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Here's What You Find When You Scan the Entire Internet in an Hour
Until recently, scanning the entire Internet, with its billions of unique addresses, was a slow and labor-intensive process.
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The New York Times Was Losing $5 Per Second Thanks to Its Web Site Outage
The New York Times is still reeling from a massive Web outage that took down its homepage, its corporate Web site, and everything in between.
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Linkedin Connects Big Data, Human Resources
Every second, more than two more people join LinkedIn's network of 238 million members.
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Nsa Growth Fueled By Need to Target Terrorists
Twelve years later, the cranes and earthmovers around the National Security Agency are still at work, tearing up pavement and uprooting trees to make room for a...
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Court Says Skipping Ads Doesn't Violate Copyright. That's a Big Deal.
In 1984, the Supreme Court rejected Hollywood's argument that the record button on the Betamax VCR made its manufacturer, Sony, liable for copyright infringement...
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For Nsa Chief, Terrorist Threat Drives Passion to 'collect It All,' Observers Say
In late 2005, as Iraqi roadside bombings were nearing an all-time peak, the National Security Agency's newly appointed chief began pitching a radical plan for halting...
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Nsa Surveillance Program Extended By Court, Intelligence Officials Say
A secret court on Friday extended the National Security Agency's authority to collect and store the phone records of tens of millions of American cellphone customers...
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.s. and Russia Sign Pact to Create Communication Link on Cybersecurity
The United States and Russia have agreed to use real-time communications about national security incidents to lower the risk of conflict in cyberspace.
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Google to Use Balloons to Provide Free Internet Access to Remote or Poor Areas
Google plans to provide free Internet access to disaster-stricken, rural, or poor areas using giant helium balloons that beam Wi-Fi signals to the ground below. ...
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The Coming Political Battle Over Bitcoin
Given that Bitcoin first broke into mainstream attention when Gawker explained how to use it to buy drugs, perhaps the surprise is that it took federal regulators...
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Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'ultraconserved Words'
You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes!
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Little-Known Surveillance Tool Raises Concerns By Judges, Privacy Activists
Federal investigators in Northern California routinely used a sophisticated surveillance system to scoop up data from cellphones and other wireless devices in an...
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U.s. Cybersecurity Policy Draws Interest from Companies, Lobbyists
The determination by Congress and President Obama to protect networks of critical U.S. industries from hackers and cyberspies is creating an explosive growth opportunity—for...
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Pentagon Creating Teams to Launch Cyberattacks as Threat Grows
The Pentagon's Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith...
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Tim Berners-Lee on the Making of New Worlds
Tim Berners-Lee's keynote address at the SXSW Interactive Conference emphasized the need to fight for an open Internet.
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Privacy advocates fear linking cars with wireless networks may be giving automakers, software developers, and police officers access to such information.
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...
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Tech, Telecom Giants Take Sides as FCC Proposes Large Public Wifi Networks
The U.S. Federal Communications Committee recently submitted a proposal to create super Wi-Fi networks across the country that would enable users to make calls...
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Google Asks: How Much Is Mapping Worth?
How much has mapping software changed your life?
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