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Thinking about Going Back to School? Georgia Tech Offers Online MS CSThe Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing rolled out the first accredited Online Master of Science in Computer Science program in spring 2014. Offered in cooperation with AT&T and Udacity, students can earn a degree through the massive open online courses (MOOCs) delivery format. | 
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The Strange Matter of How We Perceive TimeEven though we can’t do much about the passage of time—and it seems like we’ll never have enough of it—it’s intriguing to consider how we experience it. Our perception of time is subjective and influenced by all sorts of things. Keep these facts in mind when managing your time and your workweek. | 
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OpenStack Architecture Design Guide—Now Available for Download Organizations wanting to deploy OpenStack-based clouds have struggled with the lack of best practices for the many different use cases. To address the well-known gap in architecture design best practices documentation, the OpenStack Architecture Design Guide is now available for download. |
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Google’s Project Zero Recruits Bug Hunters to Protect the InternetCalling Internet security a “top priority,” Google announced Project Zero, its new security research team dedicated solely to ferreting out potential targeted attacks—such as the Heartbleed bug—that can affect a significant number of people. |
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Responsive Website Design Versus Mobile SitesJust ten years ago, it was rare for anyone to access websites from their phones. Now, in today’s Internet-focused economy, many websites are seeing nearly a third of their traffic coming from mobile and smart devices. Read on to see if a responsive web design or a mobile site is the answer for you. | 
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Are Your Metrics Causing Unintended Consequences? When you collect metrics that involve people, it will change the way they behave—but not always for the better. Attaching numbers to how people work often makes them perform their work differently. Every time you gather metrics, you should try to analyze what the unintended consequences could be. |
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Smart Devices Looking to Make You Sleep Better A new crowd-funded project wants to go beyond listing your burned calories and accelerated heart rate. The Sense device is looking to not only monitor your unique sleep patterns but also help you wake up exactly when your body is telling you to. |
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Measuring the Business Value in Agile ProjectsVenkatesh Krishnamurthy looks at some key ways to measure the business value of your project's agile performance. With consideration to the Agile Manifesto, Krishnamurthy uncovers different approaches to getting the most out of your user stories and defining true value. | 
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