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Oct 22, 2012: The US Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security have joined resources in a campaign "Stop.Think.Connect.™" to warn users of risks associated with the worldwide web. The campaign is designed to keep the web a safe place for everyone, and enables the joint federal agencies to get involved and spread the word about internet safety and sec... |
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| Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites |
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Mar 5, 2012: Anonymous says they managed to hack into Chinese government websites and caused unspecific disruptions. Some of the sites are still blocked, with error messages on popping-up on some of the sites. On its twitter account, Anonymous China lists several websites it has hacked belonging to government bureaus in several cities.
Anonymous activists ha... |
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| EU opposes SOPA |
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Jan 21, 2012: The European Union's Internet commissioner has criticized the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) as unrealistic in its current format. Neelie Kroes, the EU's Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, tweeted Friday "Glad tide is turning on SOPA: don't need bad legislation when should be safeguarding benefits of open net."
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| South Korea to add Robo-wardens to prison force |
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Nov 27, 2011: South Korea’s prison administration will add a squad of Robocop wardens to its force to boost the human force. A jail in the eastern city of Pohang plans to run a month-long trial with three of the automatons in March.
The Robo-wardens will monitor inmates for abnormal behavior, and reduce the workload of overworked prison guards. South Korea aims to be... |
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| President Obama Signs the America Invents Act |
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Sept 16, 2011: While visiting Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia, President Obama signed the American Invents Act. The bill amends federal patent law to define the "effective filing date" of a claimed invention as the actual filing date of the patent or the application for patent containing a claim to the invention, replacing the current "first to invent"... |
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| Lasers could replace spark plugs in car engines |
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April 25, 2011: Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. A team at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics will report on 1 May that they have designed lasers that could ignite the fuel/air mixture in combustion engines.
The approach would increase efficiency of engines, and reduce their pollution, by igniting more of the mixture. Th... |
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