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China Tightens Internet Controls, Legalizes Post Deletion
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China Tightens Internet Controls, Legalizes Post Deletion

China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information and requiring service...

With Growth of 'hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn to Tinker
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With Growth of 'hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn to Tinker

Countless kids have grown up with the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts ,or Campfire Girls, but for some families, the uniforms and outdoor focus of traditional Scouting...

Google Apps Challenging Microsoft in Business
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Google Apps Challenging Microsoft in Business

It has taken years, but Google seems to be cutting into Microsoft's stronghold—businesses.

We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se
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We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se

Virtually any article today about big data inevitably turns to the notion that the country is suffering from a crucial shortage of data scientists.

How Technology Has Restored the Soul of Politics
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How Technology Has Restored the Soul of Politics

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...

Singapore's Technology Start-Ups Seek Success
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Singapore's Technology Start-Ups Seek Success

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...

The Man Looking to Turn Samsung Into a Silicon Valley Trendsetter
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The Man Looking to Turn Samsung Into a Silicon Valley Trendsetter

Samsung Electronics is a company at the top of its game, having become the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer in the last year.

The Woman Charged With Making Windows 8 Succeed
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The Woman Charged With Making Windows 8 Succeed

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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I Am Not Big Brother

I've grown accustomed to reading inaccurate accounts of my day job. I'm in political data.

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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