The Santa Clara, California, company said the defect was discovered after it shipped more than 100,000 of the chips to computer manufacturers getting … AG’s wireless unit and the purchase of security software firm McAfee, expected to close in this …
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An audit released on Tuesday shows that NASA failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before selling the equipment as part of its plan to end the space shuttle program. NASA is getting rid of thousands of surplus items as it prepares to …
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Jason Palmer / BBC:
Pi record smashed as team finds two-quadrillionth digit — The formula turns an infinite sum into a more manageable calculation of single terms — A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi – and a few digits either side of it. — Nicholas Sze, of technology firm Yahoo …
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters — On Thursday afternoon, Adrian Lamo sat quietly in the corner of a Starbucks inside the Carmichael Safeway, tapping on a laptop that requires his thumbprint to turn on and answering his cell phone.