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India to Overtake ­.s. on Number of Developers By 2017
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India to Overtake ­.s. on Number of Developers By 2017

India will exceed the United States in the number of software developers by 2017, according to a new Evans Data Corp. study.

Tech Hiring Accounts For 10% of ­.s. Employment Gains
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Tech Hiring Accounts For 10% of ­.s. Employment Gains

New information technology hires accounted for about 10 percent of all the job growth in the United States in June 2013. And total tech employment increased 0.51...

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal
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In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal

Q. How is Big Data being used more in the leadership and management field? 

The Hut Where the Internet Began
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The Hut Where the Internet Began

Let's start at the end point: what you're doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication...

What Your Metadata Says About You
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What Your Metadata Says About You

As recently as a few weeks ago, "metadata" was an obscure term known mainly to techies and academics.

Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West
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Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West

East London's technology hub is established well beyond start-up status: Thousands of new Web firms now work in the offices around Old Street and on any given day...

2013 R&D 100 Awards Winners Announced
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2013 R&D 100 Awards Winners Announced

The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 51st annual R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the 100 most technologically significant products introduced...

Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing
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Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing

The sci-fi vision of police officers rushing to the scene of a crime before any crime has even been committed may be rather far-fetched but technology is increasingly...

Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution
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Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution

Over the years, airline travel has been a prime testbed for advanced computing and data tools.

Evolution Makes the Grade
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Evolution Makes the Grade

Five US states have adopted science education standards that recommend introducing two highly charged topics—climate-change science and evolution—into classrooms...

Data Scientists Most Sought After
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Data Scientists Most Sought After

There is a growing demand by U.S. employers for data scientists who can analyze and manipulate the mountains of information generated and stored in the Internet...

Intel Technology Chief Rattner to Step Down
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Intel Technology Chief Rattner to Step Down

One of the most familiar faces at Intel events, Justin Rattner, is giving up the post of chief technology officer at the giant chip maker.

The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air
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The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air

Every night, while millions of Americans are fast asleep, clocks and wristwatches across the country wake up and lock on to a radio signal beamed from the base...

­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems
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­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems

A new report shows that a majority of the U.S. population supports the use of unmanned aircraft, or drones, for homeland security, fighting crime, search and rescue...

The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope
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The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope

When I was a teen-ager, I spent many nights gazing through a telescope at an amateur observatory in Cranford, New Jersey. Saturn, to the naked eye, is a shining...

Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal
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Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal

Here is how the venture capital game used to be played around here: A friend calls a friend who knows a guy.

The Watchers
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The Watchers

Looking down from 500 miles above Earth's surface, you could watch the FedEx Custom Critical Delivery truck move across the country along 3,140 miles of highway...

Nist Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop
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Nist Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened registration for its 3rd Cybersecurity Framework Workshop, to be held July 10-12, 2013, in San Diego...

The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech
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The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech

This isn't your childhood librar

Obama, the 'big Data' President
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Obama, the 'big Data' President

The Obama administration, which strongly believes in the power of data to drive government decision-making, has initiated several big data projects.
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