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After M.t.a. Setbacks, No-Swipe Fare Cards Are Still Stuck in the Future
For nearly 50 years, coins were the currency in New York’s subway and bus system. Tokens carried the next 40 years, until the MetroCard first slid into riders’...
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It Security Organizations Facing Shortage of Skilled Professionals
A global survey of information security professionals has uncovered a severe shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.
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Stuxnet Missing Link Found, Resolves Some Mysteries Around the Cyberweapon
As Iran met in Kazakhstan this week with members of the UN Security Council to discuss its nuclear program, researchers announced that a new variant of the sophisticated...
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Linux-Savvy It Pros Are in High Demand, Low Supply
A new survey finds that businesses and government agencies are aggressively seeking to hire IT professionals with Linux skills.
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Calling Out the Robocaller
Last month, the Haggler was sitting at home when the phone rang.
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Nielsen Adjusts Its Ratings to Add Web-Linked Tvs
For media executives, there may be nothing worse than a viewer or listener who is not counted.
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How Secure Is the Papal Election?
As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, security people like me wonder about the process. How does it work, and just how hard would it be to hack...
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U.s. Ups Ante For Spying on Firms
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...
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Top .s. Stealth Jet Has to Talk to Allied Planes Over nsecured Radio
For the first time, America's top-of-the-line F-22 fighters and Britain's own cutting-edge Typhoon jets have come together for intensive, long-term training in...
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Exposé of Chinese Data Thieves Reveals Sloppy Tactics
A beige office block in Shanghai's suburbs belonging to the Chinese army became world famous on Tuesday after Mandiant, a Washington-based computer security company...
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Cybercrime: It's Serious, But Exactly How Serious?
Symantec says $110 billion annually while McAfee says $1 trillion. Why can't anyone agree?
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Data Mining Is New Lobbying Gold
A congressman gets an earful from his neighbor after church about a tax bill. A senator suddenly finds old high school classmates calling her about an upcoming...
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When Will the Internet Reach Its Limit (and How Do We Stop It from Happening)?
The number of smartphones, tablets and other network-connected gadgets will outnumber humans by the end of the year.
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Software that Tracks People on Social Media Created By Defence Firm
A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social...
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Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.s.
On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People's Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps...
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New High-Tech Warfare Medal Draws Backlash
The Pentagon sparked an uproar among troops and veterans when it revealed that a new high-level medal honoring drone pilots will rank above some traditional combat...
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Amid the Patent Wars, a Powerful Pact of Non-Aggression
The Open Invention Network, a community set up by an IBM-led consortium in 2005 to foster a safe patent environment for developers and users of the free, open-source...
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Welcome to the Malware-Industrial Complex
Every summer, computer security experts get together in Las Vegas for Black Hat and DEFCON, conferences that have earned notoriety for presentations demonstrating...
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Silicon Valley and Immigrant Groups Find Common Cause
What do computer programmers and illegal immigrants have to do with each other?
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