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Bizarre gadgets at CES 2014 that monitor your every move

Wearable and health tech are huge this year at CES, but instead of focusing solely on smart watches and smart glasses, we’re looking at a weird new world where everything is connected to the internet, controlled by a smartphone and meant to monitor your every move. The bizarre gadgets at CES 2014:
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ACLU: FBI has ’20 separate records’ for every adult and child in the USA

According to a recent ACLU report, the FBI knows quite a few things about you even if you’ve not done anything wrong. “Unleashed and Unaccountable [pdf]: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority” documents this extraordinary expansion of FBI power over the last 12 years:
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Microsoft: Office 2013 can now be transferred to another PC every 90 days

After an angry social media stinkfest brought on by Office 2013 licensing terms, Microsoft reviewed customer feedback and today announced a change in the EULA that will allow Office 2013 users to transfer the software from one computer to another once every 90 days.
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HOPE 9: Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen

This weekend in New York City was a three-day hackers’ conference called HOPE Number 9 which is only held every two years; HOPE stands for “Hackers on Planet Earth” and there’s always a lot of great info that comes out of it. Read more

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