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EVGA Tegra NOTE 7 Launched, Worlds Fastest 7″ Android Tablet
EVGA have just launched their fast as lightening Tegra NOTE 7 into Europe, with immediate availability in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with more European countries to follow soon. This is great news for performance junkies as it packs some seriously impressive hardware that sets it a fair bit ahead of the…
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Anonymous Targets New Zealand’s GCSB in #OpKiwiFreedom
Anonymous are continuing their campaign against the New Zealand government. The new campaign #OpKiwiFreedom is fighting against the recently passed GCSB bill which essentially authorises the government to spy on its citizens, more so than it had done previously. As part of this campaign Anonymous have targeted the New Zealand’s…
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Microsoft Moves Cloud Hosting To EU For New Office 365 Member
Microsoft has just teamed up with the corporation Capita to offer them the Office 365 service according to the Channel. The deal will see Microsoft host all employee emails and some 20,000 staff will be migrated over to Microsoft’s cloud service. Apparently Microsoft’s service is more cost-effective and Microsoft has…
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NSA Says XKeyscore Media Reports Are Misleading
The recent leaks from the Guardian that revealed an NSA program called “XKeyscore” have sparked a critical response from the NSA. The leaks suggested that the NSA has indexed data about every user on the internet which includes associated phone numbers, email addresses, IP addresses, search history, log ins, session…
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NSA Boss Booed On-Stage At 2013 Black Hat Conference
The NSA “boss” General Keithe Alexander agreed to make a speech at the Black Hat 2013 conference, about computer security, a few months ago. He agreed to do this well before any leaks about the NSA’s surveillance programs were made public. A few months later and the NSA is in…
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NSA To Declassify Documents About PRISM And Other Programs
A senior American official has told CNN that the U.S government intends to declassify some documents about NSA spying programs to the American public. Apparently the declassification will occur in the next few days and will include white papers providing a comprehensive overview and information on NSA surveillance programs. Furthermore…
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FBI And NSA Request Master Encryption Keys From Developers
Would you hand your keys to just anyone, I sure wouldn’t. That isn’t stopping the United States Federal Government from asking encryption developers to hand over their keys, encryption keys that is. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have been attacking the digital world…
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FISA Court Renews NSA’s Right To Conduct Mass Surveillance
According to an RT report the Obama administration has chosen to apply to the FISA court to renew the order that allows them to continue carrying out mass surveillance. The previous court order had been due to expire on July 19th but the Obama administration asked for a renewal and…
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U.S Lawmakers Saw NSA Surveillance Breaks Law
According to IT News several members of the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, from both republican and democratic political orientations, have stated that the NSA’s surveillance and bulk collection of data does in fact violate the Patriot Act and its restrictions. The Patriot Act has been the main…
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U.S-Russian Relations Above Snowden Case Says Putin
According to RT Vladimir Putin has reiterated that U.S-Russian relations are more important than the Edward Snowden case. Despite contrary media reports, Putin says he has no intention of sacrificing relations over one man. Putin reiterated that Moscow would not tolerate any anti-US activity and although he did not warn…
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Obama Administration “Drowning” In NSA Surveillance Lawsuits
RT reports that the Obama administration is now being flooded with federal lawsuits against the recently revealed NSA PRISM program. The most high profile of those is the lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation who are suing the Obama administration and the U.S government for dragnet surveillance programs they…
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Yahoo Wins Motion To Declassify Court Documents From PRISM Case
According to a report by the Daily Dot, Yahoo has won a motion from the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to declassify and publicly reveal information about Yahoo’s efforts to avoid becoming part of PRISM. The details surround a 2008 case in which Yahoo objected to being part of a…
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Putin Says Snowden Situation Is Now Unclear
Snowden’s situation in Russia is becoming ever more uncertain and even Vladimir Putin isn’t quite sure according to RT.com. Vladimir Putin stated that: “He [Edward Snowden] is familiar with the conditions of granting political asylum, and judging by the latest statements, is shifting his position. The situation is not clear…
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Russia To Regulate Google and Facebook Since They Already Comply With NSA
Despite Russia’s “generous” stance on offering Edward Snowden asylum Russia has relatively strict internet censorship in place and is looking to use the NSA scandal to bolster this even further. In an interview with the New York Times two Russian MPs stated that: “We need to quickly put these huge…
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U.S Official Urges Obama To Use “Any And All Pressure” On Russia To Get Snowden
Congressman Michael McCaul, U.S House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee Chairman, has stated that he believes Edward Snowden is a traitor to the USA who has put national security at risk. He claims that with Edward Snowden seeking asylum in Russia he is “running for cover with our enemies”. As…
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