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This isn’t the same Iran. They must be more trustworthy. They’re using social media! Describing his phone conversation with President Obama as “historic,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter on Friday with a series of a fascinating messages that stunned and encouraged many f
It may have been inadvertent, but the damage is done nonetheless. It’s widely known that the NSA has taps connected to the various telco networks, thanks in large part to AT&T employee Mark Klein who blew the whistle on AT&T’s secret NSA room in San Francisco. What was unclear wa
As tensions seem to be easing a little between the United States and Iran, a minor black eye has popped up ahead of the upcoming peaceful talks. U.S. officials said Iran hacked unclassified Navy computers in recent weeks in an escalation of Iranian cyberintrusions targeting the U.S. military. The al
As aircraft go, this one looks like it belongs in a video game or perhaps an alien landscape. Instead, it’s in a hangar in the Netherlands and it never actually takes off. Anyone peering into a disused F15 hangar at the Cold War-era Soesterberg airbase in The Netherlands might have spotted thi
If there was any doubt that Valve’s SteamOS would be like other open source projects – cheap and clunky – you can erase that doubt now. The controller alone is so innovative, so elegant, it may be better than what the big box console companies are putting out. As expected, the thir
The project is in bad shape. They need help with distribution and they need money. To keep their Web TV project alive, Intel goes to the top to the companies that are big enough to help but that aren’t already playing in the arena – Samsung and Amazon. Intel executives, who have promised
Objections to the use of biometric hand-scanning technology forced a 35-year veteran miner into early retirement. Now, the US government is suing the company for breaking the man’s freedom of religion. A Pennsylvania mining company sued by the federal government on behalf of a worker who refus
Capitalism scored a win. Chinese gamers scored a bigger win. China has officially approved plans to lift a 13-year ban on the sales of video game consoles in the country, heralding in a huge market for game console developers such as Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The move to lift the ban is part of
Imgur started with a goal – to make image hosting for Reddit pictures easier. Now, they’re bigger than the link aggregator and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. Community image-sharing website Imgur announced that it had reached a new traffic milestone today, with the site
The days of turning off Angry Birds before takeoff and landing on planes may soon be a thing of the past if the FAA acts on the recommendations of a panel investigating flight device protocols. A Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that airline passengers be allow
The use of drones above American soil for the sake of law enforcement isn’t a new practice according to a recent audit of the practices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Operating with almost no public notice, the FBI has spent more than $3 million to operate a fleet of small drone aircr
Just because an acquisition is made in the world of technology for around $10 million doesn’t mean that it’s not important. This particular purchase by Ford could have a significant impact on the way we interact with our future vehicles. Ford Motor Co has bought a five-year-oldsoftware c
