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Software
Microsoft Denies Programming Backdoors For NSA In Windows 7
5:32AM Mark Wilson | Hey now! Just because the NSA helped Microsoft hone the security of Windows 7 doesn’t mean Microsoft designed special backdoors for the organisation to spy on us… right? More »
Software
The NSA Helped Microsoft Improve Windows 7 Security
11:40AM Rosa Golijan | While some of us are likely to associate the US National Security Agency (NSA) with daydreams of espionage, the organisation is also highly involved in improving security standards in software. They’ve even consulted with Microsoft during the development of Windows 7. More »
Hardware
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More »
The NSA To Store A YOTTABYTE Of Your Personal Data
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More »
Gadgets
IBM SNAzzy Knows Your Circle Of Friends Better Than You Do
3:00AM Jack Loftus | That heavy breathing you hear on the phone sometimes? It’s IBM. More »
Phones
Obama’s Jack-Bauer-Certified BlackBerry Almost Finished by NSA
10:00AM Matt Buchanan | I thought Obama had already gotten his top-secret BlackBerry—I mean he’s dropped one—but the Washington Times says that the NSA is almost done developing his bulletproof BlackBerry 8830 (what, no Bold?). More »
Press
President Bush: You Should Thank Telcos For Spying On You, You Terrorist-Loving Jerks
2:55AM Adam Frucci | While many people who value their privacy got pretty pissed when they found out that companies such as AT&T were illegally tapping their phones for the NSA, President Bush doesn’t see it that way. In fact, he thinks the wiretapping telcos are American heroes, and anyone who thinks differently is straight-up unpatriotic. More »
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