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British Authorities Unveil Plan For Mass Electronic Surveillance
British authorities have unveiled a plan to compile details about every email, phone call, and text message in the United Kingdom.
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Iran: 'flame' Virus Fight Began with Oil Attack
Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures—cutting off Internet links to Iran’s Oil Ministry...
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In Cuba, Mystery Shrouds Fate of Internet Cable
It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation...
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Education Woes Linked to National Security
A report furnished by a U.S. task force warned that unless the American educational system improves, national security and economic prosperity will be threatened...
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Winter Driving Trouble? There's an App for That
North Dakota State University researchers have developed Winter Survival Kit, a free iPhone and Android application that helps motorists prepare for winter driving...
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Mexico's Cartels Build Own National Radio System
When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming.
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How Bin Laden Emailed Without Being Detected By U.s.
Using intermediaries and inexpensive computer disks, Osama bin Laden managed to send emails while in hiding, without leaving a digital fingerprint for U.S. eavesdroppers...
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Kaspar the Friendly Robot Helps Autistic Kids
University of Hertfordshire scientists are working with a preschool for autistic children to study the impact of robots on the development of students' social skills...
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Fifa to Test 10 Goal-Line Technology Systems
The FIFA rule-making panel will study the results from 10 different goal-line technology systems being tested to help referees make decisions.
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Iran Seeks to Boost Corps of Web Watchers
Iran's top police chief envisions a new beat for his forces: patrolling cyberspace.
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In Ages 25 to 29, Half in .s. Have a Cell Phone, but No Landline
In a first for any age group, more than half of Americans who are 25 to 29 years old live in households with cell phones but no traditional landline telephones...
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Pa College: Social Media Blackout Wins Converts
Forty-two percent of students responding to in-house surveys at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology said they supported a weeklong blackout of social...
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Iphone Games: Kids nknowingly Spend Real Money in 'smurf's Village'
"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes...
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In Class, Texting Is the New Doodling
Top classroom distraction surpasses doodling, daydreaming and note-passing.
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Israeli High Tech Adjusts to Asian Challenge
The emergence of India and China is casting a shadow on the developed economies of Europe and North America, and is also posing a challenge to Israel. Key players...
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Driverless Vans End 8,000-Mile Test Drive to China
The European Research Council's 8,000-mile robotic car test, which began in Italy on July 20, came to a conclusion as four unmanned electric vans successfully completed...
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Air Force Manual Describes Shadowy Cyberwar World
A new Air Force manual for cyberwarfare describes a shadowy, fast-changing world where anonymous enemies can carry out devastating attacks in seconds and where...
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For Deaf, Wireless Devices a New Portal to World
Quietly over the last decade, phones that make text messaging easy have changed life profoundly for millions of deaf people.
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