Database articles

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  WikiLeaks' 'Kissinger Cables' is largest release ever with over 1.7 million diplomatic records

  By Sam Byford on April 8, 2013 12:44 am + 89 comments

  WikiLeaks has returned with its largest ever release of formerly confidential information. The Continue reading…

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  Justice Department offers $20 million in grants for improving gun background check data

  By Carl Franzen on March 22, 2013 03:02 pm + 35 comments

  The US Justice Department today officially kicked off a $20 million grant program designed to Continue reading…

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  Microsoft SketchInsight lets you build a story with interactive sketches

  By Tom Warren on March 4, 2013 11:28 pm + 68 comments

  Microsoft is putting its SketchInsight interactive whiteboard system on display at the company's Continue reading…

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  Google enters FCC trial to test white space database designed to promote spectrum sharing

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 4, 2013 12:13 pm + 7 comments

  The FCC has granted Google permission to enter a public trial with the commission to test out and Continue reading…

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  Aaron Swartz's battle to free the PACER legal document database

  By Bryan Bishop on February 8, 2013 07:34 pm + 13 comments

  26-year-old Aaron Swartz died tragically this year amidst threats from federal prosecutors over his Continue reading…

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  30 years ago, Lotus 1-2-3 made office software awesome

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 30, 2013 05:02 am + 22 comments

  Over the weekend, the world observed the 30th birthday of Lotus 1–2–3, the onetime office Continue reading…

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  New York senator blames newspaper's gun map for local burglary

  By Amar Toor on January 14, 2013 03:31 am + 231 comments

  A Republican state senator from New York is blaming a controversial handgun map for the recent Continue reading…

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  How Google keeps its global Spanner database running with atomic clocks and GPS

  By T.C. Sottek on November 26, 2012 08:40 am + 20 comments

  Google's Spanner database is designed to operate seamlessly between data centers around the world, Continue reading…

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  AT&T and T-Mobile switch on stolen cellphone database (update: Verizon and Sprint too)

  By Sam Byford on November 1, 2012 02:31 am + 30 comments

  AT&T and T-Mobile have introduced a database that will track stolen cellphones and keep them from Continue reading…

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  Who hacks the hackers? Security firm reveals vulnerabilities in popular DDoS tools

  By Louis Goddard on August 15, 2012 12:40 pm + 12 comments

  Researchers at security firm Prolexic have published a guide detailing serious vulnerabilities in Continue reading…