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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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It Hiring Projected to Increase in Q1 2011
Information technology (IT) employment is expected to rise next year as 11 percent of 1,400 CIOs from U.S. companies surveyed by Robert Half Technology said they...
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Iphone Games: Kids nknowingly Spend Real Money in 'smurf's Village'
"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes...
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Diminishing Returns?: U.s. Science Productivity Continues to Drop
A historic downward shift in U.S. research efficiency is described in a new report on science publication trends, showing that while funding rose, the quantity...
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Apple to Tap Intel's Graphics For Future Macbooks
Apple has decided to use Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors in its MacBook line, a transition that will occur in 2011, squeezing out Nvidia's graphics processors...
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Big Patent Firm Sues Nine Tech Firms
Technology companies on Wednesday received troubling news that some had feared for years: Intellectual Ventures LLC has started suing.
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.s. Chip Manufacturing in the Age of the Ipad
Behind the fly-off-the-shelf popularity of products like Apple's iPad and iPhone are hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs—mostly overseas. Is it possible...
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Race Is On to 'fingerprint' Phones, Pcs
David Norris wants to collect the digital equivalent of fingerprints from every computer, cellphone and TV set-top box in the world.
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Ahead in the Cloud
Amazon's cloud computing has revolutionized American small business, but can Amazon beat rising competitors?
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Wikileaks Files Detail .s. Electronic Surveillance
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords, personalWikiLeaks...
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The Birth of a .k. Tech Giant
British chip designer ARM will soon be 20 years old. Bill Thompson was there at the start.
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A Matter of Privacy
Do consumers have enough control over their personal information or is more government regulation needed?
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The New Face of War
With the introduction of the sophisticated Stuxnet worm, the stakes of cyberwarfare have increased immeasurably.
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CSEdWeek Expands Its Reach
The second Computer Science Education Week is showing students, parents, and educators why computer science is important.
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The Eyes Have It
Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.
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H-1b at 20: How the 'tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking It in America
The H-1B visa program turns 20 years old this month. Not everyone in IT is saying 'Best Wishes.'
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Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients
Life insurers are testing an intensely personal new use for the vast dossiers of data being amassed about Americans: predicting people's longevity.
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Worm Can Deal Double Blow to Nuclear Program
The German software engineer who in September was the first to report that a computer worm was apparently designed to sabotage targets in Iran said Friday that...
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Improving Economy Means Opportunities in It
Information technology hiring could be about to surge in 2011, according to the recent Robert Half Technology Salary Guide 2011. Professionals who can help a company...
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In Search of More Than a Few Good Geeks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division has multiplied its employees by six in the past two years, but the agency is still understaffed...
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