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Using radio frequency identification tags to track school kids
Sep 10, 2012
Some schools are testing out RFID tags as a way to keep track of kids and bring in extra money.
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Getting away from the office is getting harder to do
Aug 29, 2012
A new survey finds Americans more tethered to work by their mobile devices than they ever were to landlines.
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Good things come to those who wait
Aug 3, 2012
Turns out, making split-second gut decisions might not be the best way to make great choices. Author Frank Partnoy says those who take a slower pace win the race.
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Summer camp for young techies
Aug 3, 2012
Throw another app on the campfire. Kids are crowding into computer camps hoping to be the next Steve Jobs.
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Kevlar finds a new use: Protecting tractors from cornstalks
Aug 1, 2012
The stalks of genetically modified corn are tough, so tough that they're puncturing tractor tires. Farmers are fighting back.
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Mobile technology big at the London Olympics
Jul 26, 2012
The Olympic Games get under way tomorrow. There's a big technology and social media push this year.
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Taxing the use of Internet Explorer 7
Jun 22, 2012
Do you constantly ignore that pop up message telling you to update your web browser? An online retailer in Australia plans to put a kind of tax on customers who shop using outdated browsers.
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An alternative to the college degree?
Jun 8, 2012
New kinds of credentials could offer a cheaper path to a good job.
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Is the airport pat-down coming to an end?
May 28, 2012
Maybe in the distant future. The Department of Homeland Security wants technology companies to design a scanning device that would replace the pat-down.
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Why Facebook's IPO was slightly delayed
May 21, 2012
Facebook's first investors didn't lose their shirts. The company's stock is trading right where it started on Friday: 38 bucks a share. But the initial public offering didn't go exactly as planned. The start was delayed; computer systems locked up; and NASDAQ executives are promising to fix the problems.
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