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Social Media Predicting Stock Moves Spawn Sentiment Firms

The torrent of posts on Twitter Inc. last year about Netflix Inc. might have tipped off investors to stock swings that erased about $8 billion from the movie-rental...

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How ­.s. Lost Out on Iphone Work

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

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Engage: Apple's New Tools For Interactive Books on Ipad

Engagement is a big word in education. It combines both objective participation and subjective emotion. It's one of the few psychological terms in education that...

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Dave Cutler Moves to the Xbox: What He Brings to the Job

Microsoft's Dave Cutler is a legend in Redmond. And now he's taking on a new position, focusing efforts on improving the Xbox.

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Kidsruby 1.0 Released

So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you're not really sure where to start.

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In Tech, Starting ­p By Failing

Every entrepreneur hopes to start the next big thing. But sometimes the first try doesn’t go as planned.

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Jerry Yang Leaves Yahoo and a Cautionary Tale Behind

It had to be hard for Jerry Yang to walk away from Yahoo on Tuesday. You know it had to be hard or he would have walked away years ago—which is exactly what many...

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Twitter ­sage at Work Jumped 700% Last Year, Study Says

Working hard or hardly working? Managers may find themselves asking that question after examining the results of a study that found massive increases in employees'...

Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls
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Lecturetools Makes Personal Connections in Large Lecture Halls

A University of Michigan educational technology aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive.

What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education
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What Hacker Apprenticeships Tell ­S About the Future of Education

Three very similar compressed software development training programs have emerged in the past few months: Code Academy (not to be confused with the startup Codecademy)...

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School Ict to Be Replaced By Computer Science Programme

The current information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in England's schools is a "mess" and must be radically revamped, the education secretary...

Stephen Hawking's New Pc
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Stephen Hawking's New Pc

Intel application engineer Travis Bonifield has been working closely with Hawking to communicate with the world for a decade.

Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus
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Student Team Creates 'mtsu Mobile' App For Campus

Five computer science students at Middle Tennessee State University have developed an Android mobile app that has been adopted for use at their university. Specific...

Avoiding Innovation's Terrible Toll
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Avoiding Innovation's Terrible Toll

The corporation isn't a sturdy species. In fact, only a tiny fraction reach the age of 40, according to study of more than six million firms by management professors...

In Flop of H.p. Touchpad, an Object Lesson For the Tech Sector
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In Flop of H.p. Touchpad, an Object Lesson For the Tech Sector

The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011—and quickly turned out to be the year’s biggest flop.

Help Nasa Code Its Way Through Space
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Help Nasa Code Its Way Through Space

If you'd like to work on software projects that might one day send your code to Mars or on a deep space mission, NASA has some code for you to hack on.

Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools
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Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools

Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq.

Q&a with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto
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Q&a with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto

It was a tough year for Nintendo. Revenue at the venerable game company plunged. Its stock price was cut in half. And initial sales of its new 3DS handheld game...

Professor Hawking Seeks Assistant on a
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Professor Hawking Seeks Assistant on a

Professor Stephen Hawking is advertising for an assistant on a salary of around £25,000 a year.

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The Comeback of Xerox Parc

Last month, a small Norwegian company called Thinfilm Electronics and PARC, the storied Silicon Valley research lab, jointly showed off a technological first—a...
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