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Form(s) Vs Function: Making Official Docs Look Better — And Work Harder

A crop of newly reimagined government forms beautify and clarify the documents that define us (as far as the government is concerned, at least). But should we be thinking harder about how these forms function, alongside how they look?

27 November 2012

News

Oops: US Parade Confetti Included Shredded Confidential Police Documents

A group of Tufts University students enjoying the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last Thursday noticed something unsettling about the confetti being tossed around. Instead of being made from blank coloured paper, it had bits of confidential information on it like licence plate numbers, phone numbers and addresses, made from sensitive documents from the Nassau County Police Department.

25 April 2012

Online

This Is How Much Money Facebook Makes Off You

We’d gotten a glimpse at Facebook’s financials when the company first filed for an IPO in early February, but now an amended S-1 filing has shed even more light on the giant pile of money hoarded by the Zuck dragon. Including, reports TechCrunch, how much he made off of you.

12 March 2012

Online

Apple Killing iWork.com Effective July 31

An old PR adage says if you have bad news, release it on Friday when it’s less likely to cause a stir. So perhaps that’s why Apple announced it’s killing off iWork.com on, you guessed it, this past Friday.

13 January 2012

Software

Kindle Just Turned Into An Instapaper For Files

I like using my ereader for things other than books, but aside from Instapaper, converting regular files into ereader format is more hassle than it’s worth. Now Amazon’s making it easier to send non-book files to your Kindle.

18 November 2011

Science

Now You Can Download The Original Lunar Rover Manual

Before you apply to NASA, you might want to take some time to peruse the original Lunar Rover Operations Handbook. Even though it dates back to April 19, 1971, a working knowledge of Apollo equipment couldn’t hurt your chances.

27 September 2011

Online

Google-Powered Dead Sea Scrolls Are A History Buff’s Dream

Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls — the world’s oldest biblical documents — are now viewable online as searchable, high-resolution images thanks to Google. Talk about some priceless Google Docs.

5 September 2011

Mobile

iPhone 5 October Launch And Preorder Docs Unearthed

The folks at BGR have stumbled upon some documents that allegedly detail basic first steps and prep work for a iPhone 5 launch in the first week of October at US electronics retailer Best Buy. We’ll add this evidence to the growing pile.

3 September 2011

News

Man Gets Hard Drive Full Of Secret Apple Documents

You knew about the one about a man who walks into a bar and finds a lost iPhone. Well, this one is about a man who walks into an Apple Store and walks out with a hard drive full of Apple secrets.

24 June 2011

Online

LulzSec Leaks Classified Documents In Attack Against Border Patrol

Lashing out against the “racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona”, LulzSec has released their newest data dump: “hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement”.

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