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What (not) to wear on an IT job interview: 6 real-life examples


Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

Advice for college students seeking a tech career: Turn to internships

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June 30, 2014
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What (not) to wear on an IT job interview: 6 real-life examples

With the help of a few brave volunteers, we examine how that dress or suit really comes across. It's IT meets career meets fashion police -- practical and also fun.

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Issue highlights

1. Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

2. Advice for college students seeking a tech career: Turn to internships

3. LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "The Rails 4 Way"

4. With components, Google agitates for a revolution in Web development

5. Mark Hurd lays out Oracle's cloud progress, plan to be number one

6. Google, broadening its reach, tries for a snazzier look

7. The danger of Google's development cadence

8. Flash storage faces challenge from Crossbar's RRAM

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Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users

A Facebook researcher behind a controversial psychology experiment on users has defended it, stating that the research aimed to investigate a common concern that seeing friends post positive content on the social networking website leads people to feel negative or left out. READ MORE

Advice for college students seeking a tech career: Turn to internships

When Katie Smith interned with Capital One, she expected to spend the summer fetching beverages for her manager -- instead, she started on a career path that led to a full-time IT job at the banking and financial services company. READ MORE

LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "The Rails 4 Way"

Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE

With components, Google agitates for a revolution in Web development

At the Google I/O conference, the company vigorously lobbied developers to adopt a new programming model, one that could, the company asserted, make it radically easier to build Web applications. READ MORE

 

Mark Hurd lays out Oracle's cloud progress, plan to be number one

Being second isn't good enough for Oracle when it comes to cloud revenue, co-president Mark Hurd told investment analysts this week following the company's fourth-quarter and year-end earnings report. READ MORE

Google, broadening its reach, tries for a snazzier look

Google has built its business around an ability to generate and analyze search data. Now, as it sets its sights on becoming a dominant player in hardware of all types, it's giving special thought to design. READ MORE

The danger of Google's development cadence

Instead of updating products every six weeks, as Google promised at the I/O developer conference, the company might do well to slow down and make sure its products and services actually represent what its customers want. READ MORE

Flash storage faces challenge from Crossbar's RRAM

The hunt for memory technology to replace NAND flash storage within the next 10 years is under way, and startup Crossbar is planning to bringing its version of RRAM (resistive random-access memory) technology to market next year. READ MORE

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