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Massive Fire Destroys Part of Internet Archives

The workers at the Internet Archive backed up a lot of files before the fire, but if this were not the case the fire would have been a lot more devastating

HarrietteNovember 7, 2013

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Google Goes Offshore: Should You?

Google Goes Offshore Something mysterious happened this weekend. Barges with giant buildings were seen off the coast of Maine and California. Local reporters have been hard at work trying to figure out what's on those barges, and the answer may surprise you. Speculation is that Google is building massive offshore…

HarrietteOctober 28, 2013

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Canada Gets First Bitcoin ATMs

Canada Gets First Bitcoin ATMs We haven't heard much about Bitcoins since the shuttering of the Silk Road by the NSA. Today, there's news coming from Canada about the alternate currency. Vancouver is getting the world's first Bitcoin ATM. The machine will be set up outside of a Vancouver coffee…

HarrietteOctober 28, 2013

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Is More Tech Support the Answer to the Obamacare Site Problem?

Obamacare Site Problem What do you do when you have a nation-wide website and hosting disaster? The Obama administration seems to think that the answer is in hiring more people. In order to deal with the current Obamacare website disaster, President Obama has told press today that a "tech surge"…

HarrietteOctober 25, 2013

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Is Germany Getting Its Own Internet?

Germany Getting Its Own Internet News of the NSA has people living in North America worried, but that concern has crossed the pond to Europe as well. Today, Germany is calling for its own Internet. The demand for a Germany Internet that is not accessible by outside governments has come…

HarrietteOctober 25, 2013

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Anti-NSA Film Gains Attention in NYC

Anti-NSA Film Gains Attention in NYC It might sound like the title of an old Beastie Boys song, but Fight For the Future is actually an organization that's completely against the NSA. It's more than that too. Fight for the Future attempts to inform Americans about NSA-type happenings, and the…

HarrietteOctober 23, 2013