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NSA contractor reportedly arrested for stealing secrets

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The New York Times reports that the FBI quietly arrested an NSA contractor in late August on suspicion of stealing, and potentially disclosing computer code relating to an offensive hacking program designed to break into the network systems of hostil...

Feds indict seven Iranians for hacking banks, NY state dam

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Just days after accusing Syrian hackers of a wide range of crimes, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch unsealed an indictment against seven Iranian nationals on Wednesday, charging that the men launched dozens of denial of service attacks against targe...

China asks US tech companies to follow its security policies

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You know how Russia recently took the contentious step of insisting that Google and Twitter keep Russian user data on servers within the country itself, presumably to facilitate government searches? China apparently tried to pull the same stunt ear...

Jill Abramson Dismissed by the New York Times

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Jill Abramson was given the pink slip while her deputy was chosen to fill her spot on the New York Times. Dean Baquet, the managing editor is to become the executive editor soon. "The New York...

The Good News Behind the Alarming Energy Headlines

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In Davos, Switzerland the confabbing tycoons at the World Economic Forum spent their Friday fretting over climate change.  The irony of the super-wealthy flying in their private jets to hang out...

5 Things About The Big Data Economy that Managers Should Know

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At the turn of the 20th century, most people lived as they had in the middle ages.  Almost half of the US population was employed in agriculture.  Life expectancy was less than 50 years....

Bill O’Reilly to Interview President Obama During Fox Super Bowl Pregame Show

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Fox News network has announced that Bill O'Reilly will conduct a sit down interview with President Obama during the Fox Super bowl Sunday pre-game show. Why exactly the president will be doing an...

Display Ads are as Compelling As TV Spots

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In the lobby of Google’s Building 900 at its Mountain View headquarters, there’s a display of Google-colored squares and rectangles that looks like a bland abstract-art piece. It turns out these are...

Google is Already The King Of Online Advertising, but that is not Enough

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Forget wearable computers and self-driving cars. The search giant will continue its dominance by sticking with its advertising roots – taking $40 billion out of the hides of some very familiar...