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Google helps visualize the global arms trade in an interactive map
For decades, the Peace Research Institute Oslo has analyzed customs data for weapons across the Continue reading…
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The THOR database: a military record of every US bomb deployed since World War I
Six years ago, Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson began tracking down data about every bomb dropped Continue reading…
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Neustar calls BuzzFeed 'batshit crazy' for phone number surveillance report
Last week BuzzFeed posted an intriguing look at a company called Neustar, which manages the central Continue reading…
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Yahoo Voice website reportedly hacked, over 400,000 username and passwords made public
Hackers appear to have breached a Yahoo Voice server and posted around 453,000 user accounts and Continue reading…
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Nissan cures Leaf battery anxiety with advanced usage-simulating apps
Nissan recently launched an update to its Japanese smartphone and web-based apps for the Leaf Continue reading…
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Microsoft pulls Office for Mac 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate due to Outlook database issues
A few weeks ago, Microsoft released a pretty major update to Office for Mac 2011 — Service Pack 2 Continue reading…
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Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint team with FCC to track stolen cellphones in the US
Calling cell phone theft a "growing epidemic," the Federal Communications Commission announced today Continue reading…
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AT&T sells off Yellow Pages business unit for $950m
In this age of Google and always-connected smartphones, the Yellow Pages phone books feel like a Continue reading…
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FileMaker Pro 12 launches with new design tools and better iOS integration
FileMaker has released the latest edition of its database creation software, and FileMaker Pro 12 Continue reading…
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1940 US Census becoming fully searchable online through volunteer effort
Today the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released images of the 1940 Census, Continue reading…
