Here are all the news articles about women and information technology that appeared in 2008 on the Center's Current News page. Some articles remain online only temporarily but may still be available in print or in offline archives; thus, listings will remain even if the link ceases to work. The views expressed in the articles included here do not necessarily represent those of the Center for Women & Information Technology. You may need to register for a login and password to view New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Business Journal, The Scientist, CBS MarketWatch, and some other publications; registration is free. Salon now offers very limited access unless you have a paid subscription.

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RAISE Project Catalogues More than 1000 Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine

(Newswise Science News - June 30, 2008)

New Bill Should Alter IT Inequality

(IT Week [U.K.] - June 30, 2008)

Web Sites Help with Women's Health Issues

(News-Leader.com - June 30, 2008)

Australian Women Join Cyber-Sex Revolution

(TVNZ [New Zealand] - June 30, 2008)

Girls Get a Game of their Own on Wii

(IOL Technology [South Africa] - June 30, 2008)

Young Women in Germany Remain Cool to Technology Fields

(The Earth Times - June 29, 2008)

Girls Look to Up Their 'Geek' Factor

(Sun Patriot Newspapers - June 27, 2008)

Why Women Quit Technology Careers

(Computerworld - June 16, 2008)

Jennifer Chayes

(Technology Review - May/June 2008)

Sight for the Blind and Speech for the Deaf

(The Chronicle of Higher Education - June 27, 2008)

Smart Footballs from Smarter Students

(The Chronicle of Higher Education - June 25, 2008)

India's First 'Women-ITT' Being Set Up in Maharashtra

(Yahoo News - June 25, 2008)

Coming Goon: Meet the Wife, She's a Robot

(Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] - June 20, 2008)

Hidden Sex Scenes Draw Ho-Hum, Except from Lawyers

(The New York Times - June 25, 2008)

MATC Draws in Girls with Girl Tech 2008

(Channel3000 - June 24, 2008)

Study Finds Men More than Women Share Creative Work Online

(Northwestern News Center - June 23, 2008)

Girls Get Their Geek on at Camp

(The Star Tribune - June 23, 2008)

Women in Technology Announces 2008-2009 Leadership

(Yahoo News - June 20, 2008)

Google Sponsors Scholarships for Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference

(The Centre Daily Times - June 18, 2008)

Reasons Why Women Leave Science and Technology Careers

(The Chronicle of Higher Education - June 18, 2008)

Microsoft Supports Kenyan Women

(Computerworld Singapore - June 17, 2008)

Women Search for Wellness Information Online

(The Centre Daily Times - June 17, 2008)

Spotlight on Frances E. Allen

(ACM-W Newsletter - June 2008)

Women Look to Excel in IT

(Calgary Herald [Canada] - June 7, 2008)

Revenge of the Nerdette

(Newsweek - June 16, 2008 issue)

Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Introduces New Hardware Track at 2008 Conference

(Yahoo News - June 9, 2008)

SingStar's Bozek, BioWare's Clark to Keynote 2008 Women in Games Conference

(Gamasutra - June 9, 2008)

Hostile Cultures Drive Women From Science

(The Columbus Dispatch - June 8, 2008)

Men Write Code from Mars, Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus

(The Wall Street Journal - June 6, 2008)

GfK Official: Number of Women Internet Users on Rise

(People's Daily Online [China] - June 6, 2008)

Gadgets for Girls: What do Women Want?

(Sky News - June 6, 2008)

Women Join the Ranks of Computer Gamers and Branch Out

(The Earth Times - June 5, 2008)

Girls Inc. Gets SMART

(ItemLive.com - June 5, 2008)

Digital Journal Mavericks: The Woman Creating New Human-Tech Relationships

(Digital Journal - May 31, 2008)

You Go, DS Girl

(Minneapolis Star-Tribune - May 27, 2008)

An Exodus from the Sciences

(Minnesota Public Radio - May 27, 2008)

Vidshadow Partners with Soma Management to Syndicate Women's Lifestyle Content across Online Video Network

(Yahoo News - May 27, 2008)

Women Execs Fight the Silicon Ceiling

(The Seattle Times - May 26, 2008)

Older Women Make Up for Lost Online Time

(Women's eNews - May 23, 2008)

It's Computer Mania!

(Six Apart - May 5, 2008)

Rural Women Take the IT Route

(The Times of India - May 20, 2008)

Macho Work Cultures Drive Women From the Sciences

(The Star Ledger - May 19, 2008)

NYU Student Creates Virtual Girlfriend

(The Chronicle of Higher Education - May 19, 2008)

Online Marketplace Aiding Impoverished Women Goes Live

(Yahoo News - May 19, 2008)

Don't Call Girls Geeks Just Yet

(The Times-Picayune - May 18, 2008)

The Freedom to Say 'No'

(The Boston Globe - May 18, 2008)

Club for Girls Makes Science Fun

(The Hamilton Spectator [Canada] - May 17, 2008)

Five Sun Microsystems Women Honored with Prestigious Awards

(INO.com - May 16, 2008)

Women Still Trail in Tech Jobs

(USA Today - May 15, 2008)

Three Women Honored as Technology Leaders

(San Jose Business Journal - May 15, 2008)

Women in Technology Announces Winners for its Ninth Annual Leadership Awards

(Centre Daily Times - May 15, 2008)

Are There Too Many Women in IT?

(Datamation - May 13, 2008)

Sexist Culture Drives Women Out of Science

(The Times Online [U.K.] - May 11, 2008)

Focus on the Female Talent in the Backyard

(The Financial Times [U.K.] - May 11, 2008)

Internet Scales Cloistered Walls

(The Times-Picayune - May 10, 2008)

Young Girls Not Interested in IT Careers Due to Lack of Female Role Models, RIM Study Finds

(CIO - May 9, 2008)

Women and IT: It's Not Computing

(The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 13, 2008)

Webgrrls Creates Boca-Fort Lauderdale Chapter

(Boca Raton News - May 11, 2008)

'Girls Aloud' Now Surface as Computer Virus

(NewKerala.com [India] - May 9, 2008)

Women in IT Thank Moms for Encouragement

(Network World - May 8, 2008)

Women Meet to Push Technology Field

(BYU NewsNet - May 8, 2008)

Game Girls

(Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] - May 8, 2008)

RIM Announces Women & Technology Award Winners

(Yahoo News [U.K.] - May 7, 2008)

Two-Thirds of Girls Put Off Tech Jobs Due to Lack of Role Models

(Cellular News - May 5, 2008)

Advances Aside, Women Still Trail in Technology Jobs

(LoHud.com - May 5, 2008)

Anita Borg Institute Presents Three TechLeaders Coast-to-Coast Workshops

(Centre Daily Times - May 5, 2008)

Youth for Astronomy and Engineering: Spring 2008 Young Women's Science Forum

(Newswise - May 5, 2008)

Computing Group Strives to Get Teenagers into Computer Careers

(The Chronicle of Higher Education - May 5, 2008S )

IT Students' Gender Imbalance Explained

(Science Alert [Australia] - May 1, 2008)

Young Science Club Gets EXITED by Experiments

(The Register Herald - May 1, 2008)

Google Announces Winners of Scholarships for Female Technology Students

(Chronical of Higher Education - April 30, 2008)

Washington DC Group Accused of High-Tech Dirty Tricks to Suppress Black Vote

(Wired Blog - April 30, 2008)

Computer Studies 'Too Nerdy' for Girls

(news.com.au [Australia] - April 30, 2008)

A Sociologist Says Students Aren't So Web-Wise After All; Women are among Less Savvy Demographic Groups

(Chronicle of Higher Education - April 29, 2008)

Anita Borg Institute Encourages Students to Apply for Scholarships for the 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

(Centre Daily Times - April 29, 2008)

Work From Home Moms Flock to Internet

(WCSH6.com - April 29, 2008)

Prize Winning Scientist Daphne Koller Wins Another Prize

(The Wall Street Journal - April 28, 2008)

Wage Gap Narrows for Women in IT

(eWeek - April 28, 2008)

Robots Teaching Girls to Like Science and Technology

(Earth Times - April 28, 2008)

MBC Launches iMatter, the First Social Networking Site Catering Specifically for Arab Women

(Yahoo News - April 24, 2008)

'Build IT' Program to Expose Middle School Girls to Science, Technology

(ReminderOnline - April 23, 2008)

Germany Declares Girls Day

(WKRG.com - April 23, 2008)

Women in Technology Announces Finalists for its Ninth Annual Leadership Awards

(Yahoo News - April 23, 2008)

Women Tech Council and Omniture Announce the Women in Innovation Event May 7

(Yahoo News - April 22, 2008)

Using Technology to Make a Difference for Women

(Anita Borg Institute Newsletter - April 16, 2008)

Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering

(Inside Higher Ed - April 21, 2008)

Essence Enlists Warner to Reach Black Women on Web

(Crain's New York - April 21, 2008)

Where are the Women?

(Montreal Gazette [Canada] - April 19, 2008)

Internet Addicts Decide to Unplug

(Gulf Daily News [Bahrain] - April 19, 2008)

Girls Embrace Inner 'Nerd' with Robotics

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 18, 2008)

Online Shopping War: Men Vs. Women

(cbs11tv.com - April 18, 2008)

Women are More Likely to Give up Passwords for Chocolate

(Geek.com - April 17, 2008)

Roberta Goes to Europ

(Physorg.com - April 16, 2008)

UT Tyler Researcher to Head New State Program for Girls

(Tyler Morning Telegraph - April 16, 2008)

Science-savvy Girls Headed to Tech Trek

(TheUnion.com - April 16, 2008)

NM Technology Association Honors Seven Women

(New Mexico Business Weekly - April 15, 2008)

AWIS and Latinas in Computing Partner to Provide Students Access to e-Mentoring through MentorNet

(AWIS.org - April 10, 2008)

Online or On Page? It's a War of Words for Women's Magazines

(The Independent [U.K.] - March 30, 2008)

Scouts Show Girls They Can Do Everything Boys Can Do

(DelawareOnline - March 29, 2008)

Women: Booth Bunnies or Boost to Business?

(eWeek Channel Insider - March 28, 2008)

GETT Event Celebrates Technology Jobs for Women

(Casper Star-Tribune - March 28, 2008)

Twitter, iPhones Let Sex Workers Spread Their Gospel

(Wired - March 28, 2008)

Microsoft Pitches IT Careers to High School Girls

(eWeek - March 27, 2008)

American Girl Doll Skates into Computer Game

(USA Today - March 27, 2008)

CherryTV.com Launches Informative Sexuality Video Programming Online for Women

(Broadcast Newsroom - March 26, 2008)

Women in Technology Extends Deadline for Nominations for Ninth Annual Leadership Awards

(Yahoo News - March 25, 2008)

Get-Ahead Girls Need 'Do the Math' Message

(Women's eNews - March 20, 2008)

Girl Bloggers Rise In Numbers, Could Help Narrow Tech Gender Divide

(Yahoo Canada News - March 19, 2008)

Verizon Business Sponsors '2008 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering'

(Examiner.com - March 19, 2008)

SheGeeks Added to Grand Effect

(gHacks.net - March 19, 2008)

Ride: Technology Drives Economy, Life

(Altoona Herald - Mitchellville Index - March 19, 2008)

EU Says it Needs to Change Image of 'Geeky' IT Jobs to Attract More Women

(York Dispatch [U.K.] - March 18, 2008)

Yahoo Offers Grants for Women

(Web Host Industry News - March 18, 2008)

BlackBerry Exec on Women in Tech

(Silicon.com - March 18, 2008)

DontDateHimGirl.com Launches Facebook® Platform Application to Help Women Date Safer and Smarter

(Yahoo News - March 17, 2008)

Yahoo's New Appeal to Women

(ZDNet Asia - March 17, 2008)

Women-in-Science Conference to be Held

(Palo Alto Online - March 11, 2008)

Call for Girls-Only IIT, and at 'Home'

(The Telegraph [India] - March 11, 2008)

Brown U. Will Develop Technology Course for African Women

(Brown Daily Herald - March 11, 2008)

EC Aims to Convince Women IT isn't 'Boring'

(ZDNet Asia [Singapore] - March 11, 2008)

Prostitution in a Wired World: How Technology has Changed the World's Oldest Profession

(Minneapolis Star-Tribune - March 11, 2008)

OSCE Funds Computer Center for Female Students in Tajikistan

(Yahoo!7 News [Australia] - March 11, 2008)

ICT Industry Wants More Women Engineers

(EurActiv [U.K.] - March 10, 2008)

Latinitas Hosts Spring Break Camp

(News 8 Austin - March 10, 2008)

Indian Women Isolated in Silicon Valley

(San Francisco Chronicle - March 9, 2008)

Participation of the AICTO in the 'Arab Women and the Globalized Communication Space' Forum

(AICTO.org [Tunisia] - March 8, 2008)

Girls Attend Conference to Learn from Math, Science and Technology Professionals

(WISH-TV 8 - March 8, 2008)

Yahoo's New Appeal to Women

(Business Week - March 7, 2008)

National Center for Women & Information Technology Highlights Women in IT on International Women's Day

(Infobolsa [Spain] - March 7, 2008)

Hallam a National Finalist in the 2008 BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards

(e-consultancy [U.K.] - March 7, 2008)

50+Fabulous Website for Boomer Women Gets Facelift

(Yahoo News - March 4, 2008)

Google India Announces Engineering Awards for Women

(SiliconIndia [India] - March 4, 2008)

Girl Geeks Meet for International Women's Day

(IT News [Australia] - March 4, 2008)

MP: Games Allow Players to 'Rape Women'

(Digital Spy [U.K.] - March 4, 2008)

Surf's Up for Women on the Web

(ContraCosta Times - March 3, 2008)

Girls Playing More Games, Says ESA

(Play [U.K.] - March 3, 2008)

How Women Can Pick up the Skills Shortage Slack

(ITWorld Canada - February 27, 2008)

Anita Borg Institute Announces 2008 Women of Vision Award Winners

(Yahoo News - February 27, 2008)

Lack of Female Interest in Technology Hinders Product Design

(BG News - February 27, 2008)

Women in IT Paid 20 Percent Less Than Men

(ZDNet [U.K.] - February 27, 2008)

ATW Offering Scholarships for Women Seeking Undergraduate Sci/Tech Degrees

(The Business Review - February 26, 2008)

Yale Scientist Erin Lavik Honored for Academic Innovation and Leadership

(Medical News Today - February 26, 2008)

Seed Fund Awards $55,000 to Programs That Attract Girls and Women to IT

(Centre Daily Times - February 25, 2008)

Technology's Feminine Side

(Usability News - February 23, 2008)

ICT Women Entrepreneurs Benefit from Maxum Empowerment Programme

(ITWeb [South Africa] - February 22, 2008)

Sorry, Boys, This is Our Domain

(The New York Times - February 21, 2008)

Tech Workplace Climate Unfavorable to Women

(eWeek - February 21, 2008)

National Coalition of Girls' Schools Celebrates Engineers Week with New Online Resources, In-Person Events, and Classroom Tools

(Yahoo News - February 19, 2008)

Online Networking for Mature Women Defies Web Norms

(Interest!Alert - February 19, 2008)

Women Offered Free Training in Computer Skills

(The Times of Malta - February 19, 2008)

Tech's Feminine Side

(The Boston Globe - February 18, 2008)

Men are from YouTube, Women are from Hulu

(e-consultancy.com - February 18, 2008)

Why Should Women Want to be in IT?

(IT Business [Canada] - February 15, 2008)

Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Opens Call for Participation

(Business Wire - February 14, 2008)

Anita Borg Institute Presents TechLeaders: Power and Influence Workshop February 27-28, 2008

(Centre Daily Times - February 12, 2008)

In Search of the She-Geek

(GeekDad (Wired Blog Network) - February 12, 2008)

New Help to Encourage More Women into Science

(Yorkshire Evening Post [U.K.] - February 11, 2008)

Girl Scouts Explore Careers in Science and Technology

(Inside Bay Area - February 11, 2008)

Computing Women Meet to Network and Learn

(Computerworld [New Zealand] - February 11, 2008)

For Tech Jobs, Women Can Get With the Program

(MSNBC - February 10, 2008)

Astia Aids Women-Led Tech Firms

(San Francisco Business Times - February 8, 2008)

Video Games Activate Reward Regions of Brain in Men More than Women

(Science Daily - February 8, 2008)

Website Aims to Bring More Women into the SET Workplace

(Online Recruitment [U.K.] - February 7, 2008)

TotalBeauty.com Skyrockets to Top Ten Beauty Website for Women

(Yahoo News - February 7, 2008)

Women in Technology Solicits Nominations for Ninth Annual Leadership Awards

(Yahoo News - February 6, 2008)

WITI is Named Women's Organization of the Year

(Interest!Alert - February 4, 2008)

Dangerous High School Girls Get Rev'ed Up

(GamesIndustry.biz - February 4, 2008)

Tech Companies Making Gear with Women in Mind

(Pacific Daily News [Guam] - January 30, 2008)

Hundreds Receive MIT Training in the Pee Dee

(SCNow.com - January 29, 2008)

Digital Mammography Better than Film for Some Women

(Yahoo News - January 29, 2008)

Web Site to Help Women Through Divorce Seeks Funding

(Orlando Sentinel - January 29, 2008)

Dr. Sally Ride to Deliver Opening Keynote at TCEA 2008

(Centre Daily Times - January 28, 2008)

Girls Increasingly Drawn to Computer Animation Classes

(Dallas Morning News - January 27, 2008)

Is Your Husband's Avatar Faithful?

(The Wichita Eagle - January 21, 2008)

Northrop Grumman Elects Linda A. Mills President, Information Technology Sector

(Yahoo News - January 25, 2008)

Profs Push for Major Uniting Computers, Art

(Yale Daily News - January 25, 2008)

Engineering Women Unite

(BYU NewsNet - January 25, 2008)

Michigan Council of Women in Technology February Event: Lessons from the Goddesses of IT

(Michigan Technology News - January 25, 2008)

IT Women Want Gender-Sensitive Policies

(CIOL [India] - January 24, 2008)

Breaking Through the Silicon Ceiling

(Stuff [New Zealand] - January 24, 2008)

Frances Allen: A Pioneer in High-Performance Computing

(UCBerkeley News - January 23, 2008)

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Announces Keynote Speaker and Emcee for Awards Banquet

(Yahoo News - January 22, 2008)

Sugar Inc. Signs Two-Year Contract with Internap to Run Women's Blog Network with Six Million Readers Worldwide

(Yahoo News - January 22, 2008)

Women More Likely to Turn to Internet Than Friends or Family for Health Information

(Yahoo News - January 22, 2008)

IT's Million $ Babes

(Australian Reseller News - January 21, 2008)

Cyber Bullying Focus of Program for Parents

(West County Journal - January 8, 2008)

E. Ann Berman, 60, Dies; Tech Firm President, CEO

(The Washington Post - January 18, 2007)

Seventh Annual Award for Canada's Leading Woman High-Tech Entrepreneur

(T-Net [Canada] - January 18, 2008)

Math-Science Day Motivates Local 8th Grade Girls

(Banning/Beaumont Record Gazette - January 18, 2008)

Webber Technology and Engineering Class Targets Girls

(Coloradoan.com - January 17, 2008)

NMITSA Celebrates Women in Technology

(New Mexico Business Weekly - January 16, 2008)

Huntly Arrest a Warning to Net Daters

(TVNZ [New Zealand] - January 16, 2008)

MIT Outreach Program Urges Fouke Girls to Try Engineering

(Texarkana Gazette - January 16, 2008)

Tech Training for Women

(Calcutta Telegraph [India] - January 16, 2008)

Girls' Schools Stay Strong in Competitive Environment: Technology Spending, Financial Aid Grants Soar

(Yahoo News - January 15, 2008)

Science Program to Target Minority Girls

(WCTV - January 15, 2008)

Web Sites Steer Visitors to Domestic Safety

(Women's eNews - January 14, 2008)

Women in Computer Science

(The Triangle - January 11. 2008)

Women Get a Grip on the Internet

(Anchorage Daily News - January 4, 2008)

'Girls Gone Geek' and Leo Laporte Announce Pre-MacWorld Podcast Production Seminar

(Yahoo News - January 3, 2008)

MIT Students to Visit Billings

(Billings Gazette - January 3, 2008)

Israeli Men Outumber Israeli Women as Internet Users, 54% to 46%

(GLOBES Online - January 3, 2008)

Fewer Women Choosing Computer Science Careers

(Orlando Sentinel - January 1, 2008)