State Department Passport Snooping & RFID
A sixth U.S. State Department employee or contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally looking at electronic passport files, the U.S. Department of Justice...
Science & Technology
South Korea Launches First Rocket
After a six-day delay caused by a faulty valve, South Korea has launched its first rocket, the Naro-1, from the Naro Space Center...
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Microsoft, Yahoo Oppose Google Books
Microsoft and Yahoo are joining a coalition to oppose Google’s creation of what could become the largest virtual library the world has ever...
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NASA Committee Weighs Future of Manned Space Program
In an age of out of control government spending — over $30 billion a week in budget deficits, 130,000 troops in Iraq and...
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The Private Sector and the future of Space Exploration
An article at Wired.com (“Rocket Booster: Let Private Sector help NASA”) keeps a free-market focus on the future of American space exploration: “After...
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Microsoft Appeals Ban on MS Word
Microsoft on August 18 filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling that the company’s Word application violates a Canadian firm’s patent. The ruling...
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South Korea Aborts Rocket Launch
According to a report in the Associated Press, South Korea aborted its first launch of a new rocket just minutes before its scheduled...
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Computer Chips Based on DNA
In order to meet the demand for ever smaller and faster computer chips, IBM and the California Institute of Technology have been researching...
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Twitter Attack Aimed at Georgian Blogger
CNET News reported on August 6 that “a Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted...
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Cyberattack Takes Down Twitter
A denial-of-service attack took down the Twitter short messaging service on the morning of August 6. As of this writing, the Twitter status...
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Marines Fight Facebook, NFL Tackles Twitter
The Los Angeles Times reported on August 5 that the Defense Department is studying how to use social networking sites such as Facebook,...
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Secret Service Checks Las Vegas ATMs
PC World reported on August 3 that the U.S. Secret Service is investigating some ATM machines in Las Vegas that are subtracting money...
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Skype Signing Off?
They say that all good things must come to an end. The truth of this maxim might be proven very soon in the...
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Apple Says Hacked iPhones Are Dangerous
Wired reported on July 28 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the U.S. Copyright Office to legalize the practice of hacking Apple’s...
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Abu Dhabi Backs Space Tourism
Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates agreed on July 28 to buy a 32 percent stake in Sir Richard...
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