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Self-destruction is the most secure form of data protection

It's often the simplest tricks that are the most effective. For example, not even the most advanced, most expensive data protection and encryption can guarantee that people won't be able to get their hands on the...

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ARM and IBM have formed a new Internet of Things partnership

For an Internet of Things platform to be successful, it needs to be compatible with as many types of hardware as possible, and considering how prevalent ARM-based processors are, it's...

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Comcast wants nationwide gigabit Internet by the end of 2018

People want gigabit Internet, this is something that even companies like Comcast can no longer dismiss or ignore. That's why the company is apparently planning to start a nationwide rollout of its...

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Hackers just released tons of information on Ashley Madison users

Cheating on one's spouse is one of things that you're obviously going to want to keep very secret, which is why so many people are sweating over the recent Ashley Madison...

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Microsoft’s new app will read the news to you

Whether it's because you absorb information better by listening than reading or because you wish you had an assistant that could boil stories down to basic summaries and read them...

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How can Microsoft afford to give Windows 10 upgrades away for free?

You would think that giving hundreds of millions of people free copies of your new operating system would mean missing out on some serious cash, but apparently Microsoft's decision to do this...

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IBM is using Watson’s vast analytical abilities for… fantasy football?

Despite its potential to revolutionize a number of industries, many of Watson's achievements have been nothing more than a pretty cool, somewhat interesting way to use an artificial intelligence, such as playing...

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Silicon Valley is trying to cleanse the Internet of child pornography

The world has been completely changed by the Internet, and not all the changes have been good. A good example would be how much easier for people to access or...

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These new chipsets could speed up the spread of gigabit Internet

Gigabit Internet has been slow to spread across the United States for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is how expensive it is for Internet providers to upgrade...

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This vulnerability has been hidden inside Intel processors for 18 years

The scariest software vulnerabilities are the ones that have been around for years without us knowing, which is what makes this 18-year-old vulnerability that was recently discovered in the x86 processor...

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