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1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun By the Web
Rising use of the Internet has overtaken the main statute governing communication privacy, according to many Web companies and consumer proponents, who say they...
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Fcc Challenges App Makers to Protect Open Internet
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched the Open Internet Challenge, which calls on software developers to create applications that will help Internet...
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Why Are Health Data Leaking Online? Bad Software, Study Says
A recent Dartmouth College study found that sensitive health care data is being leaked online through peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services. In addition, the...
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Hackers Find New Way to Cheat on Wall Street
High-frequency trading networks, which complete stock market transactions in microseconds, are vulnerable to manipulation by hackers who can inject tiny amounts...
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The New Speed of Money, Reshaping Markets
A substantial part of all stock trading in the United States takes place in a warehouse in a nondescript business park just off the New Jersey Turnpike.
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The Power of 'convergence'
In white paper, MIT scientists discuss potential for revolutionary advances in biomedicine and other fields.
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Network Defense Gone Wrong
Many companies use content-delivery networks as a defense against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but Michael Rabinovich of Case Western Reserve University...
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Utah's $1.5 Billion Cyber-Security Center Under Way
Today's groundbreaking for a $1.5 billion National Security Agency data center is being billed as important in the short term for construction jobs and important...
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'sms of Death' Could Crash Many Mobile Phones
Low-end mobile phones are vulnerable to hackers using short message service (SMS) communications, according to research presented at a recent conference in Germany...
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Nist Publications Recommend Organization-Wide It Security Risk Management
Two new draft publications from NIST provide the groundwork for a three-tiered risk-management approach that encompasses computer security risk planning from the...
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Beyond Surveillance: Darpa Wants a Thinking Camera
It’s tough being an imagery analyst for the U.S. military: you’re drowning in pictures and drone video, with more pouring in endlessly from the tons of sensors...
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IPv6 Guide for Secure Deployment of Next-Generation Internet Protocol
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have issued a guide for managers, network engineers, transition teams and others to help them...
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The American Wikileaks Hacker
Jacob Appelbaum fights repressive regimes around the world—including his own.
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Graphics Ability Is the New Goal For Chip Makers
In the good old days, it was all about speed.
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Computers That See You and Keep Watch Over You
Hundreds of correctional officers from prisons across America descended last spring on a shuttered penitentiary in West Virginia for annual training exercises...
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Rules of Engagement For Cyberwars See Slow Progress
Rules of cyberwar engagement are lagging behind world powers' development of their cyberwarfare capabilities. Meanwhile, cyberwarfare funding continues to rise...
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Intel's 2nd-Gen Chip Arrives, with Hollywood in Tow
Intel is officially announcing its next-generation processor tomorrow—and Hollywood is playing a big role.
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Android Programming's ps and Downs
As smartphones using Google's Android operating system become mainstream, James Steele and Nelson To are in a pretty good position.
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Cheaters Find an Adversary in Technology
Mississippi had a problem born of the age of soaring student testing and digital technology. High school students taking the state’s end-of-year exams were using...
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