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    The Ars Frontrunners: 15 companies that led and still lead tech innovation

    Surprised that ATT and Bell labs wasn't mentioned.
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    A brief history of disruption: Technologies that upended enterprise IT

    Wanted to post the same thing. Sask represent!
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    NSA’s Internet taps can find systems to hack, track VPNs and Word docs

    Am I wrong in reading the article to say that the system recognizes the PGP meta-markers and when it does, flags and saves but does not decrypt unless they have reason to.
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    Tell us what inspires you to move and you could win a fitness tracker

    I run to relieve stress, sleep better and live longer. Not exactly the most original reasons, I know.
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    Microsoft should stick to its guns and keep the Start button gone

    It has a metro-style start screen, but does not run metro apps (I think--at least I've never tried to run metro apps on it--I don't believe it has the store).
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    Microsoft should stick to its guns and keep the Start button gone

    It's time for the return of Clippy!
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    Commander Chris Hadfield: Bowie fan, coolest astronaut ever

    I'm 29. And when I grow up I want to be an astronaut.
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    BitTorrent Sync creates private, peer-to-peer Dropbox, no cloud required

    It's peer to peer instead of cloud, that is the entire point of the article and the headline. It even says no cloud required at the end. Just because you are too dense to read doesn't make it click bait. Then take "Dropbox" out of the fucking headline! It's misleading and you know it...
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    BitTorrent Sync creates private, peer-to-peer Dropbox, no cloud required

    Wow. These guys read my mind. I was just trying to figure out a good way to sync extremely large folders over the WAN. The thought of torrents did cross my mind but seemed to difficult. I was going to try to rig up a powershell script using BITS over an openvpn tunnel, but this is much better...
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    Not that Homeland: Fox sends bogus takedowns for copyright reformer’s book

    He should turn the table and issue takedown notices for anything "Homeland" insisting they infringe on his copyrighted work.
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    Windows 8 discussion (8.1 Update coming April 8)

    Clicking down the scroll wheel and dragging left and right works too. But touch-screen is not as precise as a good old-fashioned mouse. And you'll have to lift your hand off your mouse to your screen every time you want to do something instead of just flicking your wrist. I'm sorry this...
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    Getting ready for the end of growth on Earth

    The fresh-water nightmare scenario is really a myth. Right now we can filter sewage or seawater cheaply enough (even sans-fossil-fuel if necessary) to drink. It's trying to grow orchards and vegetables in dry places that uses all our water.
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    Older Macs voted off the Mountain Lion island

    Just bootcamp your old system on Windows. It will always support your old hardware. Problem solved!