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Jumping the Corporate Ship
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Jumping the Corporate Ship

A growing number of middle managers are leaving large corporations to join new start-ups, as the technology boom gains momentum. Start-ups, in some cases, generate...

Nsf Grant to Expand Computer Science Principles Curriculum
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Nsf Grant to Expand Computer Science Principles Curriculum

The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding a program to offer "computer science principles" classes at San Diego area high schools, community colleges, and...

Gao Reviews Americans' Interest-Level in Cyber Jobs
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Gao Reviews Americans' Interest-Level in Cyber Jobs

The U.S. Government Accountability Office will soon release a report on the cybersecurity staffing challenges confronting government agencies. The study will help...

Age Bias in It: The Reality Behind the Rumors
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Age Bias in It: The Reality Behind the Rumors

Most high-tech employers would likely deny that age discrimination is an issue at their company. But many IT workers over 50 beg to differ, saying they have experienced...

10 Jobs That Barely Existed on 9/10/01, From Robot Squadmate to Warplane Whisperer
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10 Jobs That Barely Existed on 9/10/01, From Robot Squadmate to Warplane Whisperer

The terror attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, changed the lives of all Americans—few more so than the millions who have participated in the...

Five Subtle Ways to Find a New Job
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Five Subtle Ways to Find a New Job

While many people delay entering the job market even when they know they should act, there are ways to find a new job without leaving your comfort zone. You can...

When Computer Programming Was Women's Work
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When Computer Programming Was Women's Work

Nearly thirty-five years ago, 11% of computer science majors were women. Their proportion continued to rise steadily, reaching its peak (37%) in 1984. Then, over...

Social Media Expert Explores Dynamics of Online Networking
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Social Media Expert Explores Dynamics of Online Networking

A study of the dynamics of an open source community suggests a "performance–based clustering" phenomenon in which most collaborations involve accomplished developers...

Program Encourages Government Employees to Innovate
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Program Encourages Government Employees to Innovate

Now beginning its second year, the Masters of Science in Leadership, offered by Washington University in St. Louis in partnership with the Brookings Institution...

Researchers ­sing Ipads to Treat Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries
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Researchers ­sing Ipads to Treat Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries

The Occupational Therapy Department at Nova Southeastern University is giving iPads to patients with limited mobility.    

Remedies For Science's Shortage of Superheroes
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Remedies For Science's Shortage of Superheroes

A serious personnel shortage in the global science and engineering workforce involves a the scarcity of real-life superheroes with charm, charisma, people skills...

AI Demo Shows How Chatbots Soon Sink Into Non Sequiturs and Nonsense
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AI Demo Shows How Chatbots Soon Sink Into Non Sequiturs and Nonsense

An exchange between two robot avatars set up as a demonstration for an artificial intelligence class at Cornell University quickly devolved into conversational...

Virginia Tech Researcher Addresses Issues That Slow Wireless Networks
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Virginia Tech Researcher Addresses Issues That Slow Wireless Networks

A Virginia Tech researcher has won a five-year U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award to address cross-layer network incompatibility issues to help speed...

Healthcare Industry Leads Market in IT Hiring
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Healthcare Industry Leads Market in IT Hiring

As a result of increased federal spending on healthcare and new federal regulations, the healthcare industry is at the forefront of creating new IT jobs. The U.S...

Stanford Opens Some Information Technology Courses to the World
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Stanford Opens Some Information Technology Courses to the World

As part of a dramatic effort to expand its IT offerings to a global audience, Stanford University will be offering 101-level courses free online on artificial...

Kids Today Need a Licence to Tinker
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Kids Today Need a Licence to Tinker

Back to school time and millions of British kids are heading back to classrooms to embark on the national curriculum so beloved of busybody ministers.

Nsf Grant Supports Development of STEM Games For Blind Students
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Nsf Grant Supports Development of STEM Games For Blind Students

The National Science Foundation has awarded Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis approximately $250,000 to further research and development of online...

Mumbai Surgeon Performs Knee Replacement Surgery ­sing Ipod Touch
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Mumbai Surgeon Performs Knee Replacement Surgery ­sing Ipod Touch

A Mumbai surgeon successfully performed knee replacement surgery on a 75-year-old patient using an iPod Touch. It was the first commercial non-experimental orthopedic ...

Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree
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Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree

Harvard and Ohio State are not going to disappear any time soon. But a host of new online enterprises are making earning a college degree cheaper, faster, and...

More Chinese Students Look to U.s. For Grad School
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More Chinese Students Look to U.s. For Grad School

The International Graduate Admissions Survey found that the number of Chinese applicants to U.S. graduate schools increased by 21 percent from this past school...
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