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NSA Sweep Of Email Contact Lists Grabs Hundreds Of Millions Of Global Records
Another day, another discovery from the leaked Snowden documents that the U.S. National Security Agency has their hands in yet another privacy cookie jar. Read More »
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NSA Veterans’ Start-Up Offers Secure Data Mining
The National Security Agency’s digital snooping may have inflamed a national debate over privacy, but it has been a godsend for a tiny start-up in Cambridge. Read More »
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NSA's Accumulo Data Store Has Strict Limits On Who Can See The Data
With its much-discussed enthusiasm for collecting large amounts of data, the NSA naturally found much interest in the idea of highly scalable NoSQL databases. Read More »
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NSA's Accumulo NoSQL Store Offers Role-Based Data Access
With its much-discussed enthusiasm for collecting large amounts of data, the NSA naturally found much interest in the idea of highly scalable NoSQL databases. Read More »
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NSA's Big Data Platform Faces Enterprise Test
Accumulo, the data storage software developed by the National Security Agency, has taken another step toward the enterprise market. Sqrrl, the startup launched by former NSA technologists to commercialize Accumulo, has teamed up with Apache Hadoop provider Hortonworks to combine their technologies. Read More »
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NSA's Crypto Betrayal: Good News For Open Source?
Revelations from documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden that GCHQ essentially downloads the entire Internet as it enters and leaves the UK, and stores big chunks of it, was bad enough. But last week we learned that the NSA has intentionally weakened just about every aspect of online encryption [...]. Read More »
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NSA’s Open Source “Accumulo” At Center of White House Veto Threat
The White House Thursday threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013, citing, among other things, a provision dealing with the National Security Agency’s (NSA) open-source database project known as “Accumulo,” arguing that the bill could hinder NSA’s ability to support the new national defense strategy. Read More »
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NSF-Funded Study To Find Efficiency Models In VA Patient-Centered Medical Homes
A group of researchers led by an industrial engineer have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to find efficiency models for patient-centered medical homes by studying the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the largest health system in the country. Read More »
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NSTIC Workplan Available In Advance Of Implementation Meetings
The Identity Ecosystem Steering Group published a formal "workplan" (.pdf) Aug. 3 for implementing the White House's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC. The workplan comes in advance of the first meeting of the Steering Group in Chicago, Aug. 15 and 16. Read More »
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NSTIC: Making A Case For Trusted IDs And HIE
Thirty-eight percent of adults think it would be easier to solve world peace than remember all their passwords – and many would rather undertake household chores such as scrubbing their toilet than even try. Read More »
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NTIS Expands Free Access To Federal Science And Tech Studies
The National Technical Information Service has upgraded its research database, giving the public free access to a trove of documents related to federal science and technology research...
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Nuclear Fusion Reactions Mark A 'Milestone'
Physicists create nuclear fusion reactions that produce more energy than was in the fuel involved — the power at work in the sun and other stars. It may be a step toward cleaner nuclear energy. Read More »
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Number of Painkiller-addicted Newborns Triples in 10 Years
The number of babies born addicted to the class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers has nearly tripled in the past decade, according to the first national study of its kind. Read More »
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Numbers Don't Lie: Patent Trolls Are A Plague
Recent research supports view that patent troll activity is rising -- costing America a fortune in wasted legal fees and lost jobs Read More »
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Nurses Demand Delay Of EHR Rollout
"There has been no planned increase in staffing and no decrease in elective procedures during the time of the transition." Read More »
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