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E-voting chaos: NJ voters sent to official’s personal Hotmail address

Security experts warned that New Jersey's plan for e-mail-based voting was a recipe for problems, and anecdotal evidence is starting to trickle in that the system isn't working as well as organizers had hoped....

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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

TSA removes X-ray body scanners from major airports

TSA The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. The...

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Friday, October 19th, 2012 Net News No Comments

With anti-shill order, Google/Oracle judge enters "uncharted territory"

TangoPango Two legal experts have told Ars Technica that Judge William Alsup's new  order  forcing Google and Oracle to name their paid advocates is highly unusual—but neither could pinpoint any specific constitutional problems....

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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Stuxnet expert calls US the "good guys" in cyber-warfare

Ralph Langner is one of the world's foremost experts on Stuxnet Ralph Langner TALLINN, ESTONIA—Sitting in the front row for the first full day of the International Conference on Cyber Conflict  was one...

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Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Stuxnet admission likely to have foreign policy consequences

Obama officials are taking a significant political gamble by admitting to creating Stuxnet. Given the unofficial confirmation Friday that the United States was behind Stuxnet—the malware designed to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program—political...

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Friday, June 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments