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World's leading authors: state surveillance of personal data is theft | World news | Th... - 0 views

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dr tech on 10 Dec 13

"More than 500 of the world's leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"More than 500 of the world's leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter."</div>

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India Will Ask the U.S. Government for Help Spying on Its Citizens - 0 views

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While governments in many countries, including India, have reacted with anger to this year’s revelations from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the United States spied on foreign officials, several have also been increasing Internet surveillance at home
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"India has started using a system that allows security agencies and income tax officials to directly intercept phone calls and emails without any court or legislative oversight, Reuters reported this summer."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"India has started using a system that allows security agencies and income tax officials to directly intercept phone calls and emails without any court or legislative oversight, Reuters reported this summer."</div>

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Bitcoin mining malware could be hidden in app, security researchers warn | Technology |... - 0 views

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"Malwarebytes points to desktop app whose EULA includes clause getting you to agree to Bitcoin mining - from which you won't benefit"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Malwarebytes points to desktop app whose EULA includes clause getting you to agree to Bitcoin mining - from which you won't benefit"</div>

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Bitcoin Thefts Surge, DDoS Hackers Take Millions - InformationWeek - 0 views

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"Bitcoin Internet Payment System (BIPS), a Denmark-based Bitcoin payment processor, suffered a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Bitcoin Internet Payment System (BIPS), a Denmark-based Bitcoin payment processor, suffered a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack."</div>

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Linux.Darlloz worm attacks embedded systems - Boing Boing - 0 views

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Fuseproject designs wearable device that diagnoses diseases | design - 0 views

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"San Francisco studio Fuseproject has created a concept for a wearable device to allow people in the developing world to test themselves for symptoms of chronic illnesses such as malaria without having to visit a doctor (+ slideshow)."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"San Francisco studio Fuseproject has created a concept for a wearable device to allow people in the developing world to test themselves for symptoms of chronic illnesses such as malaria without having to visit a doctor (+ slideshow)."</div>

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Filesharing search engines take to dark web and Bitcoin to escape Hollywood | Technolog... - 0 views

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Missing: hard drive containing Bitcoins worth £4m in Newport landfill site | ... - 0 views

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dr tech on 27 Nov 13

"A digital 'wallet' containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A digital 'wallet' containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish"</div>

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$10 Cellphones Bring Health Care to Developing World - 0 views

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"Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that's revolutionized the way millions of people get well."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that's revolutionized the way millions of people get well."</div>

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Mobile Med-Tech Revolution Hits Hospitals | Singularity Hub - 0 views

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"The benefits of mobile technology in a healthcare setting have not, it's safe to say, gone unnoticed. A throng of companies are trying to turn the smartphone into an assortment of medical devices, from blood pressure cuffs to otoscopes. Such devices offer patients a chance to keep up with chronic conditions and send data to their doctors on occasion."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The benefits of mobile technology in a healthcare setting have not, it's safe to say, gone unnoticed. A throng of companies are trying to turn the smartphone into an assortment of medical devices, from blood pressure cuffs to otoscopes. Such devices offer patients a chance to keep up with chronic conditions and send data to their doctors on occasion."</div>

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MafiaLeaks promises whistleblowers safety from the Family | Media | theguardian.com - 0 views

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"MafiaLeaks uses the encrypted anonymising browser Tor to enable informants to securely share their secrets with the site. Currently, the recipients are limited by MafiaLeaks to the Fatto Quotidiano newspaper, the Sicilian TV station Telejato and Antonella Beccaria, an independent investigative journalist. All are known for their anti-mafia activities."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"MafiaLeaks uses the encrypted anonymising browser Tor to enable informants to securely share their secrets with the site. Currently, the recipients are limited by MafiaLeaks to the Fatto Quotidiano newspaper, the Sicilian TV station Telejato and Antonella Beccaria, an independent investigative journalist. All are known for their anti-mafia activities."</div>

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Driverless cars set to roam Milton Keynes from 2017, says Vince Cable | Technology | Th... - 0 views

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Did your Adobe password leak? Now you and 150m others can check | Technology | theguard... - 0 views

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"Nearly 150 million people have been affected by a loss of customer data by Adobe, over 20 times more than the company admitted in its initial statement last week."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Nearly 150 million people have been affected by a loss of customer data by Adobe, over 20 times more than the company admitted in its initial statement last week."</div>

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Glue for the Internet of Things | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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"OpenRemote is an open-source Internet of Things platform that could help spur smarter homes and cities. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"OpenRemote is an open-source Internet of Things platform that could help spur smarter homes and cities. "</div>

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Doctors Faced With Rare or Difficult Cancers Can Just 'Google' Genetic Treatments | Sin... - 0 views

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"Sequencing cancer to find the breaks has become easy and cheap. But information on which drugs might or might not work on particular mutations remains buried in PDF files and scattered across medical journals."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sequencing cancer to find the breaks has become easy and cheap. But information on which drugs might or might not work on particular mutations remains buried in PDF files and scattered across medical journals."</div>

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Tesco's face scanning system: the key questions answered | Technology | theguardian.com - 0 views

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""We don't do facial recognition, we do face detection," Ke Quang, chief operating officer of Quividi, told the Guardian on Monday. "It's software which works from the video feed coming off the camera. It can detect if it's seeing a face, but it never records the image or biomorphological information or traits."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""We don't do facial recognition, we do face detection," Ke Quang, chief operating officer of Quividi, told the Guardian on Monday. "It's software which works from the video feed coming off the camera. It can detect if it's seeing a face, but it never records the image or biomorphological information or traits."</div>

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CryptoLocker Is The Nastiest Malware Ever - Here's What You Can Do - 0 views

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"Ransomware is an especially odious type of malware. The way it works is simple. Your computer will be infected with some malicious software. That software then renders your computer entirely unusable, sometimes purporting to be from local law enforcement and accusing you of committing a computer crime or viewing explicit pictures of children. It then demands monetary payment, either in the form of a ransom or a 'fine' before access to your computer is returned."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Ransomware is an especially odious type of malware. The way it works is simple. Your computer will be infected with some malicious software. That software then renders your computer entirely unusable, sometimes purporting to be from local law enforcement and accusing you of committing a computer crime or viewing explicit pictures of children. It then demands monetary payment, either in the form of a ransom or a 'fine' before access to your computer is returned."</div>

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Photoshop Fail, People's Republic of China edition - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"a small city in China's central Anhui province, purporting to show vice-mayor Wang Hun pay a friendly visit to an elderly woman. There's only one problem: The image, which appears to show Wang floating above a particularly tiny woman, has clearly been modified."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"a small city in China's central Anhui province, purporting to show vice-mayor Wang Hun pay a friendly visit to an elderly woman. There's only one problem: The image, which appears to show Wang floating above a particularly tiny woman, has clearly been modified."</div>

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Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k | Technology... - 0 views

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"Kristoffer Koch invested 150 kroner ($26.60) in 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, after discovering them during the course of writing a thesis on encryption. He promptly forgot about them until widespread media coverage of the anonymous, decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency in April 2013 jogged his memory. Bitcoins are stored in encrypted wallets secured with a private key, something Koch had forgotten."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Kristoffer Koch invested 150 kroner ($26.60) in 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, after discovering them during the course of writing a thesis on encryption. He promptly forgot about them until widespread media coverage of the anonymous, decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency in April 2013 jogged his memory. Bitcoins are stored in encrypted wallets secured with a private key, something Koch had forgotten."</div>

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BBC News - View to a skill: The next big education player? - 0 views

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"While the Moocs are associated with high-status universities, Alison's focus is on the vast numbers of people around the world needing to improve their vocational skills and training."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"While the Moocs are associated with high-status universities, Alison's focus is on the vast numbers of people around the world needing to improve their vocational skills and training."</div>

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