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The Coming Superbrain
from John Markoff at The New York Times Artificial intelligence is back in fashion, which raises the question: Will computer …
Momentum Builds For Ron Paul’s Fed Transparency Act, HR 1207
The goal of this bill is simple: direct the Government Accountability Office to complete, before the end of 2010, an …
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The case of the missing H-bomb
I suppose the two books I’ve written (and the third that I’m working on now) are historical thrillers, in that …
A Battle to Preserve a Visionary’s Bold Failure
from William J. Broad at The New York Times Published: May 5, 2009 A fight is looming on Long Island …
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IBM software to take on Jeopardy
At first glance this might not seem like such a big deal, but on reflection I think a human-versus-computer match …
Meet new boss, same as old boss
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that the Obama administration has now formally adopted the Bush administration’s position on NSA oversight …
U.K. Internet records to be stored for a year
From the Telegraph article, by David Barrett: A European Union directive, which Britain was instrumental in devising, comes into force …
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Seven Seconds
As regular visitors here can attest, I’ve been generally quiet over the past few months, and specifically quiet where the …
Recipe for Disaster
A lot of blame is being thrown around these days, and I’m surprised at how often the lowly consumer is …
Super database coming soon for British citizens?
It seems to be at only the contemplation stage, and evidently they won’t be recording what you’re saying, only who …
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So it’s 7.5 trillion now. Do you feel bailed-out yet?
Just weeks after we were so concerned about 700 billion dollars in proposed bailouts, passed under threat of all kinds …
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