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  iPhone owners use Wi-Fi more than Android users, says comScore

  By Andrew Webster on April 3, 2012 11:25 am + 201 comments

  According to a new report, owners of iPhones are much more likely to use Wi-Fi than Android users, Continue reading…

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  1940 US Census becoming fully searchable online through volunteer effort

  By Andrew Webster on April 2, 2012 11:35 am + 5 comments

  Today the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released images of the 1940 Census, Continue reading…

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  White House Facebook Timeline reaches back to 1789

  By Adi Robertson on March 30, 2012 06:10 pm + 23 comments

  A month after President Obama updated his Facebook profile with a timeline, the White House has Continue reading…

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  Obama administration announces $200 million 'big data' research and development initiative

  By T.C. Sottek on March 29, 2012 07:44 pm + 39 comments

  Today the Obama administration announced that the US will invest $200 million to improve the Continue reading…

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  Former counter-terror czar: Chinese-made electronics contain backdoors for hackers

  By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 03:29 pm + 45 comments

  Richard Clarke, a longtime former US counter-terrorism adviser, thinks that by manufacturing Continue reading…

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  North Carolina town bans all cell use while driving — except when calling family members

  By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 07:44 am + 44 comments

  On June 1st, drivers in Chapel Hill, NC will have to hang up their hands-free headsets. A Continue reading…

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  NSA Director blames China for a 'great deal' of military-related data theft

  By Jamie Keene on March 28, 2012 06:51 am + 15 comments

  National Security Agency director General Keith Alexander has revealed that the attack against Continue reading…

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  RockYou settles with FTC after allegedly leaving 32 million accounts vulnerable to hackers

  By Adi Robertson on March 27, 2012 02:19 pm + 3 comments

  Only a day after releasing a framework to help companies "self-regulate" online privacy, the US Continue reading…

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  FTC: web needs 'privacy by design,' more transparency about data collection

  By Adi Robertson on March 26, 2012 11:24 am + 3 comments

  From Google's new privacy policy to iOS apps that collect address book information, the new year has Continue reading…

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  NSA: foreign adversaries in US military networks might be too plentiful to stop

  By Andrew Webster on March 23, 2012 05:38 pm + 19 comments

  The US military's computer networks are so infested with foreign spies that trying to fight them Continue reading…