The First Plastic Computer Processor
• Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.comTwo recent developments—a plastic processor and printed memory—show that computing doesn't have to rely on inflexible silicon.
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Two recent developments—a plastic processor and printed memory—show that computing doesn't have to rely on inflexible silicon.
Up-to-date with The New York Times? It used to be as simple as keying up nytimes.com. Today though, with a new "paywall" that denies access to new stories to non-subscribers, avid news junkies far and wide are facing an increasingly high price.
A computer scientist discovers a scam that skims such a tiny amount from so many sources that no one has much incentive to shut it down.
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Top security firm RSA Security revealed on Thursday that it’s been the victim of an “extremely sophisticated” hack.
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The CIA has recently released the “family jewels” that detail a number of operations in which the Company offended societal norms or actually violated laws. Even then, it appears to be a highly censored gloss on known ancient surreptitious actions. C
New article - Tired of the people who seem to not give a damn if the terrorists walk in and kill you and yours? Read this for a wake up call that will have your fist pumping in agreement. Time to WAKE UP AND SCREAM at these people!
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“Top Secret America”—the sprawling, often dysfunctional surveillance-industrial complex that has ballooned into a $75 billion cash cow for private contractors since the 9/11 attacks. It was a disturbing portrait of chaos and inefficiency in the secto
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If we empower a massive private industry this way to gorge on unchecked power and huge private profits at the public expense, all derived from Endless War and civil liberties abridgments, why would one expect anything other than Endless War and civil
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