EFF is getting sucked into politics
They are self-proclaimed zealots. They fight through information and grassroots efforts. With the rise of what they call "the surveillance state" and an atmosphere that demands political action, the Electronic...
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Social media 2013: 5 shockers
The shocks keep coming. Every year, we hear statistics that blow us away. Many of us think, "okay, that's it, it can't get any more mind-blowing." The next year rolls...
Palistinian hackers did it the old school way. They faxed their way in.
In the movie Swordfish, Hugh Jackman is given access to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment and infrastructure in order to hack into a single account. Sometimes, hackers...
Ford EcoBoost engine helps obliterate Dayton’s speed record
Who ever said green can't be fast? Electric cars have proven time and again that they can out-accelerate their gas brethren. Now, the combo of the two seems to be...
Kickstarter launched to reunite the original members of the Homebrew Computer Club
When geniuses get together, cool things can happen. When old geniuses come back together after they've done cool things, well, we may get to see what happens if a new...
Most of the $100,000 Microsoft bounty will go to winner’s company, tax collectors
The $100,000 that James Forshaw won as a bounty from Microsoft for helping him find a major bug won't go to him, at least not very much of it. James...
Pinterest buys Hackermeter, shuts it down
The dream of one day having a site that could test the qualifications and creativity of coders has died again, this time at the hands of Pinterest. If you were...
Is personalization making the internet less personal?
It's an interesting question, one that sounds absurd at first but that actually starts hitting home once you think about it. If websites are in the business of guessing what...
NSA wins right to continue tapping phones
While most of the world is outraged by the practices of the NSA and other organizations that tap into our personal lives, they do have one fan in high places....
Do Not Track suffers another casualty
Cookies are a good thing when baked in an oven. They're a potentially bad thing on the internet. Tracking is now a part of a virtual lives that it would...
Lavabit lays out its case
The US government has beef with Edward Snowden and they're willing to take any measures necessary to make that happen even if it tramples on rights as Lavabit's CEO has...
iOS 7 jailbreak… soon?
Has iOS 7 mastered the vulnerabilities that have allowed all of its predecessors to be jailbroken quickly and easily? So far, so good, but don't expect it to last. Apple...