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The Emergence of a Digital Money Ecosystem
At the beginning of this year I wrote that the transition to universal mobile digital money is likely to be among the most exciting, important and challenging...
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Bitcoin's Comeback: Should Western nion Be Afraid?
The last time we wrote about Bitcoin, in October, the currency's future looked grim. A series of security incidents had created an avalanche of bad press, which...
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How Ibm Saw 2012 in 2007: Where's My Mind-Reading Cellphone?
The brainiacs at IBM made some pretty far-out predictions this week: In five years, they say, you won't need passwords, there will be no more digital divide,...
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Traditional Social Networks Fueled Twitter's Spread
We've all heard it: The Internet has flattened the world, allowing social networks to spring up overnight, independent of geography or socioeconomic status.
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Twitter of Terror
Al-Shabaab, the Somali militant group heretofore best known for stoning teenage girls, blowing up soccer fans, and blocking food aid to their starving countrymen...
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News As a Process: How Journalism Works in the Age of Twitter
A new study of the way information flowed during the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year paints a fascinating picture of how what some,...
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The Perfect Software Tester?
As Aspiritech and other companies are discovering, autistic individuals possess certain unique skills that make them ideal as software testers.
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China Tops .s., Japan to Become Top Patent Filer
China became the world's top patent filer in 2011, surpassing the U.S. and Japan as it steps up innovation to improve its intellectual property rights track record...
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Answers to Google Interview Questions
1. What's the next number in this sequence: 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66 … ?
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How to Ace a Google Interview
Imagine a man named Jim. He's applying for a job at Google. Jim knows that the odds are stacked against him. Google receives a million job applications a year.
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The Tevatron's Enduring Computing Legacy
Few laypeople think of computing innovation in connection with the Tevatron particle accelerator, which shut down earlier this year. Mention of the Tevatron inspires...
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Entry-Level It Jobs Will Be Plentiful in 2012, Experts Predict
There is a shortage of information technology (IT) workers in 18 states and Washington, DC, according to Dice.com. The shortage will probably drive entry-level...
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Google Awards $1.5 Million to Code For America
Code for America plans to expand its fellowship program and offer two new pilot programs--the Civic Startup Seed Accelerator and the CIA Brigade--using a $1.5 million...
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Mp: U.s. Forced Back By Iran's Cyber Power
A member of the Iranian parliament lauded the country's armed forces for downing a hi-tech US stealth drone through a cyber attack earlier this month, and said...
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Spying on Your Buying
Monograms don't usually make me cry. But there in my room at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, embroidered in cursive on the king-size pillowcase, were two beautiful...
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Spies Fail to Escape Spyware in $5 Billion Bazaar For Cyber Arms
The intelligence operative sits in a leather club chair, laptop open, one floor below the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s convention rooms, scanning the airwaves for spies...
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In Russia, the Lost Generation of Science
For the past decade, Russia has been pouring money into scientific research, trying to make up for the collapse of the 1990s, but innovation is losing out to...
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Stanford Scientists' Computer Models Help Predict Tsunami Risk
Stanford University researchers are using computational models to predict tsunami risk.
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FCC Commissioner Delivers Warning on Threat to 'internet Freedom'
The United States is not ready for the battle over whether the Internet will remain free from government regulations or fall under the control of emerging global...
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