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Facial acknowledgment is formally prohibited in New York state schools—for the time being. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Dec. 22 endorsed into law a bill passed this mid year by the New York state assembly that quickly ends the utilization of biometric distinguishing...

Whether you are an end user, a system administrator, or a little of both, this book explains with step-by-step examples how to get most out of an Ubuntu system. The book is designed for a wide range of readers, appropriate for: Students Home Users Professionals System...

From two Greek words: psyche, which means the mind or the soul and logos, which means study, the science of Psychology has been studied and defined by many people throughout the ages. Hilgard, Morgan, Silverman, and Schlesinger are just a few. A careful analysis of...

Machine Learning is a branch of computer science, a field of Artificial Intelligence. It is a data analysis method that further helps in automating the analytical model building. Alternatively, as the word indicates, it provides the machines (computer systems) with...

Engineering courses have been and will be one of the most popular undergraduate courses in India in the coming years. The most common doubt among all engineering aspirants is about the course. The students are always uncertain about the engineering courses/branch/...

A bachelor degree in Information technology is an undergraduate degree that is three to five years in duration. The bachelor's degree in IT focuses on computers and technology unlike the computer science degree where students are also required to study management and...

There are multiple platforms and streams for developing a product or application. When we talk of technologies and programming languages, Java is the most preferred platform. It is used to develop a lot of applications for the systems and embedded devices like mobile...

Software engineering is an essential discipline when designing and implementing high performance data enterprises. Although software engineers are not certified or sanctioned by any standards body, use of software engineers with experience in the Intelligence...

If you're considering going to school to become an IT professional, you should learn what the top 10 qualities of a great computer major are. This will be helpful in deciding whether computer school is right for you, and it will help you determine what skills you need...

Type I and Type II supernovae have some characteristics in common while others are vastly different.Type I supernovae consist of explosions of white dwarf stars composed primarily of oxygen and carbon. The white dwarf absorbs the mass of a colliding nearby neutron...

Electrical Engineers are in demand now more than ever, given the explosions in the areas of energy, information, health, and flight. In order to build a career as an exceptional engineer, a person needs the proper education, skills, and character traits to...

As a student considering your options for college or university, the choices can be overwhelming. This is the case even within certain disciplines where there might be a dozen different subcategories and / or specialties within the profession. Let's explore some of...

The other day, I received a call from a state representative regarding the information posted on my web site. I was questioned about its content. The woman on the telephone was totally non-communicative, arrogant, and oblivious to the answers given in response to her...

Computer network training is one of the latest gateways to jump into the competitive IT world. Network is a media for computers to communicate with each other by sending files, instant messages and other information. This is accomplished through LAN (Local Area...

WHAT DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEAN?Artificial intelligence refers to the vicinity of computer science whereby the artificial human beings, i.e. the computers (machines) with the help of the designed computer program or the software programs imitate the way the...

Business Intelligence (BI) and Information Technology (IT) virtually, methodically, and basically go arm-in-arm.Students who are majoring in business, i.e., administration, management, marketing, accounting, etc., will find that BI and IT have morphed into one entity....

Computer software engineering has become a career of choice for many people considering its dynamic nature and exciting well-paying career opportunities. It is a branch of computer science that deals with design, documentation, development and management of software....

Impacted by the digital revolution, the world of finance has deeply evolved these past 20 years and is changing faster than ever before. Reduction of storage costs and the explosion of computing power have made possible finance applications that a decade ago, people...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registration examination, more commonly referred to as the "patent bar," is the test that one must pass to be eligible to practice before the USPTO. Individuals that pass the examination are referred to...

Going out to college is cool but it can also make you flat busted. Rent, books, meal - the college expenses list can go endless.But if you're not that degree freak, check out some of the best MOOCs (Massively Open Online Course) found for free. Keep in mind that they...

Certainly, there will be people who dispute the idea of considering these two geniuses and current giants of science as ancient biohackers. However, when studying the techniques, methods, concepts, logic and methodologies for the performance of modern biohacking, it...

We've had many students ask us what colleges are the best engineering and computer science schools. Using a weighted average of faculty resources, technology grants, class size, and student ratings, we have developed the following list to help guide students and...

By its very definition, nursing informatics combines information science, computer science and health care into one neat package. It is used by nurses as they obtain, store, retrieve and use healthcare information. Nurses trained in health informatics must be experts...

What is a bachelor's degree? Commonly, it is known as the four year college degree. It is an undergraduate degree awarded for the completion of approximately 120 credits. These credits include the requirements taken for your major, general education requirements and...

While computers are now an important part of the lives of human beings, there was a time where computers did not exist. Knowing the history of computers and how much progression has been made can help you understand just how complicated and innovative the creation of...

Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women is another DU college that offers various career courses and vocational courses that may not be on the popularity radar but are high on employability quotient. Various career and vocational courses offered by the...

It has been estimated that there are over 11 million professional software developers world-wide as of 2014. When I started as a programmer in 1973 one of the greybeards in the first company I worked for gave me some advice. He said, "Learn the things that never...

The managed IT service market is growing at a fast clip, and it seems that this growth is nowhere near its end. As this growth story lengthens, more and more new market players will earn a place of their own in tomorrow's marketplace provided that they do not fall...

When Dell came into the market it was a high threat of substitute products or service for Sun Microsystems. Dell on the other hand had a low threat because not many other companies came out with customizable personal computers. It was easy for Dell to enter the market...

Typically, when people think of criminal acts, they immediately go to things such as home intrusions, car thefts, and so and while these are crimes, we now see a new type of criminal act associated with computers and internet technology. Unfortunately, crime has...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new black, the shiny new object, the answer to every marketer's prayers, and the end of creativity. The recent emergence of AI from the arcane halls of academia and the backrooms of data science has been prompted by stories of...

Hercor College was organized in September 2003 by Mr. Jose A. Hernandez with the able assistance of Mesdames Lerry Basamot, Vivian Blancaflor, Sheila Alba, Sally Sibonga and his two Children, Ma. Cristina and Jose Gabriel. Their original plan was to offer just one...

Engineering is a broad term that will cover a wide range of applications as well as industries. Combining, science, technology, and mathematics, engineers produce excellent solutions to the real world problems. Because of this, there are indeed a lot of types of...

Artificial Intelligence is a concept that concerned people from all around the world and from all times. Ancient Greeks and Egyptians represented in their myths and philosophy machines and artificial entities which have qualities resembling to those of humans,...

In 2013, the average unemployment rate in the United States was a little more than seven percent, but the demand for information technology jobs such as mobile application development, web development, cloud computing, and big data is way higher than what the job...

There are so many computer courses available at any time that choosing the right one might not seem so simple. There are some factors which you would have to consider before zeroing in, on a particular course, which would match your interests, potential and...

When considering pursuing an IT degree in Singapore, you will most definitely need to look at the IT degree programs offered by NUS (National Universities of Singapore), NTU (Nanyang Technological University) and SMU (Singapore Management University). This article...

The rapid advancing pace of information technology and communication systems have become a vital part of almost all organization's strategic plan of action. Companies are now in need of experts to take advantage of the new information know-how, as they are the ones...

Data Science is not about making complicated models. It is not about making awesome visualization. It is not about writing code. Data Science is about using data to create as much impact as possible for your company. Now impact can be in the form of multiple things....

A Bachelor of Science in Information Technology or BSIT is a bachelor's degree offered to students who want to pursue an undergraduate course in information technology. Students, who want to pursue a career in information technology, can opt for this course. Depending...

Computer degrees online allow students to acquire a solid education on any computer related course from a reputable college or university, offering online computer program, without actually attending school. It is a distant learning that harnesses the student's...

As a fourteen year old student in my eleventh grade, university applications and picking my courses have become very real and fast approaching. Over the past few years, my dream occupation has fluttered between many choices; some being mechanical engineering, computer...

Our self and our psyche are not identical. When we talk about self (or in another word, ego) we do not mean the whole psyche but only part of it, and when we talk about psyche we mean something wider than ego. The distinction between the two concepts is not clear-cut...

What Data Science is all about? In the simplest term, Data Science is the combination of Data Mining and Computer Science. Data is being generated continuously ever since the first computer was invented. Initially, companies depended on Data Mining which simply meant...

People say the book is a window of information. Indeed it is. Actually many people have not realized he importance of reading books. Small example which I will describe is my experience to become proficient in using computers in terms of my ability thanks to the...