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The industries with the stingiest tech budgets still manage to innovate with technology. Here's how the mining, plastics, and construction industries do it.

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Jonathan Salem Baskin

Did You Ever Play Asteroids?
I ask because Universal Studios recently beat out three other studio bids to win the rights to develop Atari's "Asteroids" arcade game into a movie. It hopes your dim memories will make you want to see the flick.

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Michael Hickins

Will Cyber Attack Promote Einstein?
Government Web sites were subjected to a denial of service attack over the past few days, which may have the unintended consequence of helping the Obama Administration sweep away privacy concerns as it begins implementing a controversial cybersecurity plan.

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Michael Hickins

Twitter: Saint And Sinner
Twitter is at the heart of yet another controversy, this one involving Internet viruses and spam.

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Michael Hickins

What Sarah Palin Teaches Us About Social Media
Sarah Palin's abrupt resignation on Friday wasn't a surprise to anyone who follows her on Twitter or Facebook, and that's all the former vice-presidential candiate really cares about.

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Two zero-day vulnerabilities, one reported last week, will be fixed in Microsoft's monthly patch release next week.

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Military Grapples With Information Overload

Surging surveillance data threatens to overwhelm the military's ability to deal with the information. A report from a defense advisory group is calling for new data analysis technology and for taking a cue from Google.

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Report indicates progress has been made certifying and accrediting the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence systems.

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