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Jack Dorsey: Leadership Secrets Of Twitter And Square
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Jack Dorsey: Leadership Secrets Of Twitter And Square

You cover a lot of ground hanging out with Jack Dorsey.

Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads
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Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads

Dr. Alvin Rajkomar was doing rounds with his team at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center when he came upon a puzzling case: a frail, elderly...

Hacker Wins $60,000 Prize for Breaking into Google Chrome
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Hacker Wins $60,000 Prize for Breaking into Google Chrome

Hack into Google Chrome, and you could win $60,000, at least if you do it through Google's Pwnium 2 competition.

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
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Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century

When Jonathan Goldman arrived for work in June 2006 at LinkedIn, the business networking site, the place still felt like a start-up.

Way, Way Beyond Wrist Radios
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Way, Way Beyond Wrist Radios

What kinds of gear will be needed by future firefighters, EMTs, and cops? To find out, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asked its analysts and experts to...

Facebook's 'Next Billion': A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg
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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...

Sites That Pay the Shopper For Being a Seller
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Sites That Pay the Shopper For Being a Seller

Julie Medeiros thinks her taste in fashion is worth something. Turns out it is: about $50 a month.

Sandia Builds Android-Based Network to Study Cyber Disruptions
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Sandia Builds Android-Based Network to Study Cyber Disruptions

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a virtual network of 300,000 handheld computing devices running the Android operating system in order...

Nsf Invests $50 Million in Research to Secure Cyberspace
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Nsf Invests $50 Million in Research to Secure Cyberspace

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $50 million for research projects to build a cybersecure society and protect the United States' vast information...

Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats
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Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats

Computer scientists at the University of Texas, Dallas have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another...

Does Rise of Biometrics Mean a Future Without Anonymity?
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Does Rise of Biometrics Mean a Future Without Anonymity?

Long envisioned as an alternative to remembering scores of computer passwords or lugging around keys to cars, homes and businesses, technology that identifies people...

Arturo Bejar, Facebook Director of Engineering
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Arturo Bejar, Facebook Director of Engineering

Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar is a numbers guy by training. But he's also in charge of the giant social network's foray into what it calls "compassion...

System Improves Mobile Payment Security, Protects Personal Info
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System Improves Mobile Payment Security, Protects Personal Info

A security mechanism developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will eliminate the security weaknesses of Near Field Communication and help prevent theft...

Stop Computer Prodigies Before They Hack
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Stop Computer Prodigies Before They Hack

Some U.S. government programs aim to teach kids the wrongness of hacking so they will be less likely to use their computing skills malevolently.

Robots, Codebreaking, and S'mores: Welcome To Summer Camp For Supergeeks
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Robots, Codebreaking, and S'mores: Welcome To Summer Camp For Supergeeks

On a dusk-lit beach on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, four miles from the northwesternmost point of the continental U.S., a man dressed in a mad scientist's white...

Cybersecurity Experts Look to Keep Medical Devices Secure, Communicating
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Cybersecurity Experts Look to Keep Medical Devices Secure, Communicating

Cybersecurity experts are working to keep medical devices — and the patients they help — safe from hackers.

The Security Skills Shortage Is Worse Than You Think
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The Security Skills Shortage Is Worse Than You Think

Enterprise employers and security specialists are increasingly growing concerned about what some see as a deepening skills shortage in the information technology...

Frankenstein Programmers Test a Cybersecurity Monster
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Frankenstein Programmers Test a Cybersecurity Monster

UT Dallas computer scientists have created a software system named Frankenstein that could aid the development of cyberattack countermeasures.

Students Explore Cyber Issues at Sandia Summer Institute
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Students Explore Cyber Issues at Sandia Summer Institute

Top graduate students pursuing careers in cybersecurity worked alongside Sandia and other prominent cybersecurity experts in a weeklong summer institute sponsored...

Former White House Cybersecurity Official Joins Start-­p
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Former White House Cybersecurity Official Joins Start-­p

In January, Sameer Bhalotra left his position as President Obama's senior director for cybersecurity without discussing his next move.
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