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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...

Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science
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Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science

A crowdsourced website aims to be a combination of Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary for deaf people in math and science, creating a common sign language for technical...

Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy
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Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy

A new report, "Technology Works: Patterns of High Technology Employment and Wages in the United States," suggests the high-tech sector is responsible for outsized...

Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper
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Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper

This video shows the result of stitching together 463 intermediate versions of a paper that Timothy Weninger submitted to the WWW2013 computer science conference...

Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields
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Latin Americans Surge Into High-Tech Fields

Silicon Valley is starting to attract a new wave of entrepreneurs from Latin America who have launched startups offering everything from digital wallets to video...

Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities
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Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...

Asian Workers Now Dominate Silicon Valley Tech Jobs
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Asian Workers Now Dominate Silicon Valley Tech Jobs

Asian-Americans make up half of the Bay Area's technology workforce, and their double-digit employment gains came from jobs lost among white tech workers, according...

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University R&D Hit a High in 2011, But Is Threatened by the Fiscal Cliff

While we love to focus on the entrepreneurs and startups that bring new technologies to market, so much of the groundbreaking innovation that has driven the U.S...

Why Employers Don't Hire the Very Best Candidates
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Why Employers Don't Hire the Very Best Candidates

Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do the job, suggests a study...

Women Band Together, Make Inroads Into Tech
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Women Band Together, Make Inroads Into Tech

The computer science field remains dominated by men. The U.S. National Science Foundation says the number of women graduating with computer science degrees has...

Time for a High-Tech Version of the National Guard
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Time for a High-Tech Version of the National Guard

Just as the National Guard can be called upon to provide emergency relief, there are thousands of technology professionals ready, willing, and able to volunteer...

Demand for Cloud Skills Doesn't Stop at the Data Center Door
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Demand for Cloud Skills Doesn't Stop at the Data Center Door

Cloud computing skills may be providing non-tech professionals and managers an edge in the job market as well.

Solar-Powered Carousel Opens at the National Zoo
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Solar-Powered Carousel Opens at the National Zoo

One of the only solar-powered carousels in the world is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The carousel features hand-carved and hand-painted animals and...

Hatching Ideas, and Companies, By the Dozens at Mit
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Hatching Ideas, and Companies, By the Dozens at Mit

How do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company?

How to Reduce America's Talent Deficit
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How to Reduce America's Talent Deficit

Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel of Microsoft, weighs in on what academia and industry can do to produce more graduates with the IT skills...

IT Employment is Still Soaring, and So are Bonuses
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IT Employment is Still Soaring, and So are Bonuses

With unemployment in the IT industry at historically low levels, companies are increasing their payments of bonuses as they scramble to fill open positions and...

Microsoft Hires Jeannette Wing to Head Microsoft Research International
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Microsoft Hires Jeannette Wing to Head Microsoft Research International

Jeannette Wing, a leading figure in computer science research, will join Microsoft Research in January 2013 as vice president, head of Microsoft Research International...

Social Media Changing Collaborative Research
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Social Media Changing Collaborative Research

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are using a collaboration portal designed to encourage collaborative "open science" by providing scientists...

Middle Schoolers Tap Research-Grade Robotic Telescopes
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Middle Schoolers Tap Research-Grade Robotic Telescopes

Approximately 1,400 middle schoolers will explore the universe with research-grade robotic telescopes over the next three years, thanks to a $1.6 million program...

Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats
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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats

According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects' communications...
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