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They Know You're Reading This
Image via Wikipedia I was recently complaining to a teller at my bank that another bank down the street had given my 3-year-old daughter a stuffed horse for nothing more than walking past the front door. I jokingly asked her what gifts my own bank would be willing to offer to [...]
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Anonymous invites CIA, others to its weekend party
Following its FBI shenanigans of last week, the loose-knit hacking collective claims to have taken down the CIA's Web site, along with the sites of the Mexican Senate and Interior Ministry. It also says it hacked into police and government sites in Alabama and pilfered personal info on 46,000 Alabamians.
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Count `em, 19 downloads you shouldn't miss this week
This week has seen an impressive number of releases, so many that you may have missed one or two. In this roundup we’ve collected together some of the highlights starting with a selection of mobile app. OneNote Mobile has been available to iOS users for a little while now, but the app has just made its way to the Android platform. Offering synchronization with your computer and a comprehensive ...
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Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server
The new number two Web server in the world, open-source NGINX, is now offering commercial support.
www.zdnet.com
Hauppauge Broadway Lets You Take Your TV With You
This small set-top box capably streams your live TV signal to devices on your home network or the Internet—but setup can be intimidating, and it lacks support for some key cable-box features.
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They Know You’re Reading This [Privacy]
# privacy I was recently complaining to a teller at my bank that the another bank down the street had given my 3 year-old daughter a stuffed horse for nothing more than walking past the front door. I jokingly asked her what gifts my own bank would be willing to offer to compete for the affections of my daughter. Then I said, "Oh, you probably don't like it when I mention the competition when I'm ...
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As Anonymous protests, Internet drowns in inaccurate anti-ACTA arguments
After the Internet's decisive victory over the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this month, online activists have been looking for their next target, and a growing number of them have chosen the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was signed by the EU last week. Indeed, the renewed focus on ACTA even led a group of Polish politicians to hold paper Guy Fawkes masks—the symbol of ...
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White House Strangles SOPA, Citing Censorship, Security Concerns
In a statement on behalf of the Obama administration this morning, a trio of senior officials including the nation's Chief Technology Officer made clear that any anti-piracy legislation passing the President's desk would not create risks of censorship, nor would it condone any alterations to the Internet's domain name system that could invite security dangers. The statement, which lists all ...
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Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down
The company lists Hip-Hop producer/musician Swizz Beatz as its CEO
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Citing SOPA-Like Charges, The Feds Just Shut Down Megaupload
Calling the site a "international organized criminal enterprise," the Department of Justice admitted to arresting Megaupload's CEO Swiss Beatz (who also happens to be Alicia Keyes' husband) in a Thursday afternoon press release. Though the case has been bouncing around courts for a while, news that Megaupload.com is officially off the Internet is sure to prompt some Internet freedom activists to ...
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