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Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42

DEF CON hails 'an icon in all the positive ways'

 
 

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Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42

DEF CON hails 'an icon in all the positive ways'

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As Linux 5.12 released, Linus Torvalds warns next version will probably be rather large

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NASSCOM shakeup: Accenture's Rehka Menon becomes first woman to chair Indian IT trade org

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Penguin takeover: We tried running some GUI Linux apps on Windows the official way – and nothing exploded

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India seeks locally developed open source CRM and ERP for government users

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Watchdog 'enables Tesla Autopilot' with string, some weight, a seat belt ... and no actual human at the wheel

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