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Nsa Surveillance Makes For Strange Bedfellows
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Nsa Surveillance Makes For Strange Bedfellows

The controversy over U.S. government surveillance has produced a king-size collection of strange bedfellows. Beneath the covers one finds both amusing ironies and...

Wireless Network Detects Falls by the Elderly
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Wireless Network Detects Falls by the Elderly

University of Utah electrical engineers have developed a network of wireless sensors that can detect a person falling. This technology could be linked to a service...

Mystery of the Missing Women in Science
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Mystery of the Missing Women in Science

Although test scores prove that girls have science and math aptitude equal to that of boys, many girls choose not to pursue these fields.

Bigshot Camera Aims High
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Bigshot Camera Aims High

Columbia University Computer Science Professor Shree Nayar has launched Bigshot, a kit that features a build-it-yourself digital camera designed to serve as both...

10 Hottest It Jobs: Developers, Developers, Developers
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10 Hottest It Jobs: Developers, Developers, Developers

Software developers — particularly mobile developers in particular — are among the most sought-after hires within the IT world, according to a new survey from...

Why It Has to Change How It Recruits Talent
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Why It Has to Change How It Recruits Talent

For any IT executive, not just C-level executives, it's important to foster a diverse workforce where everyone can reach his or her full potential. This means creating...

Who Will Prosper in the New World
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Who Will Prosper in the New World

Self-driving vehicles threaten to send truck drivers to the unemployment office.

The STEM Crisis Is a Myth
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The STEM Crisis Is a Myth

You must have seen the warning a thousand times: Too few young people study scientific or technical subjects, businesses can't find enough workers in those fields...

It's a Myth That Entrepreneurs Drive New Technology
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It's a Myth That Entrepreneurs Drive New Technology

Images of tech entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are continually thrown at us by politicians, economists, and the media.

Drug Agents ­se Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.s.a.'s
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Drug Agents ­se Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.s.a.'s

For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that...

Twitter Fights Transport Problems
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Twitter Fights Transport Problems

Researchers from Israel, Britain, and Italy are suggesting a new method to collect information on transportation problems following mass events, like football...

IT Gender Salary Gap Not as Dramatic as You Think
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IT Gender Salary Gap Not as Dramatic as You Think

The wage disparity between men and women in the technology industry might not be as significant as previously thought, according to a new Payscale report.

Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments
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Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments

Last year, while cleaning out the basement of my childhood home, I discovered a plastic storage bin marked "Calcusoft." Inside were piles of notebooks filled with...

­.S.-­.K. Collaboration Aims to Boost Economic Competitiveness Through HPC
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­.S.-­.K. Collaboration Aims to Boost Economic Competitiveness Through HPC

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Science and Technology Facilities Council in the U.K. will collaborate to expand industry's use of supercomputing...

Asia-Pacific Is Open For Business, and Tech Jobs
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Asia-Pacific Is Open For Business, and Tech Jobs

All is well in the tech job market in the Asia-Pacific if you're an computer or software engineer, computer scientist, IT professional, or electronics engineer...

3-D Earth Model More Accurately Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions
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3-D Earth Model More Accurately Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions

Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories have developed a 3-D model of the Earth's mantle and crust called SALSA3D, which is to assist the U.S. Air Force and...

From ACM Opinion

Choosing Real-World Impact Over Impact Factor

My annual report for the 2012-13 academic year stares at me from an undisturbed corner of my desk.

Shifting Tech Scene ­nsettles Big Players
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Shifting Tech Scene ­nsettles Big Players

Outsiders often think of Silicon Valley as a constantly changing landscape, a place where fortunes rise and fall with the next great idea.

Here's How One Hacker Is Waging War on the Syrian Government
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Here's How One Hacker Is Waging War on the Syrian Government

As President Obama weighed U.S. air strikes in Syria this week, a lone American hacker was waging his own attack on the Syrian government.

How Scholars Hack the World of Academic Publishing Now
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How Scholars Hack the World of Academic Publishing Now

If you want to understand the modern academy, it wouldn't hurt to start at "impact factor."
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