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The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership
5 August, 2013
Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carry mobile phones. If the National Security ...
Helium: swollen stars, party balloons and squeaky voices
2 August, 2013
There are increasing reports of an imminent helium shortage, but why should this be a concern? What is helium used for, apart from balloons? Quite a lot, as it happens. Helium supplies ...
How did Estonia become a leader in technology?
1 August, 2013
WHEN Estonia regained its independence in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, less than half its population had a telephone line and its only independent link to the outside world was a Finnish ...
How Dropbox Scaled From 2,000 to 200 Million Users
31 July, 2013
When Dropbox launched to the public in 2008, the service grew seemingly overnight from just a few thousand users to hundreds of thousands — and then millions. That’s great for a new startup, but ...
The 5 Best Answers From The Mars Curiosity Rover Team’s ...
31 July, 2013
A group of engineers from the Mars Curiosity Rover mission answered questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session today. In addition to questions about the mission and Mars, the Curiosity Rover team responded to ...
The duck that threatens the hegemony of Google
30 July, 2013
Google is the all-seeing eye, the big brother of the network. Google knows everything, save your data, your searches, your calendar, your contacts, your passwords. Many have put our lives in the ...
A single site for all devices? Responsive to possible
29 July, 2013
The same URL, the same content, a single code, a single user experience accessible from many devices. Responsive Web Design, or arguably translated into Castilian as adaptive web design refers to a ...