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Thinking Tech
Thinking Tech focuses on big technologies such as aerospace, defense and supercomputing and the systems, infrastructure and innovation that support them.
Tuan C. Nguyen
Tuan C. Nguyen
Contributing Editor, Technology
Tuan C. Nguyen is a freelance science journalist based in New York City. He has written for the U.S. News and World Report, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, AOL, Yahoo! News and LiveScience. Formerly, he was reporter and producer for the technology section of ABCNews.com. He holds degrees from the University of California Los Angeles and the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism.
Tuan C. Nguyen
Tuan C. Nguyen does not hold any investments in the technology companies he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Christie Nicholson
Christie Nicholson
Contributing Editor, Technology
Christie Nicholson produces and hosts Scientific American's podcasts 60-Second Mind and 60-Second Science and is an on-air contributor for Slate, Babelgum, Scientific American, Discovery Channel and Science Channel. She has spoken at MIT/Stanford VLAB, SXSW Interactive, the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the Space Studies Board and Brookhaven National Laboratory. She holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Dalhousie University in Canada. She is based in New York.
Christie Nicholson
Christie Nicholson does not hold any investments in the technology companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson
Contributing Editor, Technology
Jenny Wilson is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. She has written for Time.com and Swimming World Magazine and served stints at The American Prospect and The Atlantic Monthly magazines. She is currently pursuing a degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson does not hold any investments in the technology companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Mari Silbey
Mari Silbey
Contributing Editor, Technology
Mari Silbey is a freelance tech writer based in the Washington, D.C. area. She also writes for the digital media blog Zatz Not Funny, and has written for both corporate and association clients in the cable and telecom industries. She contributes occasionally to the trade publication Light Reading Cable, and holds a degree from Duke University.
Mari Silbey
Mari Silbey does not hold any investments in the technology companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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Ohio State University to provide iPads to student athletes
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$200 million funds new Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program
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150 communities are doing broadband on their own terms
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Digital billboards used for emergency alerts
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China's stealth fighter gets lethal re-design
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Google says six countries have pushed smartphone adoption over 50%
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Seattle ends free Wi-Fi
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