Steve Henn

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How Video Games Are Getting Inside Your Head — And Wallet

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

This week on All Tech, we're exploring kids and technology with posts and radio pieces about raising digital natives. Share your thoughts and ideas in the comments, by email or tweet.

Max Kelmon, 13, has his own little version of a man cave in Palo Alto, ...

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Court Decision Means Another Look At Google Street View Case

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The U.S. Appeals Court in San Francisco refused Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Google of violating federal wiretapping laws by collecting emails and data about people's Web surfing habits as the company's Street View cars crisscrossed the world.

Millions of people use unencrypted wireless networks in their ...

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What Does The NSA Think About You?

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

If you are wondering what NSA insiders think of the millions of us who are being watched by the agency, we now have a clue.

As part of a slide deck that shows how the NSA can use location information collected by mobile phone users, someone at the NSA apparently ...

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Key To Unlocking Your Phone? Give It The Finger(print)

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The first note I sent out after Apple announced it was including a fingerprint scanner in the new iPhone 5s was to Charlie Miller.

Miller, who learned how to hack at the National Security Agency and now works in security for Twitter, has hacked connected cars, wireless connections ...

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Smartwatch Is Next Step In 'Quantified Self' Life-Logging

Monday, September 09, 2013

You could call it the phantom menace. Each year, in the midst of winter, a rumor surfaces about a new Apple product that sets tech bloggers buzzing.

Over the spring and summer, hype builds. Then, nothing. Last year, the tech world was left waiting for an ...

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This Is Musician Mickey Hart's Brain On Music

Friday, September 06, 2013

Peering inside our mind and capturing images of our thoughts has become a preoccupation in much of neuroscience. It's also an unlikely part of the light show at a Mickey Hart Band concert.

Yes, the musician best known as the percussionist for the Grateful Dead for more than 20 years ...

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Will Microsoft's Nokia Deal Shake Up Mobile?

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Nokia was once the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world, the most valuable company in Europe and an icon in its home base of Finland. But the rise of Apple and Android smartphones knocked the company on its heels.

Now comes news that Microsoft is buying Nokia's mobile ...

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Facebook's Latest Privacy Changes: Tag, You're You

Friday, August 30, 2013

Writing a post about Facebook changing its privacy policies can feel like a fool's errand.

Nearly everyone who has a pulse — and lives part of his life online — most likely knows how Facebook makes its money and understands why this service, which connects 1.1 billion people, is free.

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'I'd Tap That' And Other NSA Pickup Lines Are All The Rage

Monday, August 26, 2013

News that National Security Agency officers sometimes abuse domestic intelligence gathering practices to monitor potential love interests has led to a sweeping, satirical response by The People of The Internet. On Tumblr and Twitter, the #NSAPickupLines and #NSALovePoems hashtags have sparked all sorts of creativity from users poking ...

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Three Tips For Microsoft's Next CEO

Friday, August 23, 2013

Speculation is already beginning about who will replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft. The names being floated are as diverse as Stephen Elop, the head of Nokia, and Steven Sinofsky, who ran Windows. Internally, a front-runner might be Tony Bates, who heads strategy at Microsoft and ...

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Switching To Gmail May Leave Reporters' Sources At Risk

Friday, August 16, 2013

In the digital world, almost everything you do to communicate leaves a trace. Often, emails are stored on servers even after they're deleted. Phone calls create logs detailing which numbers connected, when and for how long. Your mobile phone can create a record of where you are.

If you're a ...

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