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Apple must continue to resist FBI's 'cracking' demands
News, Wanda Sloan, Published on 22/02/2016
» It has been 25 years since encryption hit the computer-internet mainstream, and it is disheartening to see just how little the issue is understood.
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Pirate Bay 'rises again'
Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/01/2015
» Thailand's most popular internet pirate site is apparently on the way back, now showing a countdown clock for Sunday afternoon, Thailand time - and a phoenix logo that it will "rise from the ashes".
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You needn't be censored
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/01/2014
» One of the immediate problems resulting from civil disorder and the imposition of states of emergency is the use of censorship. It is a rare government, junta or revolution that doesn't attempt to cut citizens off from news it does not control and prevent them from telling the world what is going on.
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Your five-step programme to total recovery
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 09/10/2013
» One of the greatest improvements in internet browsers came when Google introduced its sleek Chrome software, and ingeniously made the address bar into what it called the omnibox.
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SCI-FI fantasies take on real dimensions with 3D printers
B Magazine, Wanda Sloan, Published on 30/06/2013
» Just before a premature baby died in their care because his airway collapsed after birth, doctors in the US state of Michigan made a tiny plastic airway splint, inserted it and saved his life.
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Some editors can even spell
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 03/07/2013
» One of our subeditors here at the centre of human Life came up with one complaint and one request that resulted in satisfaction all around. The complaint was that using a word processor like Microsoft Word just to write stories and notes was clumsy, and ultimately slowed her down. But she wasn't aware of a decent text editor that had a spellchecker.
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The short and shorter of video
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/07/2013
» Instagram is fighting for position as the supreme video-sharing app in a tough battle with messaging sensation Vine. While one may lose, smartphone users are the all-round winner.
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Add captions to your photos
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/07/2013
» A few weeks ago, I reviewed the JPGasPDF software, which converts photos into PDFs, easy for sending to relatives or just for storing. But a reader ran up against a failing.
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You can't use the net without DNS
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 15/05/2013
» We like to avert our eyes from the fragility of this internet wonder, but sometimes it simply bites too hard to ignore.
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Watching foreign networks is easier than ever
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 22/05/2013
» There's no shortage of information on how to pluck forbidden fruit from the internet apple tree. That's what Google was made for.
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