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Google to Give Schools Raspberry Pi Microcomputers
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Google to Give Schools Raspberry Pi Microcomputers

Schools around the U.K. are to be given 15,000 free microcomputers, with a view to creating a new generation of computer scientists.

The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins
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The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins

The world got its first inkling of the quick wit that would make Apple's Siri an icon during a packed press conference held before an auditorium of tech elite.

Meet the Man Who Would Make Blackberry Apps Cool
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Meet the Man Who Would Make Blackberry Apps Cool

Alec Saunders needed a little bait.

How Google's Jeff Dean Became the Chuck Norris of the Internet
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How Google's Jeff Dean Became the Chuck Norris of the Internet

"The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics."—Jeff Dean Facts

Google Offers $3.14159 Million in Total Rewards For Chrome Os Hacking Contest
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Google Offers $3.14159 Million in Total Rewards For Chrome Os Hacking Contest

Google has never been stingy when it comes to paying for information about security vulnerabilities in products.

Becoming Biohackers: Learning the Game
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Becoming Biohackers: Learning the Game

When you have lunch courtesy of the FBI, you are offered chicken Caesar salad, hamburger, or fish.

In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a 'better Way'
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In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a 'better Way'

Consumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don't really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check in to the restaurants and shops...

Ayasdi: Stanford Math Begets a Data Company
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Ayasdi: Stanford Math Begets a Data Company

Like most of his peers, Gunnar Carlsson spends his time thinking about hairy, theoretical math problems.

IBM Predicts Cognitive Systems As New Computing Wave
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IBM Predicts Cognitive Systems As New Computing Wave

At year's end, IBM selects a new innovation that has the potential to change the world.

Applying Search Engine Techniques to Physics Data, Yandex Partners ­p with Cern
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Applying Search Engine Techniques to Physics Data, Yandex Partners ­p with Cern

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is perhaps best-known for two things: (probably) locating the elusive Higgs Boson, and being the birthplace...

Frequent Multitaskers Are Bad Multitaskers
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Frequent Multitaskers Are Bad Multitaskers

Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a University of Utah study indicates that people who multitask the most — including talking on a cell phone...

The Trouble With Tinkering Time
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The Trouble With Tinkering Time

It's the latest R&D trend: penciling in tinkering time on the company clock.

The Underdog Operating Systems Set to Shake Up the Smartphone Scene
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The Underdog Operating Systems Set to Shake Up the Smartphone Scene

The next time you go shopping for a smartphone, you might see some unfamiliar software on the screens lining store shelves.

Atari's Bankruptcy: Gen X Bids Pong Farewell
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Atari's Bankruptcy: Gen X Bids Pong Farewell

Reading the news that Atari’s U.S. subsidiary is filing for bankruptcy was a little like hearing that Bob Hope died—in that you were surprised to discover he had...

Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe
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Can You Predict the Future By Reading Twitter? The Pentagon Thinks Maybe

The Defense Department wants new computer tools to analyze mounds of unstructured text, blogs, and tweets as part of a coordinated push to help military analysts...

Cyberwar's Gray Market
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Cyberwar's Gray Market

Behind computer screens from France to Fort Worth, Texas, elite hackers hunt for security vulnerabilities worth thousands of dollars on a secretive unregulated...

App Helps Catch Drunk Drivers
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App Helps Catch Drunk Drivers

Computer science professor Frank Vahid and students at the University of California, Riverside have created a free app that makes it easy to record and report drunk...

Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition
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Google Gains From Creating Apps For the Opposition

For many people, smartphone shopping comes down to a choice of Apple's iPhone or one powered by Google's Android software.

Women Pry Open Door to Video Game Industry's Boys' Club
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Women Pry Open Door to Video Game Industry's Boys' Club

When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand.

Google Glass Hackathons Coming Up in SF and NY
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Google Glass Hackathons Coming Up in SF and NY

Google announced that it is throwing two hackathons for developers to get to know and work on its Google Glass project. The people allowed to participate in the...
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