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Article | 26/02/2011 IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'

There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates.

Article | 14/01/2011 Watchdogs sniff out six critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid

As the country's electricity grid undergoes a transformation and moves toward a more intelligently networked, automated system, it faces an increasing...

Article | 23/11/2010 10 free iPhone apps for spectacular stargazing

There's a lot to watch in the nighttime sky -- everything from the International Space Station and meteor showers to planets and stars.

Article | 19/11/2010 Who will build the next enterprise architects?

Bringing the next generation of enterprise architects up to speed won't be an easy task. While most experts agree that the job is a critical one, give...

Article | 29/10/2010 Can cameras, radar, sensors make cars safer?

In theory at least, as cars are outfitted with more advanced electronics, safer vehicles should be at least one of the main results.

Article | 1/10/2010 Apple iPhone app manages mainframe

Network management vendor William Data Systems says it has created an iPhone app that lets users manage IBM's z/OS mainframe environment.

Article | 18/08/2010 Amazing telescopes produce hot space images

Ground-based telescopes continue to produce some of world's important space discoveries

Article | 16/07/2010 NASA amps up wicked cool competitive prize program

NASA this month greatly expanded its public prize competition program known as the Centennial Challenges.

Article | 15/06/2010 15 reasons why Mars is one hot, hot, hot planet

From Obama's talk of sending NASA rockets to Mars to a virtual red planet trip, Mars is getting tons of attention

Article | 7/04/2010 In Pictures: 21 critical future NASA missions

A huge task: While NASA's 2011 budget got a lot of attention for what it cut – the Constellation program mostly – it does include funding for a ton o...

Article | 23/03/2010 Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries

Big Bang: In the past month or so there has been a plethora of wicked cool discoveries coming from NASA satellites and space-watching missions across ...

Article | 12/03/2010 NASA, cosmos community turn up volume on International Space Station

While NASA budget-keepers focus on setting future priorities for the space agency, many in the world space community is trying to turn attention to th...

Article | 1/02/2010 NASA facing game-changing times

When NASA Administrator Charles Bolden releases the space agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget this week it will likely be the beginning of a startling ne...

Article | 26/01/2010 NASA space telescope quickly spots first asteroid

Almost as soon as it came online, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has spotted a new, little over mile wide asteroid some 98 million miles f...

Article | 25/01/2010 How will NASA defend Earth against killer asteroids and comets?

Combinations of space- and ground-based telescopes may be the most economically palpable defenses NASA can mount against asteroids and comets heading ...