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Google, Once Disdainful of Lobbying, Now a Master of Washington Influence
In May 2012, the law school at George Mason University hosted a forum billed as a "vibrant discussion" about Internet search competition.
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Ancient Mars Probably Too Cold For Liquid Water
Mars' atmosphere was probably never thick enough to keep temperatures on the planet's surface above freezing for the long term, suggests research published today...
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U.S. Rallied 120 Nations in Response to 2012 Cyberattack on American Banks
In 2012, the Obama administration appealed to 120 nations to help block a wide-ranging cyberattack campaign against U.S. banks
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Command a Glowing Robot Horde to Do Your Bidding
Researchers have built palm-sized glowing robots that can scurry along the ground at the command of someone using a tablet or a gesture-sensing camera.
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A Faster Internet For Your Smartphones
Namehelp Mobile is a smartphone application that compares Domain Name Service performance provided by one's organization and by public DNS systems.
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Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow
I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
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Heartbleed Bug's 'voluntary' Origins
The encryption flaw that punctured the heart of the Internet this week underscores a weakness in Internet security: A good chunk of it is managed by four European...
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Heartbleed: Developer Who Introduced the Error Regrets 'oversight'
The developer who introduced the "Heartbleed" vulnerability to the open-source code used by thousands of websites has told the Guardian it was an "oversight"—but...
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Forget Wearable Tech, Embeddable Implants Are Already Here
Smartphone mapping features are great for getting directions, until you lose signal.
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Exotic Space Particles Slam Into Buried South Pole Detector
A belowground experiment at the South Pole has now discovered three of the highest-energy neutrinos ever found, particles that may be created in the most violent...
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Researchers See If Google Glass Can Help Parkinson's Patients
Researchers are experimenting with Google Glass to see if it can assist Parkinson's disease patients in monitoring their symptoms and increasing their mobility. ...
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Three Questions For Eugene Kaspersky
The Moscow-based computer security firm Kaspersky Lab has analyzed major new kinds of malware, including Stuxnet, which four years ago was revealed to have damaged...
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Call of Cyber Duty: Military Academies Take on Nsa
If Douglas MacArthur or Ulysses S. Grant went to the U.S. Military Academy today, they might be testing their defensive skills hunched in front of a computer screen...
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Hard Disk Pioneer Stuart Parkin Wins Millennium Prize
Prof Stuart Parkin developed a type of data-reading head capable of detecting weaker and smaller signals than had previously been possible.
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Is Fingerprint Security Reliable?
The strength of biometric locks on Apple's and Samsung's new phones may lie in their convenience.
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New 'switch' Could Power Quantum Computing
Using a laser to place individual rubidium atoms near the surface of a lattice of light, scientists at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new method for...
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Supreme Court Weighing When Online Speech Becomes Illegal Threat
When does an online threat become worthy of criminal prosecution?
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