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Army Seeks Social Media Gurus to Save Afghan War
Know how to Tweet? Or how to put words into the mouths of foreign security functionaries? If so, the U.S. Army wants you to help un-quagmire the Afghanistan war...
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Tracking Down Twitter's Best Rumor Spreaders
Sometimes it's easy to know which messages will spread through Twitter like wildfire. Just ask Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York), who faces pressure to resign...
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Next Mars Rover Faces Race Against Time, Funding
NASA's next Mars rover faces looming technical, financial, and scheduling challenges before its planned launch in November, according to an internal audit released...
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After Delay, Hacker to Show Flaws in Siemens Industrial Gear
A security researcher who says he's found serious problems with Siemens computers used in power plants and heavy industry is now expecting to go public with his...
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Scientists Undeterred By Hubble Successor's Costs
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is facing cost overruns and years of delay before it launches, but that hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of scientists...
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Internet Architect Vint Cerf to Young People: Science and Tech Careers Can Be Rewarding
Vint Cerf, one of the Internet's original inventors, notes in an interview that although industry awards are important, they do not receive enough visibility.
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Building a Better Dam Map
A geographically explicit, high-resolution global database of large dams and reservoirs has been developed by a team of scientists at McGill University.
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Researcher Reveals How 'computer Geeks' Replaced 'computer Girls'
As late as the 1960s, computer programming was perceived as a natural career choice for savvy young women, explained historian Nathan Ensmenger in a recent speech...
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A Nielsen Acquisition Focused on Brain Waves
The Nielsen Company has acquired the rest of a company, NeuroFocus, that specializes in the nascent realm of researching whether neuroscience can be applied to...
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Security 'tokens' Take Hit
RSA Security is offering to provide security monitoring or replace its well-known SecurID tokens—devices used by millions of corporate workers to securely log...
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How Nations Block Facebook
Last month, Facebook came close to signing up its 700 millionth user. But it is no “friend” of governments—including China, Iran, and Syria—that block it and other...
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Chinese Experts Say Gmail Hacking Accusation Evil-Intentioned
Google lacked evidence to support its accusations that Chinese hackers are behind the alleged cyber attacks on hundreds of its email accounts and the timing to...
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Chefs Who Spy? Tracking Google's Hackers in China
From this city of six million, Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School quietly churns out 30,000 mechanics, barbers, and welders each year. One of its triumphs was...
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Sri: Silicon Valley's Old School Incubator
These days, it seems there's a new incubator for just about every pair of 19-year-olds working on a mobile-payment startup. Long ago, before Y Combinator and...
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The Next Great Resource Shortage: U.S. Scientists
The word "stem" is tossed around so much at education meetings these days, you'd think you were at a gardening seminar. STEM is shorthand for "science, technology...
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The Rise of a New Science Superpower?
Since the turn of the 21st century, the number scientific papers published predominantly by Chinese researchers in any of the Nature journals has risen from six...
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How Friends Influence Gadget Adoption
People are more likely to buy a product that their friends have already purchased, and the spread of adoption within social networks could help predict whether...
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One Brain, Hundreds of Eyes: DARPA Plots Manhunt Master Controller
Thought military tracking technology couldn’t get any creepier? Hold onto your tinfoil hats and hide behind the nearest curtain because the next generation of...
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