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11 Dec 2010 21:03

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U.S.: Military treats Wikileaks problem with lame, TSA-style solution

  • problem Bradley Manning reportedly took thousands of classified documents off government networks by pretending the CD he was burning to was actually a Lady Gaga CD, then gave them to Wikileaks.
  • solution? Rather than focus on the fact that the system created a loose cannon, the military has banned soldiers from using thumb drives or other portable storage devices. Ahh … the TSA approach to security. source

20 Sep 2009 10:29

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Tech: Whoa. Look at all those basic Amazon-branded cables

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  • We mean, we can understand why Amazon might want to get in the cable market. Or the CD-R market. But Amazon Basics seems like such a … basic … move. As long as they don’t make dozens of made-up brands like Radio Shack, we guess we’re OK with this. source