Monthly Archives: December 2014

How the U.S. Military Turned Santa Claus Into a Cold War Icon

By Matt Novak

How the U.S. Military Turned Santa Claus Into a Cold War Icon

You’ve probably heard the story by now: On Christmas Eve 1955, a young boy in Colorado Springs dialed a Sears-sponsored hotline that let kids talk with Santa Claus. But instead of reaching Santa, he was connected to the red phone at CONAD, the military command center charged with patrolling the skies for any nuclear missiles coming from the Soviet Union. The local newspaper had mistakenly printed the wrong number.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/n4bP6jvPllA/how-the-u-s-military-turned-santa-claus-into-a-cold-wa-1664149776

      

North Korea’s Internet starts to return after total shutdown

By Rich Trenholm The totalitarian regime may have been hit by a cyberattack in the midst of a war of words with the US over the Sony hack and the movie “The Interview”.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/41b66a48/sc/39/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cnorth0Ekoreas0Einternet0Estarts0Eto0Ereturn0Eafter0Etotal0Eshutdown0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

North Korea’s Internet starts to return after total shutdown

By Rich Trenholm The totalitarian regime may have been hit by a cyberattack in the midst of a war of words with the US over the Sony hack and the movie “The Interview”.

…read more

Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/41b66a48/sc/39/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cnorth0Ekoreas0Einternet0Estarts0Eto0Ereturn0Eafter0Etotal0Eshutdown0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

Here’s a Festive Crossword Puzzle About 2014’s IP and Copyright News

By Parker Higgins and Dave Maass – EFF

Here's a Festive Crossword Puzzle About 2014's IP and Copyright News

Over the last 12 months, IP spectators saw a lot of action in the arena of copyright and related law. We would tell you all about it, but that would be cheating.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/JON9HJuha9U/heres-a-festive-crossword-puzzle-about-2014s-ip-and-cop-1674433850

      

LG’s Sonos Clone Adds a Few Extra Speakers

By Andrew Tarantola

LG's Sonos Clone Adds a Few Extra Speakers

LG’s new line of battery-powered, Wi-Fi enabled speakers complement their new sound bar models, sure. But they also fill out Music Flow—the company’s Sonos-like connected-house audio offering—with some attractive, well-rounded hardware.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/1LAzszhM328/lgs-sonos-clone-adds-a-few-extra-speakers-1674228382