Articles Posted in the Technology News Category
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Check Engine Light Used To Spy On You
(Lew Rockwell) You know that “check engine” light on your dashboard? What if instead of just telling you that the car’s computer has detected some fault with the emissions control system, it told the government – via roadside readers…
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Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of A Internet Pioneer
(Dominic Rushe) When Jerry Yang’s family moved from Taipei to San José, the billionaire Yahoo founder was just 10 years old. Fatherless by the time he was two, Yang has said he knew one word…
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Air Force Plans To Scan Your Brain From The Sky
(Wired) Chief Scientists of the Air Force usually spend their time trying to figure out how to build better satellites or make jets go insanely fast. Which makes Dr. Mark Maybury, today’s chief scientist, a…
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Anonymous Goes On Megaupload Revenge Spree: DoJ, RIAA, MPAA & Universal Music All Offline
(Gizmodo) Anonymous has sure been quiet lately, but today’s federal bust of Megaupload riled ‘em up good: a retaliatory strike against DoJ.gov (and plenty of other foes) leaving them completely dead. DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is reporting the department’s site…
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Popular File-Sharing Website Megaupload Shut Down
(AP) – One of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites was shuttered Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content. An…
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White House Claims They Don’t Support SOPA Legislation
(Wired) The Obama administration said Saturday that it would not support legislation mandating changes to internet infrastructure to fight online copyright and trademark infringement. “Proposed laws must not tamper with the technical architecture of the…
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Email In Your Eye? Glasses Could Lay Messages Over Field Of Vision
(Gavin Allen) As advances in computer technology make gadgets ever smaller and more portable the idea of carrying a screen of any kind could soon be outdated. Consumer products with screens have dropped in size…
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German Hackers Building DIY Satellites For New Uncensored Internet
(WOT) There’s more than one way to stick it to The Man. There’s civil disobedience, subversive propaganda, political art, outright violent revolt – each possessing its own degree of difficulty and consequence. In a decidedly…
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Citibank Teams With Facebook to Reward Customers With Virtual Currency
(Candice Choi) Credit card rewards are the new social currency. Citibank customers can now use Facebook to pool their rewards points online.The bank on Tuesday launched a Facebook application that lets users team up to use…
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Exposed: The Military’s Freakiest ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapon Ideas
(Wired) Tasers that elicit excruciating spasms in one person at a time? Foam pellets that send an entire crowd fleeing in agony? Pfft. So 2011. Where non-lethal weapons are concerned, the future’s all about sonic microwaves that can make…
