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A new tech guru for the Grand Old Party
David Gura Mar 18, 2013
The Republican party is looking for a chief technology officer as part of an effort to win more state and national elections.
Better, stronger, faster: How close are we to becoming cyborgs?
Will Oremus Mar 15, 2013
Science fiction loves the merger of the human body and machine. In mid-March 2013, what's the status of the merger? Will Oremus, a writer for Slate who has been working on a series about using tech to build better people, joins Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to explain how far we've come and where we are headed.
Netflix offers $100,000 prize in cloud competition
David Brancaccio Mar 15, 2013
Netflix is waving around $100,000 dollars in prize money for people with the best ideas to tune up and improve Netflix's data cloud. Netflix cloud systems director of architecture Alex Cockcroft joins Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to talk through the challenges of managing the company's remote data.
From 'god-like' to team huddle: Training doctors for a new health care future
Dan Gorenstein Mar 15, 2013
At medical schools across the country, more than 30,000 aspiring doctors are meeting their matches and finding out where they will spend the next several years as residents.
Is the new health insurance application form too long?
Kai Ryssdal Mar 13, 2013
The AP got its hands on an application for benefits under the health care reform law. It's 15 pages long, and could take anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes to fill out.
@Mayor: Cory Booker on the power of technology
David Brancaccio Mar 13, 2013
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks to Marketplace Tech about his new social media start-up and why he tweets so much.
Internet creator Tim Berners-Lee: Copyright Alert System is bad for democracy
David Brancaccio Mar 12, 2013
Internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee speaks out about the importance of an open Internet and why Internet service providers should back off from their new Copyright Alert System.
Michael Dell on taking Dell private and moving beyond PCs
David Brancaccio Mar 11, 2013
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of computer and computer services giant Dell shares his thoughts on the future of PCs and how Dell fits into an age of mobile and cloud computing.
The costs of living with HIV: One man's story
David Lazarus Mar 8, 2013
How does living with a disease like HIV affect one's financial choices?
Opening up the tech world to women
David Brancaccio Mar 8, 2013
Jessica Lawrence, director of NY Tech Meet Up, shares her views on the tech community in New York and whether or not the tech world is a boy's club.
