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• 01/01/1970 : Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP) (technology) :
  AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.
• 01/01/1970 : Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP) (technology) :
  AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
• 01/01/1970 : FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear (AP) (politics) :
  AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
• 01/01/1970 : Microsoft takes aim at tablet market (Christopher Null) (technology) :
  Christopher Null - Microsoft wants your money.
• 01/01/1970 : RIM’s rumored 'BlackPad' tablet due in November? (Ben Patterson) (technology) :
  Ben Patterson - Rumors of a BlackBerry tablet are heating up by the day, with Bloomberg now claiming that the BlackPad — yes, the BlackPad — will arrive in November, complete with an iPad-size screen and the ability to connect to the Internet via either Wi-Fi or your Bluetooth-connected BlackBerry.