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Why Can't Americans Vote Online?
Tuesday is Election Day in the United States, and although the mostly state and local races won't stir the same passions as next year's presidential contest,...
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Meet Dark Tangent, the Hacker Behind Black Hat and Def Con
The word "hacker" evokes all kinds of scary images. But Jeff Moss says hackers are exactly what the world needs more of, because they can make the Internet safer...
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Phone Hacking Can Extend Beyond Voice Mail
While the phone hacking by British tabloid News of the World was unexceptional by technical standards, security experts say the scandal portends how the growth...
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Why Gadget Makers Wield a 'Kill Switch'
When you buy a video game from Best Buy, you don't give the retailer the right to barge into your house whenever it wants. So why do we give that permission to...
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Online Photos: Are They New Digital Fingerprints?
For Mike Smith, Facebook is a fort for communicating freely with friends online. Within the confines of that giant yet access-restricted network, the music-software...
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The End of Credit Cards Is Coming
Credit cards may soon be as outdated as vinyl records. (Remember them?) And this is the year that the slow, steady march to oblivion begins.
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10 Ways a Digital Big Brother Can Be Good For You
The opening passage from George Orwell's "1984" depicts a guy hustling up a stairwell that's plastered with giant posters of a man's face staring at him.
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Assange's 'Poison Pill' File Impossible to Stop, Expert Says
The Poison Pill. The Doomsday Files. Or simply, The Insurance.
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Court Allows Agents to Secretly Put GPS Trackers on Cars
Law enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person's car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court...
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How to Create a 'super Password'
Say goodbye to those wimpy, eight-letter passwords. The 12-character era of online security is upon us, according to a report published this week by the Georgia...
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The Technical Muscle Behind Wikileaks
WikiLeaks isn't much to look at. The Website's homepage is largely composed of a plain-text logo and a giant hyperlink that simply says: "Submit documents."
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Why Face Recognition Isn't Scary
Most of the time, Stacey Schlittenhard finds facial recognition technology to be extremely useful. When she uploads her family photos to the Website Picasa, for...
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The Website That Reveals State Secrets
If Daniel Ellsberg wanted to leak secret documents today, he probably would send them to a powerful and controversial new venue for whistle-blowing: a Website called...
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Biometric Atm Gives Cash Via 'finger Vein' Scan
Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM--allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip...
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Why Are Computer sers Still Choking on Spam?
Who is actually responsible for sending spam. It might surprise many to learn that the number one source of spam is the United States, according to a new report...
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Scientists Work to Keep Hackers Out of Implanted Medical Devices
Researchers are developing ways to prevent hackers from accessing and remotely controlling medical devices that emit wireless signals.
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Study: Google-China Attack Driven by Amateurs
The computer attack which led Google to threaten leaving China and created a firestorm between Washington and Beijing appears to have been deployed by amateurs,...
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Cashing in on Internet Censorship
A growing number of software companies are capitalizing on an unexpected business opportunity: Internet censorship. In countries where governments continue to...
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Cyber Challenge Tests Nation's Top Hackers
With the coolness of a card shark at the final table of the World Series of Poker, Matt Bergin pulls the hood of his brown sweatshirt over his head and concentrates...
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