Engineering a career at the PC's creation
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Chuck Thacker, who helped design the Alto personal computer and co-invented Ethernet, takes stock of a life on the front lines of computer invention.
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The project will tap into the power of home PCs to create a virtul supercomputer. By Paul McDougall. As part of a broader effort to spur collaborative research in key industries, IBM on Tuesday launched a project
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Say goodbye to the idea of an IT department. As a 21st century tech professional, your future -- and most likely your desk -- will be deeply rooted in the business.
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Tinkerer Iain Sharp couldn't bear to part with his first computer -- a Mac SE/30 -- so he turned it into a powerful media server using a mini PC motherboard and a software emulator. By Leander Kahney.
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Learn what your peers are earning for doing your job.
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By Llewellyn King< Guest Columnist  It's all about engineering, really. Engineers, the artists of industrial societies, make things happen. But like artists, they need patrons. They  need an assignment. Give engineers a challenge and they will produce  astounding results.
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Blog: The new company specializes in notebooks with personalized designs. But is there room for another enthusiast PC company?
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Jeff Paquette of Billerica graduated from Fitchburg State College last month with a degree in industrial technology and architecture. After a few job interviews, he had a couple of promising leads.
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As expected, the PC industry is ready with new Vista computers after years of delays. But the immediate impact on the PC market could be muted.
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It's the early days of desktop computers, and at a big regional bank, this pilot fish gets the word: It's time to go PC, and the board of directors wants a hands-on demonstration of these new computers.
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Uncovering tomorrow's industry leaders today.
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Alex "Sandy" Pentland is on a quest to make personal computers more personable. The psychologist and computer scientist says he dabbles in most cutting-edge technologies and often arrives at a rather dismal diagnosis -- "irritating," "obnoxious," "not quite right."
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These are the skills you need to rethink on your way up the IT food chain, or training you should consider avoiding if you're looking for a career in computers.
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The industry is trying to regain some of its sex appeal by turning to the virtual environment to recruit young engineers.
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Technical support improvements lead to better overall scores for PC industry.
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A few years ago, in my early twenties, I was set to graduate from university. At the time, I lived with my parents and had an easy job as the network administrator of a local fishing company. A few months before convocation, my parents divorced, my boss fired me (incidentally, for this article), and I had stopped school because I thought my life of free room and board was over. I spammed my address book crying for work. An acquaintance called me to do some contract work for a startup board game company. What followed was a lesson in something that I would have never learned in university: reality.
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Computer systems design and computer manufacturing jobs grow, as does optimism among IT workers.