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Florida charged 14-year-old with felony hacking
A 14-year-old middle school student is facing felony computer hacking charges after he admitted to accessing a teacher’s computer during class without permission. If …
Website chronicles China’s massive effort to control Internet content
BEIJING — The Chinese Communist Party operates out of a vast walled-off compound, known as Zhongnanhai, near Beijing’s Forbidden City. It is here that …
China Is Said to Use Powerful New Weapon to Censor Internet
Late last month, China began flooding American websites with a barrage of Internet traffic in an apparent effort to take out services that allow …
Chinese Internet authority clashes with Google over digital certificates
A Chinese Internet administrator blasted Google on Thursday, after the U.S. search giant decided to stop recognizing digital certificates issued by the group following …
This tool can warn you about evil access points nearby
A new open-source tool can periodically scan an area for rogue Wi-Fi access points and can alert network administrators if any are found. The …
Microsoft gives up, turns off Do Not Track by default
Microsoft today rolled back its commitment to the nearly-dead “Do Not Track” (DNT) standard, saying that it would no longer automatically switch on the …
Want to secure your social info? Facebook shows you how
Facebook today launched 11 interactive guides and how-tos to help users secure their social information. The new guides, which can be found on the …
Periscope phone app gives millions a way to live-stream their lives
Never accuse the British of not loving a good gadget. Last week a new app, Periscope, was launched for Apple’s iPhone – in direct …
France makes glorifying anorexia online punishable by prison
Glorifying anorexia or excessive “skinniness” on the internet will be a criminal offence in France under a new law passed on Thursday. A host …
Net neutrality is “Big Brother ObamaNet,” and other brilliant criticism of FCC
Broadband regulation opponents filled up reporters’ inboxes with angry reactions to the Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules yesterday, claiming that the commission …
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