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Innovations in STEM Education: A Conversation With Pcast's Jim Gates

An upcoming President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report will address the issue of improving pre-college math and science education...

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Nist: Federal R&d Boosts Industry

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) annual report details innovations developed by federal labs and private-sector organizations. ...

Eu Security Agency Backs Cloud Computing Research
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Eu Security Agency Backs Cloud Computing Research

A report from European Union security agency Enisa says that cloud computing, wireless networks, and supply chain integrity should be the focus of information technology...

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One Billion Euros to ­nleash the Power of Information

A diverse group of European scientists are planning the FuturIcT knowledge accelerator, an effort to assemble expertise in all areas of science to develop supercomputing...

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Lawmakers Renew Commitment to Science Spending, Despite Budget-Deficit Fears

The U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee has agreed to support a measure that would renew authorization for the America Competes Act, which sets funding...

Wheelchairs That Listen
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Wheelchairs That Listen

MIT researchers are developing a voice-operated robotic wheelchair for people with neurological disorders.

How Personal Genomics Could Change Health Care
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How Personal Genomics Could Change Health Care

Several months after deciphering his genetic code last year, Stanford bioengineer Stephen Quake approached a cardiologist colleague. Early analysis of his DNA had...

Today's Youngsters Prefer Computer Games to Holidays
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Today's Youngsters Prefer Computer Games to Holidays

A British survey has revealed that the young generation would rather stay at home and play computer games than go on a holiday. The report by Future of Free Time...

The Legal Case For Robot War Gets Complicated
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The Legal Case For Robot War Gets Complicated

The legal debate over America's undeclared drone war in Pakistan is getting sharper: In a congressional hearing yesterday, a prominent law professor suggested that...

­.s. Needs New National Strategy in Era of Cyberaggression, Paper Concludes
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­.s. Needs New National Strategy in Era of Cyberaggression, Paper Concludes

The United States must take a more offensive stance to protect itself from cyberaggression, according to a new paper by University of Cincinnati researchers Richard...

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Commerce Department Scrutinizes Internet Privacy

The U.S. Commerce Department and various government agencies are creating an Internet Policy Task Force to examine policy frameworks and ways in which the "challenges...

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High-Tech Employment Grows

U.S. employment rose for three high-tech job categories in 2010's first quarter, according to IEEE-USA, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Fixing Silicon Valley's Gender Gap One Pitch at a Time
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Fixing Silicon Valley's Gender Gap One Pitch at a Time

Teams of high school girls recently pitched Android apps and business plans to business leaders at Microsoft's campus as part of an eight-week program that introduces...

Modeling Human Mobility
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Modeling Human Mobility

Increasingly, cell phones are equipped with GPS locational receivers and their bread crumb trails are opening up entirely new ways to study and predict the dynamics...

National Tech Transfer Awards Recognize Sandia's Work with Cray, Stirling Energy
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National Tech Transfer Awards Recognize Sandia's Work with Cray, Stirling Energy

Sandia National Laboratories has won two national Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for its efforts to transfer technology to supercomputer manufacturer Cray...

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India It Spending to Rise 14 Percent in 2010, Gartner Says

Information technology spending in India will grow by 14 percent in 2010 to $67 billion on higher investments by retail and utility firms and government departments...

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint

 Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray...

Defense-Scale Supercomputer Supports Alternative Energy Research
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Defense-Scale Supercomputer Supports Alternative Energy Research

A new supercomputer that more quickly models the most efficient ways to harness energy from the sun, wind and other renewable resources is now operating at Sandia...

Sony to End Production of Floppy Disks
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Sony to End Production of Floppy Disks

The end of an icon approaches as Sony prepares to end production of the 3.5-inch floppy disk, made obsolete by networking technology and the rise of USB storage...

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German It Body

Finding young women to fill tech jobs continues to be a problem for the German information technology (IT) industry, according to a new study from German technology...
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