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CISPA isn’t SOPA, but it is flawed — and it might become law
When it comes to outrage over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, or CISPA, don’t believe the hype (not all of it, at least). The Electronic Frontier Foundation and hacktivist group Anonymous might have overblown the potential ramifications of … Continue reading
Systems to handle big data might be this generation’s moon landing
An effort to build a radio telescope that can see back 13 billion years to the creation of the universe is prompting a five-year €32 million ($ 42.7 million) effort to create a low-power supercomputer and networks to handle the … Continue reading
Whoa: You might pay just a $1 for a daily gigabyte in 2020
“By 2020 the average person will download one gigabyte of personalised data each day, and it will be delivered for less than $ 1 a day.” That’s a striking comment from Hossein Moiin, CTO of Nokia Siemens Networks. Not only does … Continue reading
T-Mobile isn’t a rural carrier, but it might as well be
Deutsche Telekom’s and AT&T’s CEOs look like the best of friends here, but things have changed since the merger between AT&T and DT’s T-Mobile USA failed. The Rural Cellular Association on Tuesday welcomed its newest member:Â none other than T-Mobile USA. … Continue reading
Be nice to robots. They might be your neighbors soon
Thanks to recent work in robotics, science fiction is starting to look more like science fact. Today’s robots can perform complicated tasks — from cleaning up oil spills to solving a Rubik’s Cube in record-breaking time. With advancements like that, … Continue reading