An extraordinary project conceived of by Nicholas Negroponte, a professional computer researcher planned to distribute laptop computers with internet connections to 1 million children in Libya by June 2008. His goal was to design a laptop computer that will cost $100 and come with wireless internet connection capabilities. Negroponte’s [...]

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Despite its relatively new emergence as an academic field of study, an impressive 59,488 bachelor of computer science degrees were awarded in the 2004 – 2005 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Professionals who have been trained at a computer science college have already made some [...]

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After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York and Washington, DC, President Bush placed renewed emphasis on the importance of cyber security by proposing a $1 billion increase in spending for U.S. computer and network security. As a result, the cyber security industry has seen a boom in [...]

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Before the year 1920, the word computer referred to a person who performed calculations. Today the field of computer science has grown to include sub-disciplines such as computer graphics, computational complexity theory, and programming language theory. Many students choosing to attend computer science schools online or through some [...]

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A biology student with aspirations of becoming a veterinarian is not exactly the early background one would expect from a famous graphic designer. However, Margo, founder of a successful Los Angeles design company, fit the description in her early days as a student. She reportedly enrolled in a graphic design [...]

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For those who grew up playing PONG on Atari, or Super Mario Brothers on Ninetendo, Game Art and Design probably sounds somewhat like a fantasy career. Professionals who can wrap their hands around the creative and technical process of producing video games are diving into the games industry as a unique [...]

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Enrollment in computer programming schools has dropped in recent years, partly in fear of labor outsourcing and partly in response to waning student interest in math and science. While the computer programming profession continues to hold its ground, competition for available jobs with average starting salaries of $52,500 to [...]

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Java is actually more than a programming language. It is technology that was developed by Sun Microsystems which provides both a programming language and a platform that will run on any operating system. The programming language itself is an object-oriented format with some highly developed technical features. Java technology includes the Java [...]

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According to one online programming fanatic, there are 2500 computer programming languages in use today, by someone, somewhere. This article will stick to the languages that are in widespread use today which, by themselves, number perhaps a score or more and are difficult to separate and categorize anyway.
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One of the indications that a profession has come of age is when academic pundits start arguing about what defines that profession. Computer science is a premier example of that phenomenon. Some people feel that computer science is a catchall phrase that embodies information technology (IT), software engineering, computer engineering and the [...]

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In the early part of the last century, clerks who sat on stools and did columns of ciphers in order to keep business books current were called computers. In World War II, a mathematical protege named Alan Turing was brought into British Intelligence to try and help break the Nazi code system, Enigma. The coding [...]

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As computers, computer functions (such as email) and computer networks have become a universal fact of life in the business world, the academic community has begun to evolve its teaching disciplines accordingly. Nowhere is this more evident than among the online colleges, which tend to be a little less bound by tradition [...]

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If you are of a certain age and want to be startled into understanding just how much the fields of study in secondary education have changed, here is a recommendation. Visit the Canadian web site operated by the Newfoundland provincial Department of Education and take a look at the suggested science fair [...]

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If you read a list of job postings for computer science, many of them have very specific requirements. “Three year’s experience working with C++…Strong skills with Oracle (SQL)…” It seems as if most firms that are looking for help in the computer science field are looking for experience, in many cases more [...]

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There has been an astonishing proliferation of Internet connected computers in the last decade. Huge numbers of businesses and individuals are “hooked up” and able to access information and use information technology available worldwide. Along with the benefits, however, this technology brings come some definite risks. Unauthorized parties can easily access the [...]

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