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Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ.

The Hour of Code initiative expects to reach more than 2.3 million students worldwide by providing basic computer programming instruction.

Qt , the leading cross-platform application and user interface development framework is now available under version Qt 5.2. By adding support for and iOS to its extensive range of desktop, mobile and embedded operating system platforms and enhancing its core performance and functionality, Qt 5.2 is positioned as the only cross-platform development ... (more)

Are you a hipster, surfer or biker? What is your urban tribe? Your computer may soon be able to tell.

Tomblin says West Virginia is seeing an increased demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics instruction that will prepare students for highly skilled, technology-focused careers across the state.

Like all the big enterprise tech vendors these days, Cisco's got plans to grab a share of the expanding cloud computing market.

December 11, 2013 - Embarcadero Technologies , a leading provider of software solutions for application and database development, today announced the immediate availability of C++Builder XE5 , a powerful C++ application development suite to target both desktop and mobile devices.

Calling someone a hipster can be either an insult or a compliment depending on the person who is on the receiving end.

On Monday, President Obama kicked off computer science education week , encouraging every young person to acquire computer programming skills, even if they have no intention of becoming a software engineer.

Mathematical models that use existing socio-political data to predict mass atrocities could soon inform governments and NGOs on how and where to take preventative action.

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory , an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry and employer of over 120 college students, announces its participation in the ENCORE program at Dover Middle School.

Sydney-based online travel insurance company, World Nomads Group, has improved scalability and reduced storage issues since investing in a virtual computing platform during June 2013.

Google is predicting a generation of screenless computing devices that rely on voice recognition, a senior engineer has said, emphasising that the company encrypts users' audio data to the same standard as text-based information.

California High School students Jeff Chen, left, and Brandon Ye work on an exercise using the Snap! visual programming language during computer science day for high school students hosted by UC Berkeley on Dec. 10, 2013.

The Hour of Code initiative expects to reach more than 2.3 million students worldwide by providing basic computer programming instruction.

Among the most common tools in electrical engineering and computer science are rectangular grids of numbers known as matrices.

Slightly more than a couple of years ago, we did talk about Microsoft jumping aboard the social networking bandwagon with the announcement of Microsoft Socl .

Tyler Kresch isn't turning to graduate school to help him change his job from tech sales to running a startup; instead he's taking massive open online courses to learn the IT skills necessary for that career move.

At the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering, every student is getting an education in computer programming that's designed to result in a job after graduation or a slot in college.

On the first day of Computer Science Education Week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett announced the most comprehensive K-12 computer science education plan in a major school district.