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Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Berkeley Lab Gets $62m to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $62 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to...
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Class of 2009: Computer Science Majors Still in Demand
The nation's leading computer science programs say graduating seniors are still sought after by technology vendors and corporate shops, despite the global economic...
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Tech Skills Crucial to Any Career, Students Say
A recent IBM Academic Initiative survey found that 80 percent of 1,600 college students polled agreed that high-technology skills will help them succeed, and a...
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More Science, Less Drama: IT Pros Defend Engineering Careers
Network WorldMany information technology (IT) professionals believe that parents could be doing their children a disservice by not encouraging them to pursue advanced...
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Nsf Looking For Wicked Cool Visual and Data Analysis Algorithms
The National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to develop highly interpretive mathematical and computational algorithms and techniques to help the U.S. government...
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It Sector Adds Jobs Despite Economic Turmoil
New statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor show that the IT profession may be stronger than the rest of the job market. Although 240,000 jobs were lost nationwide...12