the faculty of Stanford business school, Andy Rachleff spends much of his time counseling young tech workers on how to manage...

Enterprise Hunger For Custom Apps Equals Developer Jobs
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Enterprise Hunger For Custom Apps Equals Developer Jobs

Application development is one of the fastest-growing trends in the enterprise market, according to several recent surveys. As a result, IT budgets are shifting...

Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2013
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Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2013

On Monday, the research firm laid out "10 critical tech trends for the next five years." Tuesday, it took a look at a little closer in, providing a list of the...

In the Future, Who Will Need Teachers?
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In the Future, Who Will Need Teachers?

Guitar teacher Erich Andreas works from a basement studio in Nashville, Tenn. His classroom, though, is the world itself.

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The Tech Job Market Keeps Heating ­p, But Not for Everybody

At first glance, you might think that anyone with up-to-date IT skills and a few years of work experience has it made in the shade.

Stanford Grads' Companies Combined Equals 10th Largest Economy
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Stanford Grads' Companies Combined Equals 10th Largest Economy

If companies founded by Stanford graduates formed an independent nation, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world, according to a new study by two Stanford...

How Startups Are Killing Off Bosses
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How Startups Are Killing Off Bosses

The most innovative tech companies today are building work cultures that rely on "peer management" instead of traditional hierarchical structures.

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Nasa Selects Early-Stage Innovation Proposals From 10 ­niversities

NASA has selected 10 university-led proposals for study of innovative, early-stage space technologies designed to improve shielding from space radiation, spacecraft...

In Des Moines, Turning Off Beacon Unleashes a Storm
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In Des Moines, Turning Off Beacon Unleashes a Storm

A Des Moines television station has turned off the lights on the city's Weather Beacon, igniting a tempest among residents who were raised to look downtown for...

U.S. Tech Workers By the Numbers
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U.S. Tech Workers By the Numbers

The percentage of tech workers in the American workforce stayed constant from 2010 to 2011 at 5.2%, according to a new survey on demographics, occupation, and earnings...

Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's Controversial Mr. Windows 8
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Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's Controversial Mr. Windows 8

Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was working on a file synchronization technology that would make stashing and grabbing pictures, documents...

At Technology High School, Goal Isn't to Finish in 4 Years
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At Technology High School, Goal Isn't to Finish in 4 Years

Flakes of green paint are peeling from the third-floor windowsills.

Venture Competition Awards $50,000 to Digital Innovators
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Venture Competition Awards $50,000 to Digital Innovators

The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business recently announced the winners of its...

Genome Hunters Go After Martian Dna
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Genome Hunters Go After Martian Dna

Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life.

Cybercrime-Fighters Seek 'generation Xbox' For Spy Jobs
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Cybercrime-Fighters Seek 'generation Xbox' For Spy Jobs

Up to 100 members of "generation Xbox" will be offered a career in the secret services, under a scheme announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Jack Dorsey: Leadership Secrets Of Twitter And Square
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Jack Dorsey: Leadership Secrets Of Twitter And Square

You cover a lot of ground hanging out with Jack Dorsey.

An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams
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An Overseas Push For Video Software For Sports Teams

In 2006, football coaches at the University of Nebraska approached Jeffrey S. Raikes about ways to improve the Cornhuskers’ game with technology. Raikes, then president...

The BlackBerry as Black Sheep
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The BlackBerry as Black Sheep

Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. 

A Virtual Peek at the NYC Tech Campus
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A Virtual Peek at the NYC Tech Campus

Cornell University's plan for a new high-tech, applied-science campus on an island in New York City's East River moved to the next phase on Monday when the city...

Can Apple Win Over China?
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Can Apple Win Over China?

Tim Cook, Apple's reserved and soft-spoken CEO, has a tendency to wax euphoric about the China market and his company's place in it.
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