Last November, the Telegraph reported that England will become the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in primary and secondary schools. This is set to happen this year. During my college days, I worked on a project ...
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Leslie Wu, a doctoral student in computer science at Stanford, took an appropriately high-tech approach to presenting her poem "Say 23" at the first Stanford Code Poetry Slam. Wu wore Google Glass as she typed 16 lines of computer code ...
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As the need for mobile apps developers increases and interest in computer science courses wanes, professional educator-programmers are reaching out to a younger generation of potential coders: students as young as 10. In Utah this week, ...
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Social network Google+ is launching some tweaks and updates to users' profile pages, as well as enabling local reviews. "We spend lots of time listening to your feedback, and today we're launching some profile and page updates that you've ...
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Astronauts onboard the International Space Station didn't panic when their communication link to the ground was cut off this week. That's the word from members of the space station crew who took questions Friday during a Google+ hangout . ...
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MathWorks is hosting the first Cambridge Student Robot Challenge on Friday March 15th. The competition will test the wits and programming skills of 10 teams of students who will compete to program Lego Mindstorm robots to navigate a ...
During a Google+ 'Fireside Hangout' on Thursday night, President Barack Obama talked about his daughters' math and science studies, the benefits of making computer programming a required high school class and the need to keep the Internet ...
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The Next Gen Skills campaign for the introduction of computer programming in schools has announced the appointment of a Next Gen Talent Development Co-ordinator to help implement the scheme's recommendations. Kim Blake, education liaison ...
A slimmed down version of the Raspberry Pi has been introduced with around half the power consumption and a lower price tag that tht original board. The new Model A version of the embedded computing platform has only 256MB of RAM included ...
US law enforcement has announced charges against three alleged East European cyber thieves accused of stealing banking information from computers across Europe and the US, including at the space agency NASA. The "alleged international ...
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Figures released by Raspberry Pi distributor Premier Farnell suggest that one million units of the credit-card-sized Linux computer have sold since it was launched, the Raspberry Pi Foundation said on Tuesday. Premier Farnell announced ...
Raspberry Pi interface board PiFace will be shipping to the public in the next few weeks. The board adds eight output and eight inputs to Raspberry Pi, as well as various LEDs, switches, and a couple of relays. Most ...
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The inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, Sir James Dyson, has urged the government to do more to help engineering and science firms and focus less on the "glamour of web fads" coming out of Silicon Roundabout. Dyson believes that ...
David Whalan has Adapted to Changes in the IT Industry for More than 20 Years David Whalan, program manager of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services Australia, has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership ...
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Daniel Iacono's childhood passion has evolved into an adult career, bringing him immeasurable success Daniel Iacono, President of DynaSpy Security, was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Who's Who. This special distinction honors ...
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