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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Online Videos: Not Just Made By Amateurs Anymore
If you've noticed that there was more to watch online this past year than old TV shows and puppy videos, you would be right.
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Social Media: Five Predictions For 2013
When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive—and...
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...
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The Next Big Os War Is in Your Dashboard
Competition in automotive technology has long been about who's got the most horsepower, the best towing capacity or the fastest acceleration. These days, though...
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Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team
Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...
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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...
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How Star Wars Tech Changed Silicon Valley
When Oren Jacob was a teenager, he hung up Star Wars posters on his bedroom wall. In his early 20s at a college dorm at Berkeley, he replaced them with a smallPixar...
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Computer Scientist Turned Artist
MIT professor Erik Demaine is a computer scientist turned artist with expertise in computational origami, the mathematical study of bending and folding. Together...
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The BlackBerry as Black Sheep
Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative.
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Can Apple Win Over China?
Tim Cook, Apple's reserved and soft-spoken CEO, has a tendency to wax euphoric about the China market and his company's place in it.
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Japan's Once Mighty Tech Industry Has Fallen Far Behind Silicon Valley
In the 1980s, Sony co-founder Akio Morita fired a verbal missile across the Pacific at Silicon Valley: Japan's supremacy in business and technology would overwhelm...
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Facebook's 'Next Billion': A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg
In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years...
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A New Tech Generation Defies the Odds in Japan
Every Wednesday, a bar in central Tokyo hosts an unusual speed-dating event. There are drinks and plenty of coy looks. But the young people at the bar aren’t here...
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Can the App Economy Cure Dismal Job Numbers?
"This is shameless, really," said Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., on Wednesday, as she held out her iPad, showing high-resolution photo of her infant grandson to...
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With Iphone 5, Apple Again Raises the Smartphone Bar
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook took the stage Wednesday to unveil an eagerly awaited revamping of the company's flagship products, including the iPhone, iPod, iTunes—all...
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Make Your Own Action Figures With a 3-D Printer
Computer graphics researchers at Cornell and Harvard have created software that will translate a character from a movie or video game, or even something you've...
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Digital Music E-Reader Could Replace Sheet Music
Digital software and hardware being developed in conjunction with the University of Adelaide could lead to a music e-reader that replaces sheet music.
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In Japan, Mobile Startups Take Gaming To Next Level
On the subway, in doctor's waiting rooms and during college lectures, millions of Japanese can be found glued to their smartphones. But they're not texting or making...
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Turning Gamers Into Citizen Scientists
Everyday gamers are making notable contributions to science and medicine. One online video game that makes the connection is EteRNA, which has become a digital...
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Card Game Lets Players Try Their Hand at Computer Security
A new card game developed by University of Washington computer scientists gives teenage and young-adult players a taste of what it means to be a computer-security...
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