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Private-Sector IT Pros to See 5.6 Percent Average Pay Boost in 2014
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Private-Sector IT Pros to See 5.6 Percent Average Pay Boost in 2014

The average base compensation for U.S. IT professionals is expected to rise an average 5.6 percent in 2014, with tech salaries seeing the largest gains among all...

The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested
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The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested

Check it out, I'm working on a reboot of The Graduate, set in 2013.

Nih Funds Novel Robots to Assist People with Disabilities, Aid Doctors
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Nih Funds Novel Robots to Assist People with Disabilities, Aid Doctors

As part of the National Robotics Initiative, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded funding for three projects to develop the next generation of robots...

The Decline of Wikipedia
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The Decline of Wikipedia

The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything like the others in the top 10.

DARPA Announces Cyber Grand Challenge
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DARPA Announces Cyber Grand Challenge

DARPA will hold a first-of-its-kind cyber defense tournament in an effort to drive an automation revolution in information security.

Former Nsa Chief: Nsa and ­.s. Cyber Command Are Now 'indistinguishable'
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Former Nsa Chief: Nsa and ­.s. Cyber Command Are Now 'indistinguishable'

The public's trust in government has been battered by repeated abuses of power, but it's not the NSA's fault.

Fifteen Common It Job Search Mistakes
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Fifteen Common It Job Search Mistakes

Career coaches, resume writers and IT recruiters shed light on the most commonly seen mistakes IT pros make when conducting their job search.

Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching
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Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching

Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday.

Wall Street Banks Learn How to Survive in Staged Cyber Attack
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Wall Street Banks Learn How to Survive in Staged Cyber Attack

In a staged simulation called Quantum Dawn 2, bank executives in charge of operations, technology, and crisis planning were tasked with detecting how a massive...

Why I Am ­napologetic About Paywalls or Promotion
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Why I Am ­napologetic About Paywalls or Promotion

Late last week I posted a short essay on LinkedIn, where I am an Influencer, called "The best case study you'll ever read."

Here's Why the Feds Didn't Have More Skilled Programmers For Healthcare.gov
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Here's Why the Feds Didn't Have More Skilled Programmers For Healthcare.gov

HealthCare.gov, the Web site at the center of President Obama's federal health insurance exchange, has been plagued with problems since it opened for business Oct...

A Symptom of a Larger Problem For Women in STEM
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A Symptom of a Larger Problem For Women in STEM

Brown University professor Anne Fausto-Sterling and university graduate Maia Weinstock recently organized a Wikipedia "edit-a-thon" with the goal of adding more...

More Businesses Want Workers With Math or Science Degrees
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More Businesses Want Workers With Math or Science Degrees

A shortage of highly skilled U.S. technology workers comes amid mounting concerns over a national failure to produce sufficient numbers of talented science, technology...

Killer Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years
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Killer Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years

Robots armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank missiles and even grenade launchers are marching, er, rolling ever closer to the battlefield now that they’ve shown...

Science Gateway Platform Will Improve Researchers' Access to Cloud Services
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Science Gateway Platform Will Improve Researchers' Access to Cloud Services

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant for a collaborative five-year project under which researchers will help develop and build a...

Mobile Workhorse Robot, Now 11 Times Cheaper
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Mobile Workhorse Robot, Now 11 Times Cheaper

Three years ago, a Silicon Valley robotics startup called Willow Garage shook up the industry by offering one of the first robots capable of a wide range of different...

Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site
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Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site

Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow...

Study Finds 30% of India's Computer Science Engineers Ignorant of Concepts
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Study Finds 30% of India's Computer Science Engineers Ignorant of Concepts

Nearly 50-60% of the computer science and information technology engineers in India do not understand the subtleties of programming concepts, while over 80% are...

Huawei Executive Talks About Cyber Security
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Huawei Executive Talks About Cyber Security

As the world's second-largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, Huawei plays a part in the technology industry's efforts to ensure network security...

Apple, Google, Facebook Don't Pay the Highest Engineer Salary
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Apple, Google, Facebook Don't Pay the Highest Engineer Salary

Big-name companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook aren't necessarily paying their engineers the most (although they're up there), according to a new Glassdoor...
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