From different angles, two of our feature stories explore the role of humans in an automated world. While we await Immanuel Kant’s perpetual peace, there will be wars; and if the president of the...
June 18, 2013
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12:00 AM
The Internet giant said it had received 12,000 to 13,000 requests for data from American law enforcement authorities from December through May.
June 17, 2013
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11:23 PM
The designers of the Solar Impulse are tackling the challenge of accommodating the pilot of the electric-powered craft.
June 17, 2013
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10:19 PM
Apple joined the list of companies that have disclosed information about government surveillance, but many questions remain unanswered.
June 17, 2013
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8:59 PM
The aim of this tutorial is to show off Python’s data structures and the best way to use them. Depending on what you need from a data structure, whether it’s fast lookup, immutability, indexing,...
June 17, 2013
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8:20 PM
Today we look at Sencha Animator, a program which allows you to create CSS3 animations. These animations are designed to have a similar look and feel as Flash, but with CSS3 and HTML5.
June 17, 2013
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8:18 PM
UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. Q: I want to thank you for making me proud to have a degree from UMBC. The legacy you are building not only enriches students’...
June 17, 2013
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8:05 PM
I am on UMBC’s campus almost every working day. As the editor of UMBC Magazine, that’s not unexpected. It’s my job. But before I became editor, I came back to UMBC a number of times after...
June 17, 2013
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8:04 PM
CALL TO HISTORY The proscenium theatre of UMBC’s recently-opened Performing Arts and Humanities Building was perhaps the most appropriate venue for this year’s W. Augustus Low Lecture in...
June 17, 2013
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8:02 PM
When Stephanie Hill ’86, computer science and economics, signed up for her first computer programming class at UMBC, it was almost as an afterthought – an elective to fill out the semester. That...
June 17, 2013
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