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October 30, 2014 at 05:35AM
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Job brokers steal wages, entrap Indian tech workers in US
Labor brokers providing Indian high-tech workers to American companies have hijacked a professional visa program, creating an underground system of financial bondage by stealing wages and benefits, even suing workers who quit.

October 30, 2014 at 02:39AM
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Alcohol and Inclusivity: Planning Tech Events with Non-Alcoholic Options
Confronting the assumed use of alcohol forces admission of other issues long swept under the tech industry’s rug.

October 30, 2014 at 01:36AM
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Microsoft outs upcoming fitness ‘Band’ with premature Mac and iPhone app releases
Microsoft has now announced the Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness band that does everything described below. It goes on sale Thursday.

October 29, 2014 at 09:00PM
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Reddit Gets Into Crowdfunding With Redditmade
Reddit is continuing to expand its presence beyond its wildly popular sharing site — known as the front page of the internet for many — after it jumped into the world of crowdfunding with Redditmade, a service that allows moderators to set up projects which can be backed by Redditors.

October 29, 2014 at 08:01PM
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Happy Anniversary to the Early Internet’s First Network-Wide Crash
By 1980, ARPANET, the US Defense Department’s pre-internet internet, had spread across the United States and on into Europe. America’s not-quite-internet was growing up quickly and, thus, it was high time for something to go really, really wrong.

October 29, 2014 at 07:03PM
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Major Cyber Attack Will Cause Significant Loss of Life By 2025, Experts Predict
A major cyber attack will happen between now and 2025 and it will be large enough to cause “significant loss of life or property losses/damage/theft at the levels of tens of billions of dollars,” according to more than 60 percent of technology experts interviewed by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

October 29, 2014 at 06:06PM
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YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome
Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second —plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, they released it.

October 29, 2014 at 04:07PM
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Why Ello’s Plan to Stay Ad-Free Can Actually Work
I want to believe in Ello. It’s a cheeky little startup from Vermont with idealistic ambitions and a haunting logo and the promise of no ads. What’s not to like? Well, a few days ago, Ello revealed its grand plan to stay ad-free, and honestly, it sounded at first like total bullshit. But it’s not.

October 29, 2014 at 03:07PM
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HP Unveils Plan To Make 3-D Printing an Everyday Thing
HP says it has developed a 3-D printer that is 10 times faster than most of today’s 3-D printers, while remaining highly precise. The product is expected to be in testing and early production next year, and generally available in 2016.

October 29, 2014 at 12:59PM
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