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http://gizmodo.com/self-destructing-ssds-will-nuke-themselves-if-you-text-1640733628?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

>>40735
Losing a laptop full of personal files like family photos is upsetting, but losing a laptop full of private corporate info and trade secrets is instead downright terrifying. So when you absolutely can't risk misplaced data falling into the wrong hands, a GSM-equipped SSD drive that can remotely phys…

Wanna be a programmer? That shouldn’t be too hard. You can sign-up for an iterative online tutorial at a site like Codecademy or Treehouse. You can check yourself into a “coding bootcamp” for a face-to-face crash course in the ways of programming. Or you could do the old fashioned thing: buy a book…
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/exercism/

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Borderlands 2 for Linux Released, Available to Download from Steam Now
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/09/borderlands-2-linux-released-available-download-steam-now

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/dear-facebook-sorry-start-now-lets-see-solutions
Our policy has never been to require everyone on Facebook to use their legal name. The spirit of our policy is that everyone on Facebook uses the authentic name they use in real life….[W]e're already underway building better tools for authenticating the Sister Romas of the world while not opening up Facebook to bad actors. And we're taking measures to provide much more deliberate customer service to those accounts that get flagged so that we can manage these in a less abrupt and more thoughtful way.

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How do you feel about synchronicity? Do you believe there is an evolutionary and planetary shift occurring?
http://thespiritscience.net/2014/08/20/1111-the-numbers-for-the-planetary-shift/

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UK legalises music, film and e-book back-ups
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29448058

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Things are about to get tricky for anyone needing to use Adobe’s own PDF reader application on Linux, as the company has pulled the software from download.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/10/adobe-reader-linux-download-pulled-website

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Facebook expanded its ever-growing advertising and tracking reach this week with new integration between the giant social network and Atlas, an advertising platform it purchased from Microsoft. The company now lets advertisers target you across all of your devices and on participating websites, base…
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/facebook-increases-its-tracking-reach-atlas-and-users-have-little-choice-about-it

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>>40804
“Imagine seeing an ad for a product on your mobile phone while in line at the bank. Do you immediately make a purchase on your phone? Probably not. But perhaps you go back to your office later that day and buy on your desktop computer. Such cross-device conversions are becoming increasingly common as people move between their phones, tablets and desktop computers to interact with businesses.”
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/facebook-now-lets-marketers-track-you-around-the-web-94656783814.html

>>40803
I don't think anyone ever really "needed" Adobe's PDF reader. Most people use a FOSS alternative or something. Anyone I've ever known would use Sumatra PDF or Foxit.

>>40823
I have both SumatraPDF and Adobe Reader installed. I primarily use SumatraPDF and only pop open Adobe Reader when I need to fill out a form.

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An investigation carried out by the UK music industry with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security will culminate in a Crown Court trial this month. The case, against members of a now-defunct UK-based Internet forum with a reputation for pre-release leaks, will be privately prosecuted by the BPI.
http://torrentfreak.com/bpi-set-to-privately-prosecute-pre-release-music-pirates-141005/