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At South by Southwest, techies are the new rock stars
David Brancaccio Mar 8, 2013
What was first known as an indie music gathering and then a music and film festival, starts out this year as very much an interactive, startup, new media hotspot.
Facebook experiments with free Wi-Fi, for a price
Queena Kim Mar 7, 2013
The social network has started offering free Internet in a few places. The catch? It makes it easier for advertisers to find you.
Rachel Haot: New York City's digital commander-in-chief
David Brancaccio Mar 7, 2013
New York City's Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Haot, began in the city's startup world and rose to prominence quickly. Now, as member of Mayor Bloomberg's administration, she advocates for more private-public collaboration to make the city a tech mecca that rivals Silicon Valley.
Roberta Williams: The mother of computer video games
David Brancaccio Mar 6, 2013
Complaints are rife that the video game industry treats female employees and female players as outsiders or worse. But it wasn't always that way.
#1reasonwhy: Women gamers speak out
David Brancaccio Mar 5, 2013
Female video game developers and enthusiasts share their reason for loving the game and why they don't always feel included.
A status update on women in tech
Queena Kim Mar 5, 2013
How does tech compare to other industries when it comes to female employment, equal pay, and cultural attitude?
Sequester: Federal R&D to suffer long-term effects
Chris Farrell Mar 1, 2013
The sequester may have immediate impacts on federal workers, the unemployed, and federal aviation personnel -- but what will be its long-term effects?
Six strikes, then what? A look into the new Copyright Alert System
Jonathan Zittrain Mar 1, 2013
What happens when you reach 'strike six' of the new Copyright Alert System, a program launched by several Internet service providers to curb online piracy?
Technology increases divide between rich and poor students: Report
David Brancaccio Feb 28, 2013
A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project finds that 8 out of 10 teachers think technology is leading to wider disparities between the haves and have-nots.
BallCam gives ball's-eye view of football field
David Brancaccio Feb 28, 2013
You've heard of a bullseye. What about a ball's-eye? A Carnegie Mellon post-doc student and Japanese researchers have come up with a way to get smooth video from inside a spinning football.
