Computer technology donation gives Canton's MadCAAP a boost
Madison Countians Allied Against Poverty has a new, larger facility to serve more than 3,500 families and updated technology to teach computer literacy and client data management. Before moving into its new location, MadCAAP only kept paper records.
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"Computer Chess" director: "I'm fixated on outdated technology"
The film takes place at an early-'80s computer-chess tournament, at which different programmers' chess-playing machines go head to head over the course of a weekend. It takes the form, for much of its running time, of fake found footage from an old …
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Cuts in computer, electronic jobs drive tech sector purge
Job cuts driven by Americans' shifts toward tablets and cloud computing could only be the beginning of overhauls in the nation's tech sector this year. A semi-annual report released this week by Chicago-based global workforce firm Challenger, Gray …
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Review: Andrew Bujalski's 'Computer Chess'
Bujalski's film almost entirely takes place within the confines of a shabby motel, where a collection of tech geeks have converged to design code that can allow computers to compete with humans in a game of chess. Far from trading barbs and getting …
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Wearable computing is here already: How hi-tech got under our skin
Wearable computers and smart clothes are fine, but what about simply having the technology surgically implanted in your body? Instead of glasses, imagine if your retina had a display built-in. Consider an activity tracker implanted in your foot, or a …
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