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Lawmakers pledge to change hacking law during Swartz memorial
2013-02-05 13:47:30| InfoWorld: Top News
U.S. lawmakers pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz. Speakers at a Monday memorial service for Swartz, who committed suicide in January, remembered him as an intensely curious young man who wanted to help people and change the world. The world is a "worse place" because of Swartz's death, said his girlfriend, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.
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Twitter says some user data compromised in hacking attacks
2013-02-02 01:11:23| CNET News.com
In a blog post this afternoon, Twitter explained that a small number of users' information may have been compromised, and it issued recommendations for stronger password security. [Read more]
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Hacking: The New National Pastime?
2013-01-31 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
What a difference a day makes -- or, in this particular case, eight months or so. Less than a year ago, retailer Barnes & Noble yanked an issue of Linux Format magazine from its U.S. shelves because of a cover story on the topic of "hacking." "A complaint was made," explained the announcement last May on Linux Format's TuxRadar blog.
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White House announces 'National Day of Civic Hacking'
2013-01-24 13:33:08| InfoWorld: Top News
It's not unusual for free and open source software projects to enlist the help of their fans and supporters in debugging and other efforts to make the software better. What's less common is for major national governments to do the same thing.
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U.S. government invites hackers to 'Civic Hacking Day'
2013-01-23 02:46:36| CNET News.com
Agencies -- like NASA, Department of Labor, and the Census Bureau -- will give hackers access to data for a weekend in June in an effort to help the country's communities. [Read more]
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