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HTTP/2 Opens New Connections With the Word ‘PRISM’
Since whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program, the word Prism has taken on a sinister meaning. The NSA’s PRISM program collected the internet communications of its citizens via nine major internet companies, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo. Now, John Graham-Cumming,…
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Should We Replace Doctors With Computers?
A new announcement from Jeremy Hunt is yet another cost cutting attempt at trimming down front line services with the aim of saving cash. The health secretary wants to “remove more medical decisions from the hands of doctors and therefore let computers and protocols decide aspects of care instead” I like…
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Wikipedia Adds an Extra Layer of Security for Its Readers
Wikipedia just took security up a notch and added some extra security measures for its readers. The founders want to make connections between Wikimedia websites and their users more secure to share and view content. The extra security measure involves HTTPS as the default encryption protocol being used from now…
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US IPv4 Address Pool Reported to Be at Its Last Drop
Well folks, the time has come to gradually transition from IPv4 towards IPv6. But don’t panic! Everyone was aware of the change and the limit is expected to be reached, as previously analysis show, sometime this summer. Will this affect your everyday user? Of course not, people will most probably…
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HTTP/2, The First HTTP Update Since 1999, Is Complete
HTTP, the fundamental internet protocol used to transmit formatted data across the web, is getting its first update in 16 years. The new standard, HTTP/2, was completed on Wednesday, according to Mark Nottingham, Chair of IETF HTTP Working Group. After a series of editorial stages, HTTP/2 will be published as…
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New Plug-In for Chrome Might Add Extra Email Protection
Encrypting emails is one of the best practices to ensure that users’ email correspondence will remain private and secure. This is why Google is working on an end-to-end email encryption web plug-in in order to deliver a simple way to secure user email correspondence. The task is usually performed by…
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SMS and MMS To Be Merged Into Hangouts By Google
The Hangouts application, which has so far only successfully unified Google+ Messenger and Google Talk, leaving Messaging and Voice to co-exist, is finally getting SMS and MMS integration. According to sources familiar with the matter, the upcoming Hangouts version 1.3 has these features enabled and, furthermore, also allows sharing of videos via the Hangouts protocol.…
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