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Hacking the Google TV Box Without Rooting It, Part 3
Last month, I succumbed to a peculiar urge to go out to my local, friendly big-box consumer electronics retailer and drop almost a hundred dollars on a product that had been panned by the critics on launch, had a dubious life expectancy because of that, and had been almost universally rejected... -
Power Grid Cybersecurity: Who's In Charge?
Cybersecurity experts have been murmuring for some time that the United States' power supply is open to cyberattacks. "If someone were to think about attacking another nation, the first thing they'd do is take out the power grid, since it's the hub around which other infrastructure spokes... -
Manning lawyer asks hearing officer to step aside (AP)
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Speaker: Will keep pipeline language in tax bill (AP)
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McQueary says he didn't called police on Sandusky (AP)
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Timeline: Pretty Interface, Ugly Rollout
Facebook will be disrupting the online lives of its members in the coming weeks with the redesign of their profile pages. The redesign, called "Timeline," has been available on a limited basis since it was announced in September, but Thursday the social network announced a system-wide rollout of... -
Hacking the Google TV Box Without Rooting It, Part 3
Last month, I succumbed to a peculiar urge to go out to my local, friendly big-box consumer electronics retailer and drop almost a hundred dollars on a product that had been panned by the critics on launch, had a dubious life expectancy because of that, and had been almost universally rejected... -
Power Grid Cybersecurity: Who's In Charge?
Cybersecurity experts have been murmuring for some time that the United States' power supply is open to cyberattacks. "If someone were to think about attacking another nation, the first thing they'd do is take out the power grid, since it's the hub around which other infrastructure spokes... -
Job market brightens as unemployment claims sink (AP)
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US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare (AP)
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2011's Tribulations and Triumphs for FOSS
Well December is halfway over for another year, and that means 2011 is drawing to a close.It's been a tempestuous year, most would surely agree, and one that wrought momentous change in this already fast-paced industry of ours. Which were the biggest, most monumental events here in the world of... -
2011's Most Momentous Moments for Apple
2011 was a big year for Apple fans. Maybe not as big as the introduction of the iPhone or iPad, but a lot of amazing things happened, and the company gathered an astounding amount of momentum. Of course, 2011 was also the year Apple CEO Steve Jobs died. Source: TechWorldNews -
Tracking Friends and Family on the Legit
Facebook's recent acquisition of location-tracker heavyweight Gowalla is an indicator of the potential strategic importance of location-tracking technology in the social network arena. Players in this marketplace include Gowalla, which lets users share favorite places with fellow Facebook and... -
Could US drivers ever abide by cellphone ban? (AP)
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Romney intensifies criticism of Gingrich (AP)
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Dems drop millionaires tax in year-end dispute (AP)
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Fireworks Conspicuously Absent as Nokia's Lumia Makes US Debut
Nokia and T-Mobile jointly announced on Wednesday the coming of the first Nokia Windows Phone smartphone in the United States. The Nokia Lumia 710 will be available starting Jan. 11 at for $50 with a two-year contract after a mail-in rebate. It will run on T-Mobile's 4G network. Source... -
Obama marks Iraq war's end with a salute to troops (AP)
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White House says no veto of defense bill (AP)
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An InfoSec Holiday Survival Guide
It's December again, and it's a challenging time for information security organizations. It's challenging because while attacks become more prevalent during the holiday season in the form of spam and targeted malware, organizational security "readiness" paradoxically wanes at exactly the same...