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How to Stop Google From Following You

Worried about Google? There are some ways to stop the spy - er, search giant - from tracking your every move. Alright, to be fair, Google might not be quite the villain we are making it out to be right now, but it's still never a bad idea to cover…

HarrietteAugust 28, 2013

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Pirates Among Us: Silk Road, Tor, and the Internet Drug War

Pirates Among Us: There are pirates among us. But today's pirates don't wear hats with skulls and can't be found on the open seas. Modern pirates battle the DEA and run sites like Silk Road. Dread Pirate Roberts is the best known pirate of them all, but he's not the…

HarrietteAugust 27, 2013

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Groklaw Shuts Down In Face of NSA

Groklaw Shuts Down Technology legal news site, Groklaw, has officially closed its doors today. The site has shut down due to email security issues. This is the third website to go offline because of government surveillance within the United States. The closings began with Lavabit, followed by Silent Circle, and…

HarrietteAugust 23, 2013

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Internet . org: Internet For All

Internet . org: Internet For All You started up that cheap hosting site in order to reach out to a global audience and showcase the products you offer. But exactly how big is that audience? Not very. Only a little more than one-third of the entire worldwide population, 2.7 billion…

Khristen FossAugust 22, 2013

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Code For India: A Nonprofit App Project

Code For India: A Nonprofit App Project Can an app change lives? Venture capitalist Karl Mehta thinks so. Mehta wants interested developers to code for eight hours a month for free. Why? He is hoping to develop life-saving apps for people in India. The project is called 'Code for India,'…

HarrietteAugust 22, 2013

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Bustle: Strong Enough For A Woman, Made by a Man

Bustle Made by a Man Can a man successfully create a website that’s targeted for women? Maybe; but Bryan Goldberg, founder and CEO of Bustle.com, might be succeeding where the site is concerned, though he has lost major points with his readers thanks to some controversial words. When Goldberg (co-founder…

Khristen FossAugust 21, 2013