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What Do the H-Bomb and the Internet Have in Common? Paul Baran
Paul Baran set out to build a means of communication that could survive a nuclear war. And he ended up inventing the fundamental networking techniques that underpin...
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'degrade, Disrupt, Deceive': .s. Talks Openly About Hacking Foes
There was a time, not all that long ago, when the U.S. military wouldn't even whisper about its plans to hack into opponents' networks.
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Meet the Man Who's Rewiring Google From the Inside Out
It was a tweet that fired the imagination like few others. On May 10, 2011, at 1:35 in the afternoon, Eric Brewer told the world he was redesigning the most important...
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Researchers Hack Brainwaves to Reveal Pin Numbers, Other Personal Data
Don't you dare even think about your banking account password when you slap on those fancy new brainwave headsets.
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From Bug Drones to Disease Assassins, Super Weapons Rule .s. War Game
A rogue state is on the verge of developing a deadly biological weapon against which the rest of the world has no defense.
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How Pacific Island Missile Tests Helped Launch the Internet
There are a thousand stories about the origin of the internet, each with their own starting point and their own heroes. Charles Herzfeld's tale began in 1961 on...
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DARPA Has Seen the Future of Computing … And It's Analog
By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as ones and zeroes. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and...
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An Empire Strikes Back: Intel Muscles Into the Mobile Market
Some of the biggest bets in the computing industry were made on the fifth floor of Intel's Robert Noyce Building, on the northeast corner of the chip giant's main...
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Stealthy, Tiny, Deadly, Global: The Drone Revolution's Next Phase
Today's unmanned robotic planes only seem advanced.
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Google's Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small
Mike Olson runs a company that specializes in the world’s hottest software. He's the CEO ofCloudera, a Silicon Valley startup that deals in Hadoop, an open source...
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Nasa Pulls Off 350-Million-Mile Software Patch
If you think it's tough to keep your computer or smartphone's software updated, try keeping a space robot updated from 350 million miles away.
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Martian Computing Is Light on Ram, Heavy on Radiation Shielding
NASA's Curiosity Rover has had a historic week on the surface of Mars, executing a flawless landing on the Red Planet and firing up for its mission. But under the...
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Nasa Mohawk Guy Bobak Ferdowsi on Sci-Fi, Legos, and Becoming a Meme
As space geeks watched nervously to see if NASA's Curiosity rover would land safely on Mars, many found themselves wondering, "Hey, who's that cool dude with the...
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Robot Master
When you visit Manuela Veloso at Carnegie Mellon University, you're not guided to her office by a security officer or even issued instructions by a secretary at...
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Flame and Stuxnet Cousin Targets Lebanese Bank Customers, Carries Mysterious Payload
A newly uncovered espionage tool, apparently designed by the same people behind the state-sponsored Flame malware that infiltrated machines in Iran, has been found...
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Appeals Court Oks Warrantless Wiretapping
The federal government may spy on Americans' communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision...
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How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking
In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed.
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Lasers, Cameras, and Particle Detectors: Mars Rover's Super High-Tech Science Gear
Assuming it safely passes through its terrifying and complex descent sequence, NASA's newest rover, Curiosity, should get its wheels on the Martian surface in just...
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Apple v. Samsung: 5 Surprising Reveals in Latest Court Documents
The lawyers behind the upcoming Apple v. Samsung trial have been hard at work filing docket after docket as their court battle looms closer, and many of those dockets...
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