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Is technology to blame for chronic unemployment?
Commentator Robert Reich says a steady march of technology leaves increasingly obsolete jobs in its wake.
Using radio frequency identification tags to track school kids
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
A new survey finds Americans more tethered to work by their mobile devices than they ever were to landlines.
Good things come to those who wait
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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.
Summer camp for young techies
Throw another app on the campfire. Kids are crowding into computer camps hoping to be the next Steve Jobs.
Kevlar finds a new use: Protecting tractors from cornstalks
The stalks of genetically modified corn are tough, so tough that they're puncturing tractor tires. Farmers are fighting back.
Mobile technology big at the London Olympics
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The Olympic Games get under way tomorrow. There's a big technology and social media push this year.
Taxing the use of Internet Explorer 7
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.
An alternative to the college degree?
New kinds of credentials could offer a cheaper path to a good job.
Is the airport pat-down coming to an end?
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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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