We're all human, you know? That's roughly the trick that the hackers most likely relied on when, earlier this year, they managed to steal over 24,000 files from a defense contractor
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Feed SubscriptionThis Week In Bots: The Emotional, Eyebrow-Raising, Singing Edition
Robots are getting more expressive, more than being mere lumps of plastic designed to do jobs for us in handy ways. They can now almost sing..
Read More »"China’s Twitter" Is More About Jokes And Fashion Tips And Less About Sharing Hard News
Twitter might boast more than 200 million users, with over 70% tweeting from outside the U.S., but Sina Weibo is fast catching up, with 140 million users and 10 million new accounts added each month. The latter service, often referred to as the "Twitter of China" (much like the Facebook copycats ) is considered by many to be a knockoff of the microblogging platform. Yet while there are many similarities between Twitter and Sina Weibo, the services are actually being used in very different ways,
Read More »A wide Open tournament
Darren Clarke and Lucas Glover lead the British Open, but a big crowd is close behind.
Read More »GolfChannel: Mickelson strategy paying off
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Read More »The Burden of Being Boss
The burden of having people's livelihood in your hands never fully goes away, but knowing where your revenue to cover your expenses will be coming from does reduce the heavy feeling of being the boss.
Read More »PGT: A 1st: World Nos. 1, 2 miss cut in major
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Read More »Is Microsoft Plotting a Google+ Competitor?
What the heck is Mirosoft's "Tulalip," and what exactly is it going to be capable of? Its code name is "Tulalip," and according to a green splash page that has since disappeared from a Microsoft-owned Web address ( www.soci.com ), Tulalip is some sort of yet to be fully defined "social search" hybrid that is part application, part search engine. Again according to the disappearing splash page (which, don't worry, lives on in screen grabs republished all over the Web), the whatever-it-is would allow users to: Read Tweets from your timeline.See who you follow and follow new people.Update your profile.Post Tweets for you
Read More »10 most expensive summer camps
$8,500 a week for a summer camp? A list of some of the priciest summer camp options.
Read More »Geckos won’t cure AIDS, Philippines officials warn
Wall-climbing lizards in the Philippines are being exported to treat health problems - unsafe and possibly illegal, officials say
Read More »Geckos: False AIDS treatment in Asia
Philippines warns against geckos being used across Asia as medicine for AIDS, asthma, impotence
Read More »GolfChannel: ‘Old friend’ leads Clarke back to prominence
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Read More »Dekko In A Box: Justin Timberlake Follows MySpace Investment With AR Tech Play
Fresh from injecting cash into a reviving MySpace, JT's also pushed money into augmented reality firm Dekko. It's in stealth mode, but here's what we know.
Read More »Facebook Sponsored Stories Performing 2 Times Better Than Standard Ads
When Facebook launched a new form of advertising called "Sponsored Stories" earlier this year, some folks weren't buying the plot. The new ad unit, which takes content generated by Facebook users and turns it into ads, seemed to be crossing some kind of line. Six months later, it looks like Facebook actually might have hit upon a powerful new form of advertising.
Read More »Flip-Flops, Miniskirts: The Worst Of Summer Work Attire
When it comes to workplace attire, we're no longer restricted to the all-business-all-the-time suits-and-ties of Mad Men-era office culture. Colorful, fun companies like Google have proved success isn't derived from stodgy work outfits but can be achieved even in T-shirts and V-necks
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