Category Archives: Geek

FBI drive for encryption backdoors is déjà vu for security experts

Your freedom of speech, privacy,and liberty is all relative.  “The FBI [amongst many other organizations] wants the ability to peek in on encrypted communications, which would require companies to install backdoors. Services such as Skype, Hushmail, and PGP would be … Continue reading

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Microsoft Surface at the Smithsonian

I still want one of these for my coffee table.

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Designers Create a “More Efficient” Chainless Bike : TreeHugger

A new design in bikes, removes the chain for a string pully system.  While complicated to explain the below video shows it’s simple design. My next (only) commuter bike dreams have just been changed to be chainless. Read More:  Designers … Continue reading

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