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FBI reportedly launches surveillance unit targeting online, VoIP communications

By Amar Toor on May 24, 2012 01:41 am + 16 comments

CNET is reporting today that the FBI has quietly created a new web surveillance unit, charged with Continue reading…
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Starlite: the miracle material that could be lost forever

By Jamie Keene on May 17, 2012 08:46 am + 95 comments

On a 1990 episode of the BBC TV show Tomorrow's World, presenter Peter McCann showed off a new Continue reading…
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Windows RT browser exclusion draws attention from European, US regulators

By Amar Toor on May 16, 2012 03:50 am + 137 comments

The European Commission this week announced that it will be keeping a close eye on Microsoft's W Continue reading…
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Google-sponsored wind energy transmission line moves forward

By Amar Toor on May 15, 2012 07:18 am + 11 comments

A Google-sponsored wind energy project moved closer to reality this week, thanks to a favorable Continue reading…
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US Department of Defense approves BlackBerry 7 devices for agency usage

By Nathan Ingraham on May 9, 2012 05:35 pm + 30 comments

While RIM will likely continue to be on shaky ground in the consumer space during the company's t Continue reading…
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Sina Weibo introduces user contracts to censor online speech

By Amar Toor on May 9, 2012 03:56 am + 7 comments

China's Sina Weibo micro-blogging platform has unveiled new terms of service that require all of its Continue reading…
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US House passes bill to make federal spending data available online

By Amar Toor on April 26, 2012 07:44 am + 19 comments

The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that will enable users to keep track of federal Continue reading…
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China's electric car industry hits the skids

By Amar Toor on April 25, 2012 04:52 am + 17 comments

It's no secret that China wants to be at the forefront of today's nascent electric car industry, and Continue reading…
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Google joins the lobbying elite with record spending on lawmakers in 2012

By T.C. Sottek on April 23, 2012 03:25 pm + 54 comments

Google's now playing to win in Washington. Despite arriving late to the anti-SOPA party, the company Continue reading…
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Obama orders sanctions against foreign parties using technology in human rights abuses

By T.C. Sottek on April 23, 2012 11:36 am + 23 comments

President Obama will issue an executive order today that will allow the US to establish sanctions on Continue reading…