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White House to preserve controversial policy on NSA, Cyber Command leadership

Posted by qubitsam on Friday December 13, 2013 @03:37PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-to-preserve-controversial-policy-on-nsa-cyber-command-leadership/2013/12/13/4bb56a48-6403-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html?p=1

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Re:Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New Mysteries on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @04:43PM (#6850469)

Ok, I have to ask this, and I apologize in advance for it being out of topic.

How on earth are you well informed on so many topics spanning different fields of science and literature? Your comments are amazingly well informed, and I would like to know how you do it.

Here’s the HN post that Paul Graham, BDFL of Silicon Valley, won’t let me write.

Posted by qubitsam on Saturday November 30, 2013 @02:07PM
from the michaelochurch.wordpress.com dept.

http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/heres-the-hn-post-that-paul-graham-bdfl-of-silicon-valley-wont-let-me-write/

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Confirmed reports of a person with a gun on campus on the Old Campus.

Posted by qubitsam on Monday November 25, 2013 @12:51PM
from the emergency.yale.edu dept.

http://emergency.yale.edu/

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Re:Newegg trial: Crypto legend takes the stand, goes for knockout pate... on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:12AM (#6793460)

Reminds me of this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083

The Mill microprocessor architecture - Ivan Godard explains more

Posted by qubitsam on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @03:01PM
from the eetimes.com dept.

http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&itc=eetimes_sitedefault&doc_id=1320128&page_number=1

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Nokia shareholders approve Microsoft deal

Posted by qubitsam on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @09:03AM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5121278/nokia-shareholders-approve-microsoft-deal

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'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Hotel Reservations to Track Diplomats

Posted by qubitsam on Sunday November 17, 2013 @12:15PM
from the spiegel.de dept.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/gchq-monitors-hotel-reservations-to-track-diplomats-a-933914.html

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Re:Quant turned whistle blower explains how the market is rigged [video] on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @07:37AM (#6717393)

raganwald shared a similar sentiment a while back [1] and was discussed here on HN [2].

[1] http://neighborhoodhacker.com/why-the-fuck-raganwalds-poster...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5088815

JS emulator running GNU/Linux with network support

Posted by qubitsam on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:37PM
from the jor1k.widgetry.org dept.

http://jor1k.widgetry.org/

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How Steve Jobs Made the iPad Succeed When All Other Tablets Failed

Posted by qubitsam on Sunday November 03, 2013 @08:16AM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/one-ipad-to-rule-them-all-all-those-who-dream-big-are-not-lost/

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Europe's spies work together on mass surveillance: Guardian

Posted by qubitsam on Saturday November 02, 2013 @12:19PM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/02/us-europe-surveillance-idUSBRE9A103K20131102

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On leaving the Guardian

Posted by qubitsam on Thursday October 31, 2013 @12:15PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/31/glenn-greenwald-leaving-guardian

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The Battle for Power on the Internet

Posted by qubitsam on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @09:58AM
from the schneier.com dept.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/the_battle_for_1.html

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Understanding the Threats in Cyberspace

Posted by qubitsam on Monday October 28, 2013 @09:55AM
from the schneier.com dept.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/understanding_t_2.html

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A primer on elliptic curve cryptography

Posted by qubitsam on Saturday October 26, 2013 @04:34AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/a-relatively-easy-to-understand-primer-on-elliptic-curve-cryptography

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NSA chief says government must stop media from reporting further on the leaks

Posted by qubitsam on Friday October 25, 2013 @05:31PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/europe-erupts-nsa-spying-chief-government

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NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders

Posted by qubitsam on Thursday October 24, 2013 @05:46PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/nsa-surveillance-world-leaders-calls?CMP=twt_gu

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The NSA's crypto "breakthrough"

Posted by qubitsam on Monday September 02, 2013 @12:13PM
from the economist.com dept.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/09/breaking-cryptography

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The Silent Power Of The NSA (1983)

Posted by qubitsam on Monday September 02, 2013 @09:02AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/magazine/the-silent-power-of-the-nsa.html?pagewanted=all

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Pentagon's "Plan X"

Posted by qubitsam on Sunday September 01, 2013 @05:08PM
from the wired.co.uk dept.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/30/pentagon-plan-x

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US won’t let Microsoft, Google reveal more data on FISA orders

Posted by qubitsam on Friday August 30, 2013 @04:53PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/us-wont-let-microsoft-google-reveal-more-data-on-fisa-orders/

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More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet

Posted by qubitsam on Friday August 30, 2013 @08:59AM
from the schneier.com dept.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/more_on_the_nsa.html

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Thoughts on Intel's upcoming Software Guard Extensions (Part 1)

Posted by qubitsam on Friday August 30, 2013 @08:37AM
from the theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com dept.

http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/08/thoughts-on-intels-upcoming-software.html

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What is Xiaomi?

Posted by qubitsam on Thursday August 29, 2013 @07:24PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/4672668/what-is-xiaomi-china-smartphone-hugo-barra-android

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UK government legal position on Syria

Posted by qubitsam on Thursday August 29, 2013 @02:41PM
from the gov.uk dept.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chemical-weapon-use-by-syrian-regime-uk-government-legal-position/chemical-weapon-use-by-syrian-regime-uk-government-legal-position-html-version

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Obama's Bluff

Posted by qubitsam on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @07:33AM
from the stratfor.com dept.

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/obamas-bluff

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Schneier on Detaining David Miranda

Posted by qubitsam on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @09:33AM
from the schneier.com dept.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/detaining_david.html

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Hacking Consumer Devices

Posted by qubitsam on Friday August 23, 2013 @10:34AM
from the schneier.com dept.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/hacking_consume.html

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The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis

Posted by qubitsam on Thursday August 22, 2013 @05:13PM
from the vice.com dept.

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/larry-summers-and-the-secret-end-game-memo

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