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Does Rise of Biometrics Mean a Future Without Anonymity?
Long envisioned as an alternative to remembering scores of computer passwords or lugging around keys to cars, homes and businesses, technology that identifies people...
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Icann Faces Battles Over New Web Domains
Former ICANN interim CEO Akram Atallah says ICANN does not plan to announce the results of any of the 1,930 new generic top-level domain submissions it received...
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Stuxnet Tricks Copied By Computer Criminals
Malicious code apparently used by governments to spy on, harass, and sabotage one another has grabbed headlines in recent years, yet the highly targeted nature...
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Europeana's Huge Cultural Dataset Opens For Reuse
The digital portal Europeana has made its dataset of more than 20 million cultural objects available to be used freely by developers, designers, and other digital...
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Google's Restricting of Anti-Muslim Video Shows Role of Web Firms As Free-Speech Arbiters
Google lists eight reasons on its "YouTube Community Guidelines" page for why it might take down a video. Inciting riots is not among them.
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Twitter Reluctantly Coughs p Occupy Protester's Data
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge's order to divulge the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.
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Flame C&c Server Analysis Reveals New Malware in the Wild
Forensic analysis of a number of Flame malware toolkit command-and-control servers revealed an additional three unidentified pieces of malicious code are under...
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Wired Is the New Wireless: Spreading the Web in China
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...
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Europe Hits Old Internet Address Limits
Ripe NCC, the governing body that hands out addresses to European Internet service providers and other organizations, has started strict rationing of IPv4 addresses...
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Icann's New Ceo Announces Bold Restructure
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade recently announced his plans to restructure the organization, including the selection of two new senior managers.
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Ethical Robots: Let Their Artificial Consciences Be Their Guides
When lethal autonomous robots take their place on the field of battle and function independent of human control, what will govern the decisions of these next-gen...
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Arab Spring: Tech As Tinder
The Internet tools of the Arab Spring have become the weapons of a new Arabian nightmare playing out at American diplomatic missions across North Africa and the...
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Difference Engine: The Pc All Over Again?
What could well be the next great technological disruption is fermenting away, out of sight, in small workshops, college labs, garages, and basements. Tinkerers...
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Emv Flaw Allows 'pre-Play' Attacks on Chip-Enabled Payment Cards
University of Cambridge researchers have found that many automated teller machines and point of sale terminals do not properly generate random numbers, as required...
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Malware Inserted on Pc Production Lines, Says Study
Cybercriminals have opened a new front in their battle to infect computers with malware—PC production lines.
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New York Police Dept. Issues First Rules For se of Social Media During Investigations
The NYPD has for the first time laid out rules for using social media during investigations—but critics say the guidelines raise questions about privacy issues.
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How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means For the Future of Everything
Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but hidden from your view.
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Research Paints Shamoon Creators as 'skillful Amateurs'
Despite seemingly endless pontification, it's still too early to definitively say whether there's a connection between the Shamoon malware and recent attacks on...
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Get Ready For Computers Worldwide to Automatically Smother Cyber Strikes
The U.S. government is planning to build a cyberecosystem that would prompt computers around the world to instantly suppress cyberattacks.
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