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The Future According to Google's Larry Page
When Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group, the giant advertising agency, visited Google this past fall, CEO Larry Page sent a car to pick him up at the Rosewood...
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U.s. Warns on Java Software As Security Concerns Escalate
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable Oracle Corp's Java software, amplifying security experts' prior warnings to hundreds of...
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Nsa Documents on 'perfect Citizen' Program Raise Many More Questions
More than two years after The Wall Street Journal disclosed the Perfect Citizen program, the Electronic Privacy Information Center released NSA documents detailing...
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Mobile Apps Drive Rapid Change in Searches
When the Federal Trade Commission decided last week to close its antitrust investigation of Google without charges, one important factor, though hardly mentioned...
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Looking Forward to a Future Internet
The future of the Internet was in doubt heading into December and the World Conference on International Telecommunications. Neither those who want to control the...
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Mapping Malware's Genome to Fight Future Attacks
Every year a computer worm emerges to stalk the Internet, each one seemingly bigger and badder than the last (see diagram).
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Student Suspended For Refusing to Wear Rfid Tracker Loses Lawsuit
A Texas high school student who claimed her student identification was the "Mark of the Beast" because it was implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip...
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Vint Cerf: Internet Competition Has 'evaporated' Since Dial-p
Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, said he is troubled by the prospect of companies like AT&T avoiding government regulation after the transition from traditional...
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U.s. Nuclear Lab Removes Chinese Tech Over Security Fears
A leading U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory recently discovered its computer systems contained some Chinese-made network switches and replaced at least two components...
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Feds Requiring 'black Boxes' in All Motor Vehicles
While many automakers have voluntarily installed the devices already, the National Transportation Safety Agency wants to hear your comments by February 11 on its...
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North Korean Students Show Google Chief How They Search Web
Students at North Korea's premier university have showed Google's executive chairman how they look for information online: they Google it.
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Better Than Human: Why Robots Will—and Must—take Our Jobs
It's hard to believe you'd have an economy at all if you gave pink slips to more than half the labor force.
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The Future of Medicine Is Now
In our era of instant gratification, the world of medicine seems like an outlier.
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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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Popular Office Phones Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hack, Researchers Say
High-tech telephones common on many workplace desks in the U.S. can be hacked and turned into eavesdropping devices, researchers at Columbia University have discovered...
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Google Cleared of Search Results Bias After 2-Year U.s. Investigation
Google has been forced by regulators in the U.S. to agree to legally binding changes to the way it presents some search results and runs its search advertising...
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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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