TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
The U.S. government is the poster child for big data and today President Obama is set to announce a $200 million research program to bolster the tools and techniques needed to access, organize, and glean discoveries from huge volumes of digital data.
By Michael Cooney | 30 March, 2012 03:31
Many mobile apps include ads that can threaten users' privacy and network security, according to North Carolina State University researchers.
By Bob Brown | 20 March, 2012 09:29
U.S. technology companies are investing more in machines than in people, but tech hiring is nonetheless rising, according to a new report by Forrester and a just-released National Science Foundation study.
By Patrick Thibodeau | 23 January, 2012 22:21
U.S. companies are locating more of their research and development operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science and technology economies, the National Science Board (NSB) reported this week.
By Ann Bednarz | 20 January, 2012 03:20
Most people make friends with others online who have common interests, but it's rare for people's interests to rub off on others, according to new research out of Harvard University based on an examination of four years’ worth of Facebook data.
By Bob Brown | 21 December, 2011 03:24
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