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In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold
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In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold

If Vladimir Putin glances out the Kremlin window at just the right moment, he has a chance of glimpsing the world's best computer programmer in Google's Moscow...

Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions

When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...

Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments
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Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments

A Tennessee company, Networcsim, has licensed software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively...

Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete?
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Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete?

Social networking sites such as Facebook are starting to replace the paper resume as the primary way for professional workers to attract the attention of recruiters...

Edx Adds Uc Berkeley, Opens Fall Registration
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Edx Adds Uc Berkeley, Opens Fall Registration

UC Berkeley joins edX, Harvard and MIT's not-for-profit online-learning collaborative. Course offerings in public health, computer science, and solid-state chemistry...

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Wanted: Temp Attorneys With Foreign-Language Skills

Unemployed lawyers looking for work in a lousy job market might want to brush up on their Korean or Chinese.

Will Wright Wants to Make a Game Out of Life Itself
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Will Wright Wants to Make a Game Out of Life Itself

For almost 30 years, Will Wright’s creations have attracted people who would never have played videogames. He's also managed the trick of developing games that...

Printed Photonic Crystal Mirrors Shrink On-Chip Lasers
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Printed Photonic Crystal Mirrors Shrink On-Chip Lasers

Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a new laser for on-chip optical connections...

Got the Next Great Idea?
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Got the Next Great Idea?

Everyone, it seems, has an app or a genius idea for one. Credit the lackluster job market plus facile tools and technology—no Ph.D. in programming required—for...

­.k. Seeks Software Writers with Cyber Security Challenge
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­.k. Seeks Software Writers with Cyber Security Challenge

It will start as an online treasure hunt but later stages will involve lab-based challenges.

Ten Disaster Preparedness Questions to Ask Your Cloud Services Provider
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Ten Disaster Preparedness Questions to Ask Your Cloud Services Provider

While the typical cloud contract contains uptime clauses and credits for missed service levels, it often fails to adequately protect the enterprise customer....

Apple Granted 'the Mother of All Smartphone Software Patents'
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Apple Granted 'the Mother of All Smartphone Software Patents'

Both sides of the smartphone wars agree that the 25 patents granted Apple on Tuesday contain some powerful legal weapons.

In-Q-Tel: The Cia's Tax-Funded Player In Silicon Valley
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In-Q-Tel: The Cia's Tax-Funded Player In Silicon Valley

For more than a decade the CIA has run its own venture capital fund called In-Q-Tel. It was founded in the late 1990s when the CIA was drowning in data and didn't...

­niversities Reshaping Education on the Web
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­niversities Reshaping Education on the Web

Coursera, an online higher education company founded last year by Stanford University computer scientists, announced an expansion that will offer more than 100...

The New Artisan Economy
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The New Artisan Economy

The recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09 has been so anemic that the average American would probably be surprised to hear that the recession has officially...

When Does An App Need Fda's Blessing?
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When Does An App Need Fda's Blessing?

Bernard Farrell obsesses over every bite he eats, every minute of exercise he gets, and everything that stresses him out. And, more than anything else, Farrell...

Four Things Gen Y Gets Right About Work
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Four Things Gen Y Gets Right About Work

Many of the traits typically ascribed to members of Generation Y can actually be seen as a positive trend in the future direction of the workplace.

App Maps Smithsonian Museums From the Inside Out
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App Maps Smithsonian Museums From the Inside Out

Google and the Smithsonian have collaborated to map the indoor public spaces of the Smithsonian's 17 museums and the National Zoo. Visitors with Google Maps for...

Pentagon Digs In on Cyberwar Front
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Pentagon Digs In on Cyberwar Front

The U.S. military is accelerating its cyberwarfare training programs in an aggressive expansion of its preparations for conflict on an emerging battlefield.

A Northwest Pipeline to Silicon Valley
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A Northwest Pipeline to Silicon Valley

Some budding entrepreneurs and computer whizzes based here in the Pacific Northwest are starting to turn heads down in Silicon Valley.
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