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Space Invaders: Blast From the Past That Still Inspires
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Space Invaders: Blast From the Past That Still Inspires

It may seem prehistoric nowadays, but the title, which is about to celebrate its 35th birthday, has had a huge influence on gaming and the wider world.

­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
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­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals

The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.

Charlie Rose Talks to Tumblr's David Karp
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Charlie Rose Talks to Tumblr's David Karp

What made you decide that this was the right time to sell—and that Yahoo! was the right buyer?

Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
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Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers

If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.

The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds
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The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds

Human flight has become boring.

How to Build the Digital Subway Map of the Future
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How to Build the Digital Subway Map of the Future

The spotless white walls of Control Group's workshop differ so much from the dark, brooding interior of the historic Woolworth Building's lobby that it's hard not...

How Instant Messaging Rules the Internet
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How Instant Messaging Rules the Internet

If you strip away the flashy interfaces, expensive ad campaigns, and layers of hype, you'll notice that for the past 15 years, the dominant unit of social technology...

This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds
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This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds

The target computer is picked. The order to strike has been given. All it takes is a finger swipe and a few taps of the touchscreen, and the cyberattack is prepped...

Why the New Google-Nasa Partnership Marks a New Era in the History of Computing
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Why the New Google-Nasa Partnership Marks a New Era in the History of Computing

It's easy to become jaded about announcements in the tech world.

Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel
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Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel

Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws.

Graphics Gurus Master Wispy Hair, Snowballs, Torn Paper
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Graphics Gurus Master Wispy Hair, Snowballs, Torn Paper

The computer graphics industry has an insatiable appetite for realism, and researchers next month will show how they plan to feed it with innovations in computerized...

A Legacy Feud in Tech
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A Legacy Feud in Tech

If the Hatfields and McCoys lived in Silicon Valley, they'd be fighting with piles of cash and lines of software code instead of knives and shotguns.

Xbox? More Like Xbody: Future Game Consoles Will Get ­nder Your Skin
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Xbox? More Like Xbody: Future Game Consoles Will Get ­nder Your Skin

Imagine playing through a level of the popular zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" on a system that tracks your heart rate, eye movements, even how clammy your skin is...

Government Plan to Build 'back Doors' For Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities
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Government Plan to Build 'back Doors' For Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities

Recently, the FBI has been attacking the "going dark" problem—that is, its inability to read all electronic communications—from both legal and technological angles...

Inside Google's Secret Lab
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Inside Google's Secret Lab

Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely...

German Railways to Test Anti-Graffiti Drones
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German Railways to Test Anti-Graffiti Drones

The idea is to use airborne infra-red cameras to collect evidence, which could then be used to prosecute vandals who deface property at night.

Building Supercomputers with Raspberries
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Building Supercomputers with Raspberries

At some point in the not-too-distant future, building powerful, miniature computing systems will be considered a hobby for high schoolers, just as robotics or even...

An Honor For the Creator of the Gif
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An Honor For the Creator of the Gif

Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known...

Meet the Man Who Sold a Month-Old App to Dropbox For $100m
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Meet the Man Who Sold a Month-Old App to Dropbox For $100m

When Mailbox sold itself to Dropbox for a reported $100 million or so this March, the month-old iPhone app wasn’t even available to the public.

Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity
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Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity

Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the...
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