TrueCrypt Tutorial: Truly Portable Data Encryption
TrueCrypt is free software that encrypts data “on-the-fly”. You can create an encrypted hard drive, a separate partition or a …
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Congress discovers spine, starts examining NSA surveillance
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, this week announced his intention to hold hearings that will …
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Linux Foundation Fires Back at Microsoft
In the time it will likely take you to read this article, Microsoft will have made $500,000 in net profit. …
New Hampshire Poised to Reject Real-ID
What a great story to wake up to: The NH House and Senate passed a bill to reject Real-ID, and …
Former CIA “Master of Disguise” at Work: Photos
Robert Barron is a master of disguises, specifically, prosthetics and make-up. These days he uses his artistry to create realistic …
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Field Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders
From Elizabeth Svoboda, Psychology Today Loners often hear from well-meaning peers that they need to be more social, but the …
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Two chat bots, Alice and Jabberwacky, converse with each other
There’s some thinking in the book about machine intelligence, and a character (at least one) who’s a chat bot. If …
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Why Humans Are Losing To Computers In Chess
Ten years ago today, a computer beat the world chess champion in a six-game match. Since then, human champs have …
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DHS: You’ll take a national ID and you’ll like it
The Department of Homeland Security will move forward with plans to implement the REAL ID Act despite widespread opposition from …
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Spying in the Death Star: The AT&T Whistle-Blower Tells His Story
Mark Klein, a retired AT&T technician, sits quietly at the center of a high-profile legal storm hitting the nation’s largest …
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Libertarians Are Terrorists, Says the State of Alabama
The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has recently constructed a website that defines Domestic Terrorists as those who oppose a …
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Bored Mathematician Discovers An Unusual Numerical Pattern While Doodling
The Ulam Spiral is a simple method of graphing prime numbers that reveals a pattern which has never been fully …
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