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How patent drawings became dull: a brief history
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Missile Defense Agency tells employees to stop watching porn at work
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Court orders non-compliant TSA to hold public hearings on full-body scanners
It’s been more than a year since a DC circuit court ordered TSA to hold public Continue reading…
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Major California utilities generated 20.6 percent of their power from renewable sources in 2011
California's energy utilities are on track to meet the state's requirement of sourcing a third of Continue reading…
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Trading halted after rogue computers send stock prices haywire
A wave of unusually heavy buying and selling roiled the stock market this morning, leading to a Continue reading…
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Craigslist takes extreme stance on copyright policy, declares exclusive ownership of ads
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Lead Samsung lawyer defends decision to send rejected evidence to media
John Quinn, Samsung's lead counsel in the Apple v. Samsung case, filed a personal declaration this Continue reading…
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NSA trolls for talent at Def Con, the nation's largest hacker conference
The presence of federal agents at Def Con, declared or otherwise, is nothing new. But on its 20th Continue reading…
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Netflix alters privacy policy as part of class action suit settlement
A class action lawsuit has forced Netflix to change its privacy policy, with the company agreeing to Continue reading…
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French privacy watchdog to examine Google Street View 'payload data'
France's data protection watchdog, CNIL, has asked Google to hand over private data collected by its Continue reading…
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