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How the Nsa (may Have) Put a Backdoor in Rsa's Cryptography: A Technical Primer
There has been a lot of news lately about nefarious-sounding backdoors being inserted into cryptographic standards and toolkits.
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Ok, Glass, Find a Killer App
A select group of developers have been experimenting with Google Glass for months and have created apps that could indicate where the technology will go in the...
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Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth
Eighth graders didn't have Facebook or Twitter to share news back then, in January 2004.
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Titan's Seas Get an Earthly Stand-In as Robot Explores Chilean Lake
Early Mars rovers had little more intelligence than a fancy remote-controlled car.
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Viewing Where the Internet Goes
Will 2014 be the year that the Internet is reined in?
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Water Plumes Spark a Race to Jupiter Moon Europa
Let's put Mars in our rear-view mirror.
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Wireless Networks Exposed as Electricity Grid Weakest Link
Australian researchers have determined that hackers can exploit numerous security flaws in smart meters on the electrical power grid.
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The Internet of Things in 2014: Steady as It Goes
Continued progress is likely this year toward an interconnected network of devices that will communicate with each other over the Internet.
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Out in the Open: Ex-Google Ad Man Saves You From Ad Hell
The World Privacy Forum recently told the U.S. Congress the data brokerage industry is making millions of dollars selling lists of all kinds of data to marketers...
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The Top Four Tech Legal Cases to Watch in 2014
While we're all wiping the champagne-induced sleep from our eyes, inevitably we have to sober up for 2014.
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A Breakthrough For Speeding Satellite Feeds
A new data-coding technology based on transmission control protocol could more than double bandwidth on satellite Internet connections.
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Inside Tao: Documents Reveal Top Nsa Hacking nit
In January 2010, numerous homeowners in San Antonio, Texas, stood baffled in front of their closed garage doors.
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Faa Picks Six Projects to Tackle Drone Technology Development
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday designated six projects across the U.S. for research into drones, the unmanned aircraft that have the potential to...
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Dogecoins and Litecoins and Peercoins Oh My: What You Need to Know About Bitcoin Alternatives
By now, most people have heard of Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer currency whose value has soared over the past couple of years.
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Reading Your Palm For Security's Sake
They aren't taking any chances at Barclays Bank in Britain.
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Laser Demonstration Reveals Bright Future For Space Communication
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has completed its Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration mission.
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Smartphone as Mentor: How Tech Could Change Behavior
In a University of Michigan class called Imagine, Innovate, Act!, non-computing students design mobile apps to help users set and meet wellness milestones.
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Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience
Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.
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Nsa Phone Surveillance Legal, Federal Judge Rules
The debate over the National Security Agency's collection of millions of Americans' telephone records fell squarely into the courts when a federal judge in Manhattan...
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