If you think all computer professionals are men think again. Mr. Connelly tells us about some well-known women in computer annals. One of the many public debates in Australia at the moment is on the question of women in the computing industry. For many pe...
Continue ReadingReady-made distributions for kids There are a few distributions out there which attempt to deliver a child-friendly desktop right out of the box. These might be useful to you if you’re not very experienced with Linux, but even if you are, they can be a ...
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Chances are you know about the digital divide, but not about the Kramden Institute’s work to help hardworking students in grades 3 – 12 who don’t have a computer in their home cross it. You also might be shocked to learn that while infor...
Continue ReadingDecember 2013’s EOF, titled “Mars Needs Women”, visited an interesting fact: that the male/female ratio among Linux Journal readers, and Linux kernel developers, is so lopsided (male high, female low) that graphing it would produce a nea...
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When we launched the Open Cloud Academy last year, one of our goals was to help make technology careers and education more inviting to women and minorities. We want to help improve talent diversity in our industry. Read More… Written by Duane LaBom
Continue ReadingGoogle on Wednesday released statistics on the makeup of its work force, providing numbers that offer a stark glance at how Silicon Valley remains a white man’s world. But wait — just a few paragraphs down, the post notes that non-Hispanic whites are ...
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It’s hard out there for a female superhero. When Wonder Woman finally ended up in a movie, the Hollywood powers that be made her look like Xena, cutting out all her campy fun. And when Spider-Woman gets a rare comic book series, she ends up looking ...
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Walmart appears to be flexing its muscles in the software industry after announcing today that it will open-source its OneOps code, making it easier for developers to hop from cloud to cloud, the New York Times reports. The move, Walmart said at an annual...
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The digital currency—popular among a mostly white, mostly libertarian contingent—might prove useful in communities where it’s relatively difficult to secure a loan or transfer money. Edwardo Jackson will gladly drop a Bitcoin primer on anyone wh...
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LAS VEGAS — It’s time for the tech industry to walk the walk when it comes to women and minorities in the tech and gaming industries. That’s the surprise message delivered by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich as he unveiled a $300 million diversity initiativ...
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