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  FBI says 360,000 DNSChanger-infected computers may lose web access in July

  By Adi Robertson on April 23, 2012 04:51 pm + 29 comments

  The FBI is preparing to shut down servers that have allowed users whose computers are infected with 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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  India overtakes US to become top spam purveyor in early 2012

  By Adi Robertson on April 23, 2012 01:03 pm + 7 comments

  According to research by IT security company Sophos, India is now the leading source of junk email. 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…

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  DARPA's HTV-2 aircraft test flight failed due to heat stresses at Mach 20

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 22, 2012 09:27 pm + 46 comments

  DARPA has released the findings from an independent engineering review board on what caused the Continue reading…

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  Space Shuttle Discovery retires to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

  By T.C. Sottek on April 19, 2012 08:09 pm + 47 comments

  We were fortunate enough to be in attendance at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum today, Continue reading…

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  Dark Sky short-term weather prediction app now out for iOS

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2012 05:59 pm + 6 comments

  Dark Sky, the Kickstarter project that we wrote about last year, has come to fruition. The app, now Continue reading…

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  US House Appropriations Committee ignoring requirement to stream and archive hearings

  By Adi Robertson on April 17, 2012 03:41 pm + 3 comments

  In 2011, the US House of Representatives passed new rules that would require all hearings to be Continue reading…

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  NASA wants scientists and technologists worldwide to help with the next Mars mission

  By Adi Robertson on April 16, 2012 08:55 am + 15 comments

  Despite funding uncertainty, NASA is still pushing to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, and it's Continue reading…

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  Google named 'official social platform' of the Republican National Convention

  By Adi Robertson on April 13, 2012 01:29 pm + 163 comments

  The US Republican and Democratic National Conventions may be primarily concerned with presidential Continue reading…