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How Nations Block Facebook
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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...

Why Has H-1b Visa Demand Plummeted?
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Why Has H-1b Visa Demand Plummeted?

The once-coveted H-1B visa that enables skilled non-citizens to work legally in the U.S. is not the prize it once was. What’s happened?

Autonomous Computers to Recognize and Thwart Cyberthreats
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Autonomous Computers to Recognize and Thwart Cyberthreats

Bruce McConnell, senior counselor for cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, suggests that computers should be involved in protecting themselves...

Universities, Industry Clash on Need For Open-Source Fpgas
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Universities, Industry Clash on Need For Open-Source Fpgas

Would open-source field-programmable gate arrays simplify academic research on reconfigurable computing? Researchers say yes, but industry disagrees.

Physicians See Mobile Phones as Tools to Aid Non-Compliant Patients
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Physicians See Mobile Phones as Tools to Aid Non-Compliant Patients

Researchers are using smartphones and other technologies to remind patients to take medication, exercise, and to positively influence their compliance with treatment...

Personal Robots: Newest Cs1 Teaching Tool
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Personal Robots: Newest Cs1 Teaching Tool

The Institute for Personal Robots in Education has developed a curriculum, software, and plug-in board for an off-the-shelf personal robot that it hopes will...

IBM Exploring Voice-Driven Web For the Developing World
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IBM Exploring Voice-Driven Web For the Developing World

IBM Research India has launched the Spoken Web, a network designed to use phones, not computers, to bring information on the Web to mainly under-served populations...

PC Makers Vie To Be Green-est
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PC Makers Vie To Be Green-est

Leading PC makers have introduced "green" models and set goals for "toxin free" product lines, but other manufacturers say the supply chain is unable to deliver...

Videogame Glitches Open the World of Computing to Students
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Videogame Glitches Open the World of Computing to Students

Why is the National Science Foundation helping Morehouse College pay students to test videogames? The school's Glitch Game Testers program is one of many NSF efforts...

Nadya Mason: From Pirouettes to Carbon Nanotubes
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Nadya Mason: From Pirouettes to Carbon Nanotubes

In 1986, Nadya Mason competed as a gymnast in Houston, training with the legendary Bela Karolyi as a member of the U.S. National Team, hoping to make it to the2009...

Competitions Aim to Create Interest in Cybersecurity
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Competitions Aim to Create Interest in Cybersecurity

U.S. government, industry, and academia are using cybersecurity competitions to interest high school and college students about the career opportunities in cybersecurity...
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