2016’s 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries

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Back in 1991
Geeky anniversaries

There was quite a collection of new technology and plain-old interesting geeky stuff in 1991. Included were the public debut of the World Wide Web, the introduction of Linux and the discovery of Otzi the Iceman. There was the lithium-ion battery, PGP encryption, Apple’s PowerBook, Terminator 2 and more. When through, if you’d like to catch up on the first nine installments of this series, check out 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007.

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Chinese Military Revamps Cyber Warfare, Intelligence Forces – Washington Free Beacon

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Washington Free Beacon

Chinese Military Revamps Cyber Warfare, Intelligence Forces
Washington Free Beacon
A recent Chinese military reorganization is increasing the danger posed by People's Liberation Army cyber warfare and intelligence units that recently were consolidated into a new Strategic Support Force. The announcement of the military reorganization …

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Critical Java bug found in PayPal servers

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The deserialization vulnerability, now fixed, could have let attackers plant malicious code and backdoors on PayPal Manager.
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The Data Breach You Haven’t Heard About – Wall Street Journal

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The Data Breach You Haven't Heard About
Wall Street Journal
Foreign hackers may be reading encrypted U.S. government communications, yet basic information about what happened still isn't available. By. Will Hurd. Jan. 26, 2016 7:15 p.m. ET. A security breach recently discovered at software developer Juniper …

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