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Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San

Broadcasters display mobile TV dongles at NAB Show

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) - The key weapon in TV broadcasters' fight with Internet video upstart Aereo is something inelegantly known as a dongle. The miniature TV antenna picks up free, mobile broadcast signals. It attaches to iPhone and iPad power ports and extends

Banner ads suck, say guys who invented banner ads

By Natt GarunProvided by Digital Trends underwent a major redesign about two months ago, and chances are if you've been reading our stories on your computer, you've already learned to block out that rectangle above and to the right of this copy. We're conditioned to recognize banner

Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking a new look

By LINDSEY TANNERAP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) - The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year - triple the number just four years earlier. But now the high-tech helper is under scrutiny