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Google launches Andromeda, a software defined network underlying its cloud

Posted by Kilo-byte on Thursday April 03, 2014 @12:12PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2014/04/02/google-launches-andromeda-a-software-defined-network-underlying-its-cloud/

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CUPID: The Drone That Will Shoot You With an 80,000 Volt Taser

Posted by Kilo-byte on Saturday March 08, 2014 @01:54AM
from the gizmodo.com dept.

http://gizmodo.com/meet-cupid-the-drone-that-will-shoot-you-with-an-80-00-1539064715

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Want proof that Google+ is no ghost town?

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @06:06AM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/25/5445156/want-proof-that-google-is-no-ghost-town

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Biometric Authentication based on Body Odor

Posted by Kilo-byte on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:25AM
from the news.discovery.com dept.

http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/body-odor-id-your-new-smelly-password-140205.htm

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Icefog Advanced Persistent Threat Hits US Targets With Java Backdoor

Posted by Kilo-byte on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @11:59PM
from the securelist.com dept.

https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208214213/The_Icefog_APT_Hits_US_Targets_With_Java_Backdoor

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Re:Ask HN: Samsung M0 Tizen device on Friday January 10, 2014 @07:04AM (#7036223)

ebay.com

The Mystery of the Missing Files: Windows 8 versus NTFS

Posted by Kilo-byte on Sunday December 29, 2013 @11:56PM
from the plus.google.com dept.

https://plus.google.com/+BenSkinner/posts/fdAkMweF7j1

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Re:Reserve Bank of India Cautions Users of Virtual Currencies Against ... on Thursday December 26, 2013 @03:52AM (#6965683)

timely caution

Millions of Dogecoin stolen in Christmas hack http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/26/5244604/millions-of-dogec...

GNU's Not Linux: A Primer On Nomenclature

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @03:44AM
from the imgur.com dept.

http://imgur.com/a/beY7E

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Re:Reddit's new user agreement gives it unlimited power over your content on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:51AM (#6900725)

And one fine day another leaker will reveal Reddit's tie-ins with one of the 3 letter agencies

Yahoo forced to acknowledge Yahoo Mail problems in worst failure yet

Posted by Kilo-byte on Thursday December 12, 2013 @03:43AM
from the zdnet.com dept.

http://www.zdnet.com/yahoo-forced-to-acknowledge-yahoo-mail-problems-in-worst-failure-yet-7000024211/

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Norway is digitizing all its books and making them free to read online

Posted by Kilo-byte on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @11:51AM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/11/5199472/norway-is-digitizing-all-its-books-and-making-them-free-to-read-online

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The Truth About Pork and How America Feeds Itself

Posted by Kilo-byte on Saturday December 07, 2013 @06:25AM
from the businessweek.com dept.

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/171710-the-truth-about-pork-and-how-america-feeds-itself

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Re:Guardian may face terror charges over stolen secrets (see comments) on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:49AM (#6846118)

journalists reporting widespread abuse of anti-terror laws are being charged for terrorist offences. /irony

China is Cheating the World Student Rankings System

Posted by Kilo-byte on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:40AM
from the world.time.com dept.

http://world.time.com/2013/12/04/china-is-cheating-the-world-student-rankings-system/

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Re:No security ever built into Obamacare site: Hacker on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @01:12AM (#6838911)

sensationalist headline with little content to back it up

Re:Hong Kong Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @01:09AM (#6838901)

it's the usual flu season people, no need to fear this thing

Video demonstrates artifacts inherent in video codec of YouTube and MP4 format

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @12:07AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0

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Police department pays $750 ransom to open computer files locked by hackers

Posted by Kilo-byte on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @02:36AM
from the boston.com dept.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/11/19/swansea-police-pay-ransom-open-files-locked-hackers/jfgw5avG4axWxNFEYvvfIP/story.html

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Once China opened its door to the world, it could not close it again (2012)

Posted by Kilo-byte on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:11AM
from the queue.acm.org dept.

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2405036

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Re:YouTube: Where is my damned reply button? on Thursday November 07, 2013 @07:32AM (#6688976)

I guess Google is using Google+ now as the default commenting system.

Re:Skunk Works Reveals SR-71 Successor Plan on Friday November 01, 2013 @11:24AM (#6654381)

Mirror since the original link is unavailable

http://pastebin.com/HqmzuAZ4

Inside Big Safari, the Air Force’s top-secret spy agency

Posted by Kilo-byte on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:20AM
from the vocativ.com dept.

http://www.vocativ.com/10-2013/colonel-labyrinth/

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IBM PC pioneer William C Lowe is dead

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @09:59AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24725678

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Barack Obama's tweets hacked

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:20AM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/28/technology/barack-obama-twitter-hack/index.html

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Facebook tells how it makes its MySQL cluster ‘almost run itself’

Posted by Kilo-byte on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:02AM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2013/10/23/facebook-offers-a-peek-at-how-it-keeps-mysql-online/

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ReadyNAS Flaw Allows Root Access from Unauthenticated HTTP Request

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:34PM
from the tripwire.com dept.

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/readynas-flaw-allows-root-access-unauthenticated-http-request/

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Introducing uProxy - a safer path to the Internet

Posted by Kilo-byte on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:31AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ6BuHL0EiQ

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Google's Project Shield Protects Sites From DDoS Attacks

Posted by Kilo-byte on Monday October 21, 2013 @11:22PM
from the pcmag.com dept.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426053,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121

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What's inside the Loon antenna?

Posted by Kilo-byte on Monday October 21, 2013 @09:34AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpu0VZFKm5U

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