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Crashing the Wiretapper's Ball
They come from all over the world to hobnob with fellow snoops and learn the latest tradecraft for intercepting your phone calls and internet traffic. The press isn't invited, but they can't keep us out of the hotel bar. Thomas Greene reports from Crystal City, Virginia.
A Radical Let Loose on Science
Harold Varmus won a Nobel Prize for changing how we think about cancer. Then he overhauled the National Institutes of Health. Now he's battling to make all scientific research free and universally available. From Wired magazine.
Make Vendors Liable for Bugs
Security is at its best when those with the capability to fix security holes are also the ones who get hurt by them. Surprisingly, this isn't the way it works now. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
Stupid Engineering Mistakes
Technical marvels don't come about without their fair share of broken eggs. Wired magazine picks 10 of the most flagrant engineering oversights in recent history.
Scroll May Hold Religious Insight
Sophisticated digital analysis helps researchers recover the text of a half-burnt, 2,400-year-old philosophical treatise. They hope to gain a greater understanding of the cult of Orpheus, which influenced later monotheistic faiths.
Don't Touch That Dial!
Major networks sue a truck-stop chain for using a device that automatically changes channels during commercials and subbing in its own ads. By Quinn Norton.
The Hardware High Performers
Bigger is often better in the dog-eat-dog world of global competition, but size alone does not guarantee success. Who are the hottest hounds in the tech-hardware kennel? From Forbes.com.
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