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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Communications Satellites Made Legal For Export
To the delight of American satellite makers, communications satellites—which orbit Earth to relay phone calls, link ships to shore and broadcast television programs—will...
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What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web?
I couldn't help thinking of John Le Carré's spy novels as I awaited my rendezvous with Jaron Lanier in a corner of the lobby of the stylish W Hotel just off Union...
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Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison
In a criminal case sure to make programmers nervous, a software maker who licenses a program used by online casinos and bookmakers overseas is being charged with...
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Outmaneuvered at Their Own Game, Antivirus Makers Struggle to Adapt
The antivirus industry has a dirty little secret: its products are often not very good at stopping viruses.
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Ftc Offers $50,000 Reward to Help Stop Robocalls
Unwanted telemarketing calls, trademarked for interrupting dinners across the nation, have become such a nuisance over the years that the Federal Trade Commission...
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Social Media: Five Predictions For 2013
When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive—and...
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China Tightens Internet Controls, Legalizes Post Deletion
China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information and requiring service...
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Selling Flak Jackets in the Cyberwars
When the Israeli army and Hamas trade virtual blows in cyberspace, or when hacker groups like Anonymous rise from the digital ether, or when WikiLeaks dumps a trove...
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I Am Not Big Brother
I've grown accustomed to reading inaccurate accounts of my day job. I'm in political data.
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Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test
How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous...
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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths
Just 15 years ago, New York City had 35,000 phone booths. Thanks to cell phones it now has just 11,000, most of which serve little purpose for anyone but Clark...
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Darpa Seeks Revolution, Not Evolution, in Cyberspace Capabilities
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...
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Why Better Traffic Data Means More Than Just a Faster Commute
You might never have heard of Inrix, but there's a good chance it’s already helped you out—or vice versa.
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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats
According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects' communications...
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Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2013
The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, escalating battles over the control of online information...
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Hacking Contest Seeks to Attract Women to Information Security
The Power of Community security conference in Seoul recently held the final round of a hacking contest called the Power of XX, a women-only skills competition intended...
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With Millions Paid in Hacker Bug Bounties, Is the Internet Any Safer?
The night before the end of Google's Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference this year in Vancouver, a tall teen dressed in khaki shorts, tube socks...
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Silicon Valley Technology Could Be Key to Connect Cars For Safer Driving
While Google's self-driving car is getting heaps of attention, a lesser-known effort that would employ Silicon Valley technologies to make regular automobiles safer...
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Ftc Offers $50,000 to Robocall Killers
The Federal Trade Commission is offering a cash reward of $50,000 to whoever develops a solution to block robotic calling on both landlines and mobiles.
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Cybercrime-Fighters Seek 'generation Xbox' For Spy Jobs
Up to 100 members of "generation Xbox" will be offered a career in the secret services, under a scheme announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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