Associated Press - Wed Aug 18, 2010
SHENZHEN, China - Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise morale following a string of suicides at the company's heavily regimented factories. More...
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BBC - Thu Jul 15, 2010
There is a "coherent and significant connection" between radiation from Vatican Radio aerials and childhood cancer, researchers have said. More...
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Wired - Fri Jul 9, 2010
The NSA has a new program called "Perfect Citizen" that lets it monitor the networks of utilities and other "critical" infrastructure to identify potential electronic attacks, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. More...
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CNET - Wed Feb 10, 2010
WASHINGTON - The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. More...
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Wired - Thu Oct 8, 2009
The Department of Justice has finally admitted it in court papers: The nation's telecom companies are an arm of the government — at least when it comes to secret spying. More...
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Computer Weekly - Tue Sep 22, 2009
The US inflated the $700,000 bill for damages it slapped on UFO hacker Gary McKinnon by stuffing it with costs incurred for patching the gaping holes the hacker had exposed in its computer security, according to a document filed with the Supreme Court. More...
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Wired - Thu Sep 25, 2008
Congress just cut $130 million from Darpa's budget for next year, citing "poor execution" of previous funded projects. More...
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Associated Press - Thu May 15, 2008
NEW YORK - CBS Corp. More...
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BBC - Fri Mar 7, 2008
The US defence department has banned the giant internet search engine Google from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases. More...
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BBC - Mon Mar 3, 2008
The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds. More...
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Associated Press - Tue Feb 19, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has set off a free speech tempest after shutting down a US Web site for posting internal documents accusing a Cayman Islands' bank branch of money laundering and tax evasion schemes. More...
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Associated Press - Wed Aug 15, 2007
What edits on Wikipedia have been made by people in congressional offices, the CIA and the Church of Scientology? A new online tool called WikiScanner reveals answers to such questions. More...
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AlterNet - Wed Aug 1, 2007
In 56 of Ohio's 88 counties, ballots and election records from 2004 have been "accidentally" destroyed, despite a federal order to preserve them -- it was crucial evidence which would have revealed whether the election was stolen. More...
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The Register - Mon Jul 30, 2007
Hackers hired to evaluate the security of e-voting machines used in California found serious flaws that could allow for vote tampering in all three systems studied. More...
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AlterNet - Wed Jul 25, 2007
In 2004, Floridians overwhelmingly voted to raise their state minimum wage after low-income advocates collected ballot petition signatures, registered thousands of new voters and turned out the vote. More...
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AlterNet - Mon Jun 4, 2007
This week, the House is expected to pass the first-ever bill regulating electronic voting. More...
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Wired - Fri Feb 16, 2007
For a mere $82 a computer scientist and electronic voting critic managed to purchase five $5,000 Sequoia electronic voting machines over the internet last month from a government auction site. More...
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Sun Sep 24, 2006
The debacle of the 2000 presidential election made it all too apparent to most Americans that our electoral system is broken. More...
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BBC - Tue Mar 21, 2006
Computer giant Dell plans to double its Indian workforce to 20,000 over the next three years. More...
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BBC - Sun Mar 19, 2006
A federal judge has ordered internet search engine Google to turn over some search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the US government. More...
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BBC - Sun Feb 12, 2006
Vital US infrastructure including power grids and banking systems have been put under simulated attack in a week-long security exercise called Cyber Storm. More...
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TechWeb News - Wed Jan 18, 2006
Microsoft has denied allegations that the Windows Meta File bug is actually a "back door" planted by the company's developers so they could secretly access users' PCs. More...
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ZDNet - Mon Jan 9, 2006
It's no joke. More...
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The Free Press - Wed Oct 26, 2005
As a legal noose appears to be tightening around the Bush/Cheney/Rove inner circle, a shocking government report shows the floor under the legitimacy of their alleged election to the White House is crumbling. More...
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BBC - Wed Oct 19, 2005
Cisco Systems, the world's biggest maker of internet equipment, plans to inject $1bn (£626m) of investment into India over the next three years. More...
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ZD Net - Wed Jul 13, 2005
Gary McKinnon has a lot to worry about. More...
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Wired - Mon Apr 18, 2005
A data broker that sold personal information to identity thieves, an elementary school that tried to track students with radio-frequency ID tags and a consulting firm that helped orchestrate an invasive traveler-monitoring system all received honors this week from privacy rights advocates. More...
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