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Blinding the Watchman
Internet constellations could thwart killer asteroid discovery algorithms.
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The Technical Muscle Behind Wikileaks
WikiLeaks isn't much to look at. The Website's homepage is largely composed of a plain-text logo and a giant hyperlink that simply says: "Submit documents."
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The Website That Reveals State Secrets
If Daniel Ellsberg wanted to leak secret documents today, he probably would send them to a powerful and controversial new venue for whistle-blowing: a Website called...
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Biometric Atm Gives Cash Via 'finger Vein' Scan
Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM--allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip...
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Divorce Attorneys Catching Cheaters on Facebook
Before the explosion of social media, Ken Altshuler, a divorce lawyer in Maine, dug up dirt on his client's spouses the old-fashioned way: with private investigators...
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Cashing in on Internet Censorship
A growing number of software companies are capitalizing on an unexpected business opportunity: Internet censorship. In countries where governments continue to...
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An Engineer's Quest to Caption the Web
The Internet used to be a place where Ken Harrenstien could do anything. The Google engineer, who has been deaf since childhood, loved the Web because he could...
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