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What's The Big Idea? Pentagon Agency Backs Student Tinkerers To Find Out
November 19, 2012 The Pentagon's research agency, DARPA, played key roles in developing the Internet and GPS. Now it's investing money in high school hackerspaces, where students gather to come up with high-tech ideas — like a bicycle that generates electricity.
The Two-Way
Scope Of Hackers' Data Theft From Utah Health Records Grows
April 9, 2012 State officials say a computer breach 10 days ago is far worse than they originally thought. Hackers made off with 280,000 Social Security numbers and "approximately 500,000 other victims had less-sensitive information stolen."