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Two-color Makerbot released
Discover MakerBot's classroom solutions: 3D printers, software, and certification that help teachers pioneer 3D printing in education.
U.S. Government Threatens Free Speech With Calls for Twitter Censorship
“[T]he ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas....That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution.” — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissent in Abrams v. United States, 1919EFF has witnessed a growing number of calls in recent weeks for Twitter to ban certain...
Uncloaking a Slumlord Conspiracy with Social Network Analysis
An economic justice organization uses InFlow SNA software to reveal a slumlord conspiracy
Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion monthly pageviews
Get the latest product news, company announcements, and user insights from the official Reddit blog.
Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers
I remember the first time I interviewed for a front-end programming position and got asked how to do something in JavaScript on a white board. The specifics are vague, but it’s crystal clear how stupid it made me feel and how little it had to do with the actual job. Since then I’ve r…
E-mail is the Universal Platform
Contactually is permanently shutting down on March 31.
Google Chrome HTTPS Address Bar Spoofing
The Fixed Bounty Bug Revealed Last month Google awarded our security analyst Luka Treiber a Chromium Security Reward for a high-severity ...
Cheaper than free: paying for music after searching for a free download
A few months ago, we began tracking the starting point of every sale that happens on Bandcamp. In the course of looking at the data (which we’re using to help us plan out what to do next), we…
New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own
The New Year is upon us, and you might be partaking in the tradition of making a resolution for the coming year. This year, why not make a resolution to protect your data privacy with one of the most powerful tools available? Commit to full disk encryption on each of your computers. Many of us now...