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Flimsy Pi case still provides a level of protection

This flimsy case isn’t going to protect your Raspberry Pi if you knock it off the workbench. It will provide a level of protection against shorting out from contact with metal objects, or from liquids spilled in the near vicinity. [CGPatterson] ended up making this case from a single sheet of transparency film. The project is …

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Microsoft’s new/old Windows Phone update policy keeps customers in the dark

Microsoft has published a new Windows Phone update, build 8107, to resolve a problem where the soft keyboard sometimes disappears, leaving users no way to type anything on the phone. The bug can affect any handset on any carrier, so it should be rolled…

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Facebook agrees to security upgrade

Facebook has agreed to make several changes to its services to improve transparency and better protect the personal data of its millions of users outside of the US, following an audit of its international headquarters.
The social media company, which i…

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Three "critical" patches to be in Microsoft security update

Microsoft is planning to next week release 14 patches to fix 20 vulnerabilities across its product line, the company announced Thursday.
Tuesday’s monthly security update, to be released around 1 p.m. EST, will come with three “critical” and 11 “import…

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Google Proposes Innovative SSL Security

Google security researchers Ben Laurie and Adam Langley propose a new way in which digital certificates are issued and verified, to make sure that situations in which CAs issue them unknowingly will become rare or even inexistent.
In a paper called “…

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WBF’s – The Anatomy of a Successful Web Video Series

Posted by Ben@wistiaThis post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.We&rsqu…

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Microsoft releases Wi-Fi data collection software source code

Microsoft has published “relevant portions” of the source code from its Wi-Fi data collection software so that the public can examine it for any privacy concerns. According to Reid Kuhn, Partner Group Program Manager for Microsoft’s Windows Phone Engin…

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Google, target of worldwide surveillance and takedown requests

Google continued to demonstrate its commitment to transparency on Monday by releasing fresh statistics on the number of times it has disclosed private user data to a government, or removed content at government request. The country-by-country report co…

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1000 day wait for Sarah Palin emails nearly over

Transparency delayed…
After close to 1,000 days, the Alaska governor’s office is finally set to release more than 24,000 pages of emails sent and received by former Gov. Sarah Palin during her first 21 months in office.…Server Hosting Solutions

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Roll your own capacitors – high voltage edition

[Grenadier] tipped us off about his method for building your own high-voltage capacitors. He thought the paper and foil capacitor project was a nice introduction to the concepts, but at the same time he knew he could produce a much more powerful device. For the dielectric he is using acetate film. This is the material …

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