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Fewer Women Pursue Jobs in Science Because They Have More Career Options
The gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers may be more due to greater career options than less ability in math and science.
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Bitcoin: Fastest Growing Currency in the World
Bitcoin is an unregulated, uncontrolled online currency—worth more than £500m, it's the world's fastest growing.
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Radio Frequency Chip Makers Tune In to Smartphone Race
Radio frequency chip makers are set to gain as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc unveil ever more sophisticated smartphones and tablets to battle for the...
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China to Create Home-Grown Operating System
China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users.
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Planck Mission Brings niverse Into Sharp Focus
The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age,...
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Georgia Tech Computer System Predicts Ncaa Basketball Champion
Georgia Tech’s Logistic Regression/Markov Chain (LRMC) computerized college basketball ranking system predicts the University of Florida will win this year's NCAA...
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Youtube Reaches a Billion Monthly Viewers, Boosted By 'generation C'
YouTube has a billion unique users visiting the video-sharing website every month, equivalent to one out of every two people on the Internet—and the generationsmartphones...
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Gender Gap in Tech Salaries Is All Gone, Dice Reports
Women in the information technology (IT) field now make as much as men, according to the latest salary survey from Dice.
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Domestic Drones Stir Imaginations, and Concerns
On the pilot's computer screen, planted at ground level a few yards from the airport runway here, the data streaming across the display tracked an airplane at 1...
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Revealed: The 1962 CIA Paper That Predicts the Big Deal With Big Data
The Central Intelligence Agency has published for the first time "Some Far-Out Thoughts on Computers," a 1962 internal document that shows how eager the agency...
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Internet of Things: Trash Talk Signals Mobile Future
Wander through the historic streets of the Roman city of Bath in the U.K., and you might sense that they are smarter than average. And you would be right.
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Hacking Highlights Dangers to Seoul of North's Cyber-Warriors
A hacking attack that brought down three South Korean broadcasters and two major banks has been identified by most commentators as North Korea flexing its muscles...
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How Nasa's Giant New Space Telescope Will Make Life on Earth Better
NASA is responsible for more Earth-bound technologies than just space ice cream; the organization's research has led to everything from new kinds of artificial ...
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Curiosity's Discoveries Hint at Life's Cradle on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has found what it was looking for in its very first taste of Martian rock—much to everyone's surprise.
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Big Data Roadblocks Will Slow Driverless Cars ntil 2040, Analyst Says
Despite aggressive predictions on the time frame for mainstream adoption of driverless cars due to progress in autonomous vehicle technology, some experts say privacy...
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Sequester Cuts University Research Funds
The federal government is reducing support for academic laboratories across the United States to satisfy the sequester mandate to cut spending. The budget sequester...
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Web Pioneers Win Inaugural $1.5M Engineering Prize
The inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering will go to Internet and World Wide Web pioneers Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, and Marc Andreessen of the United...
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Cyberwar Manual Lays Down Rules For Online Attacks
Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it.
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When 'likes' Can Shed Light
Patterns of "Likes" posted by people on Facebook can unintentionally expose their political and religious views, drug use, divorce, and sexual orientation, researchers...
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