The trial of a man accused of fraudulently purchasing more than 150 fondleslabs was halted in San Francisco Bay's Redwood City last week when the judge learned that the defence attorney had not only an inactive law license, but also a warrant for his arrest on drug and theft charges.…
Microsoft's promise to make Azure Cloud Foundry-friendly has become concrete. A bit.…
US senators failed to pass a bill tonight that would reform one of the NSA’s most controversial surveillance programs. Without it, sections of the Patriot Act expire at midnight.
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Most CEOs give little away in interviews: they stick to the script and deliver information in easily-digestible chunks.…
Airbus has confirmed the crash that stalled its A400M program was caused by engine control software.…
These beautiful handcrafted arcade cabinets, computers, and gadgets are made by a one-man studio in Sweden.
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QuoTW This was the week we made chips out of wood, watched a $37bn merger break out and killed each other's iPhones just for fun.…
When a legendary mathematician found a mistake in his own work, he embarked on a computer-aided quest to eliminate human error. To succeed, he has to rewrite the century-old rules underlying all of mathematics.
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I worked on ... A few days from now, Christian Lees will be in the Greek islands, sunning himself on the deck of a colossal private yacht. Staff on the yacht will prepare his meals, even do his laundry.…
Worstall @ the Weekend The scene is an early morning current affairs radio show. Very important people talk to the nation here.…
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is expected to complete its final close encounter with Hyperion, one of Saturn's many moons, on Sunday.…
Google is only the latest company to patent a terrifying, high-tech toy.
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Security researchers speaking at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam this week have demonstrated that users of hidden services on Tor are putting themselves at risk of being identified – if an attacker is willing to put in the time and resources.…
Convicted Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.…
The Silk Road story turned out to be much more than a crime narrative.
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Stuxnet had a fraternal twin that was designed to attack North Korea’s nuclear program.
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