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Facebook Ipo: How Does Facebook Make Its Money?
Facebook's IPO filing shows that the company brought in about $3.7 billion in revenue and made $1 billion in profit in 2011.
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Rise of the Drone: From Calif. Garage to Multibillion-Dollar Defense Industry
In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement...
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Sopa Hearings Cast Debate as Old Media vs. New Media
The circus atmosphere of the hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), reflected the high-stakes, emotional nature of the...
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Cyber-Intruder Sparks Massive Federal Response
The first sign of trouble was a mysterious signal emanating from deep within the U.S. military’s classified computer network.
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A Deeper Look Into Space
NASA hopes the James Webb Space Telescope, which can detect ancient light that its predecessors can’t, will reveal more information about the origins of the universe...
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Preventing a Pearl Harbor of Cyberspace
At a time when the Internet has been inextricably linked to our national infrastructure, there are understandably serious concerns about the ability of the U.S...
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How Many Security Clearances Have Been Issued?
More than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information, a number that vastly outstrips previous estimates and nearly rivals...
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In China, Business Travelers Take Extreme Precautions to Avoid Cyber-Espionage
Packing for business in China? Bring your passport and business cards, but maybe not that laptop loaded with contacts and corporate memos.
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A Future For Drones: Automated Killing
One afternoon last fall at Fort Benning, GA, two model-size planes took off, climbed to 800 and 1,000 feet, and began criss-crossing the military base in search...
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Chinese Cyberwar Video Goes Missing
Now you see it, now you don’t. A Chinese documentary that showed off the military’s ability to conduct a cyberattack against a U.S.-based site appears to have...
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London Riots: Britain Weighs Personal Freedoms Against Need to Keep Order
The British government is taking aim at social media amid the recent riots, claiming that it is undermining the country's democracy. British and Scottish authorities...
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Defcon Opens Its Doors to Pre-Teen and Teen Hackers
DefCon, the conference where hackers and the people who monitor them get together to trade the latest in hacking and tracking data, had some new attendees: children...
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Little-Known Firms Tracking Data Used in Credit Scores
Atlanta entrepreneur Mike Mondelli has access to more than a billion records detailing consumers’ personal finances—and there is little they can do about it.
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.s. Cyber Approach 'too Predictable' For One Top General
The nation’s second-ranking military official said Thursday that the U.S. approach to protecting its computer systems was "too predictable" and failed to penalize...
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Global Race on to Match U.s. Drone Capabilities
At the most recent Zhuhai air show, the premier event for China's aviation industry, crowds swarmed around a model of an armed, jet-propelled drone and marveled...
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As Smartphones Proliferate, Some sers Cut the Computer Cord
A third of all American adults own a smartphone and for many minority and low-income users, those mobile devices have replaced computers for Internet access. The...
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Maryland Sees Its Moment in Cybersecurity
As Fort Meade increasingly becomes a stronghold for federal cybersecurity, Maryland officials and business advocates are trying to take advantage of what they...
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List of Cyber-Weapons Developed By Pentagon to Streamline Computer Warfare
The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapons and -tools, including viruses that can sabotage an adversary’s critical networks, to streamline how the United...
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Autocratic Regimes Fight Web-Savvy Opponents with Their Own Tools
For weeks, Syrian democracy activists have used Facebook and Twitter to promote a wave of bold demonstrations. Now, the Syrian government and its supporters are...
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