Well, well. Look who’s become a nerd? Toy maker Mattel has given Barbie, an iconic fashion doll since 1959, a new career — this time as a computer engineer . For the first time, the company ...

Awkward pauses rule in the new black-and-white Computer Chess trailer, which takes a funny, low-key look at nerd culture circa 1980 at a hotel where programmers gather for a man-versus-machine ...

That’s the conclusion from new research out of the University of Washington, which found that women don’t choose careers in computer science because of the “nerd” stereotype in the media.

A recent report says Facebook is losing users. [Bloomberg] Kim Dotcom wrote a letter to the movie business: “Come on, guys, I am a computer nerd. I love Hollywood and movies. My whole life is… ...

A computer nerd’s advice to a non-techie. opinion. Nov 25, 2013 4 mins. Apple Computers Tablets. What follows is an email (much of it paraphrased) from a non-techie asking a couple nerds for ...

I Chatted With Bill Gates About How He Became the Ultimate Computer Nerd. In his new book, Source Code, Gates recalls a unique childhood that led him to build a technology empire.

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Computer nerd 'made £300,000 from his bedroom at his parents selling software to crash websites globally' Adam Mudd, 20, created a programme called 'Titanium Stresser' which was used to attack 1 ...

For two years Gary McKinnon, an unemployed Scotsman armed with only some spliffs, a few beers, and a dial-up internet connection, went looking for beings of superior intelligence. He couldn't find ...