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Tech Job Candidates Face Head-Spinning Questions
Maybe you've had the nightmare. You show up late for the job interview, or perhaps you forgot to prepare at all. Then they pop off the kind of question that has...
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Dedication at Stanford Engineering Building Good For a Few Laughs
A nerd walks into an engineering building dedication...
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Developers See Google's Android Operating System Surpassing Apple's
A majority of developers believe Google's Android operating system—not Apple's iOS—will be the dominant platform in the future to power everything from smartphones...
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PARC, Which Laid Foundation for PC Revolution, Turns 40
PARC—the Xerox-backed research institution that laid the foundation for the personal computing revolution—is celebrating its 40th anniversary, but the fabled...
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Marc Andreessen Flexes His Muscles in Silicon Valley
He spoke for Hewlett-Packard's board when it showed ex-CEO Mark Hurd the door—and is now part of the team searching for Hurd's successor. He played a role in...
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Now You Can Earn Virtual Currency By Watching Ads
You know the type—social game addicts who pepper your Facebook page with updates about the wine recipe they created playing "FarmVille," or the gem broker they...
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When You Google, Think Ben Gomes
Like few other people on the planet, Google's Ben Gomes knows what interests the world.
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Is Sending Signals to Aliens Really a Good Idea?
If we are not alone in the universe, then—considering what happened to the Indians after Columbus landed in America—shouldn't we be keeping a pretty low profile...
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Nasa's Chief Technologist Seeks to Develop Transformative Programs
When Bobby Braun was a Ph.D. student in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford, he couldn't imagine holding the "dream job" he's doing now—NASA's chief technologist...
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Stanford and Uc Berkeley Create Massively Collaborative Math
Have you been pondering the probability that two random integers are relatively prime? The answer—6/π²—awaits you in cyberspace.
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Online Dating Sites Are a Treasure Trove For Scientists
Appearances count. Meet someone before you make up your mind. And on that first date, don't give away too much.
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Facebook Milestone: 500 Million Members; On to 1 Billion?
Facebook on Wednesday announced a remarkable milestone: 500 million active monthly users. And the velocity of its growth raises a mind-boggling possibility: Could...
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Smart Gadgets May One Day Anticipate Our Needs
Silicon Valley researchers predict that future consumer gadgets, embedded with sophisticated sensors and carefully designed computer software, will be able to anticipate...
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Little Known Norwegian Browser Challenges the Big Boys
No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the...
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Hp Researchers Say Manure Could Help Power Data Centers
Hewlett-Packard researchers have proposed a biogas recovery system that converts livestock waste into methane, which can be used as fuel to generate electricity...
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Twitter Conference Highlights Booming Growth
Type "I don't get..." into Google and among the first suggestions the search engine makes to complete the sentence is, "I don't get Twitter," right above "I don't...
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Doing Business in China Getting Tougher For U.s. Companies
China's allure is stronger than ever. But a country already known for obstacles is becoming less welcoming to foreign businesses. Some American companies are reviewing...
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Speech Technology on Cell Phones Getting Better but Still Not Perfect
"Cat got your tongue?" my wife asked as we bumped along the freeway one recent afternoon. "I wonder where that phrase comes from?" she added a moment later. Now...
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Stanford Finds Cheating
Allegations of cheating at Stanford University have more than doubled in the past decade, with the largest number of violations involving computer science students...
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