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Making It in America

In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S. factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly the same fraction.

China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen
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China Trains Tech-Savvy Servicemen

China's People's Liberation Army is using an Intranet training system that allows soldiers to keep up with their studies while in the service.

Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls
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Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls

A University of Michigan educational technology aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive.

What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education
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What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education

Three very similar compressed software development training programs have emerged in the past few months: Code Academy (not to be confused with the startup Codecademy)...

Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!
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Happy Birthday, John Lasseter!

It's a good bet that a lot of kids who can’t get enough cartoons dream about someday getting a job making them.

Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists
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Record 29 Bay Area High School Students Are Intel Semifinalists

Bay Area high school seniors snagged an astounding 29 spots among the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, it was announced Wednesday.

School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program
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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Program

England education secretary Michael Gove announced that the current program of information and communications technology will be replaced next September by an open...

'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns
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'Geek' Perception of Computer Science Putting Off Girls, Expert Warns

University of Southampton professor Dame Wendy Hall warns that girls still think of computer science as a subject for geeks and that this has proved to be a very...

It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness
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It Security Pros Go Full Year With No Joblessness

The Information Security Media Group reports that an analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that there was no joblessness for information...

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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Programme

The current information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in England's schools is a "mess" and must be radically revamped, the education secretary...

Britain's Computer Science Courses Failing to Give Workers Digital Skills
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Britain's Computer Science Courses Failing to Give Workers Digital Skills

Britain is facing a shortage of workers with programming skills, fuelled by poor-quality training courses in universities and colleges, which has left companies...

Wanted: Supercomputer Programmers
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Wanted: Supercomputer Programmers

The U.S.'s supercomputing labs are having difficulty finding software developers who can program state-of-the-art machines, according to a recent Daily Beast article...

Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus
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Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus

Five computer science students at Middle Tennessee State University have developed an Android mobile app that has been adopted for use at their university. Specific...

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Could Coding Be the Next Mass Profession?

Like farming in the 17th century, factory work in the industrial revolution, construction in the Great Depression, and manufacturing following World War II, but...

Help Nasa Code Its Way Through Space
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Help Nasa Code Its Way Through Space

If you'd like to work on software projects that might one day send your code to Mars or on a deep space mission, NASA has some code for you to hack on.

Wanted: Technical Women
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Wanted: Technical Women

"Especially at a time when unemployment is high and our economy is weak, we cannot afford to lose anyone with the technical skills to create a sustainable future...

It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery
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It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery

The U.S. produces almost one-quarter more goods and services today than it did in 1999, while using almost precisely the same number of workers.

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You Need To Learn How To Program

If you're looking for a New Year's resolution, let me suggest an idea that you might not have considered: You should learn computer programming. Specifically,...

Could You Make It Past Google's Gatekeepers?
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Could You Make It Past Google's Gatekeepers?

How many taxis are there in New York City? You either know how to answer that question or you don't.

Military Academies Look to Fill Nation's Cybersecurity Gaps
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Military Academies Look to Fill Nation's Cybersecurity Gaps

U.S. military academies have been developing potential cyberwarriors for years, but has difficulty finding them positions that use their cyberskills. Most graduates...
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