As geeks become chic in all levels of society, an unlikely subset is starting to roar. Meet the Nerd Girls: they're smart, they're techie and they're hot.

Cultural stereotyping of computer users as "male, socially awkward and intense" has led to a low number of girls in NI studying computing. That is according to a report from the Council for the ...

Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science Date: December 28, 2009 Source: University of Washington Summary: In real estate, it's location, location, location.

And girls were almost three times more likely to say they would be interested in enrolling in a computer science course if the classroom looked like the non-stereotypical one.

A local Calgary organization wants to change the status quo in high-tech industries by teaching young girls the language of computers. Chic Geek aims to get girls to think outside the box ...