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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close July 24 – August 23, 2013 851 stories · Vol. 13 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 235 Get it by email ↓
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Android RNG Weakness Renders Bitcoin Wallets Insecure

android-developers.blo · 3 sources

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What dominated August

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Lavabit abruptly shuts down

    4 of 30 days · 9 articles

  2. Technology

    In Defense Of Leakers: Snowden and Manning

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Technology

    Open Source Google App Engine Clone

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

Business 57 stories

  1. Android RNG Weakness Renders Bitcoin Wallets Insecure

    android-developers.blo · 3 outlets

  2. U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans

    chicagotribune.com · 1 outlets

  3. Startup lessons

    defmacro.org · 1 outlets

  4. How to Convince Investors

    paulgraham.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy

    edu.mkrecny.com · 1 outlets

  2. Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks, Get a Visit from the Feds

    theatlanticwire.com · 1 outlets

  3. Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys

    lauren.vortex.com · 2 outlets

  4. Steps To $5,000 In Monthly Recurring Revenue

    blog.statuspage.io · 1 outlets

  5. Every important person in BitCoin just got subpoenaed by NY financial regulators

    forbes.com · 1 outlets

  6. Amash’s Amendment To Defund NSA Program Fails 205-217

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  7. “NASDAQ is owned.” Five men charged in largest financial hack ever

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  8. Defund the NSA - This Isn't Over

    defundthensa.com · 1 outlets

  9. Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-coated visors?

    physics.stackexchange. · 1 outlets

  10. Sergey Brin invests in synthetic beef

    theguardian.com · 1 outlets

Sports 16 stories

  1. Now That It’s in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network Neutrality

    wired.com · 1 outlets

  2. In California, a Champion for Police Cameras

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Stop Allowing App Reviews From Beta iOS Versions

    stuartkhall.com · 1 outlets

  2. German government warns Windows 8 is a security risk

    zeit.de · 2 outlets

  3. Google Engineer Wins NSA Award, Then Says NSA Should Be “Abolished”

    tikkun.org · 1 outlets

  4. Babylon.js: JS framework for building 3D games with HTML5 and WebGL

    blogs.msdn.com · 1 outlets

  5. Fuck the Super Game Boy: Introduction (2010)

    loveconquersallgam.es · 1 outlets

  6. Khan Academy now accepts Bitcoin via Coinbase

    blog.coinbase.com · 1 outlets

Technology 635 stories

  1. Freedom Hosting sites compromised, founder arrested

    twitlonger.com · 3 outlets

  2. UK Authorities Destroy Guardian's Hard Drives

    pressfreedomfoundation · 2 outlets

  3. The NSA is Commandeering the Internet

    schneier.com · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Open Source Google App Engine Clone

    goread.io · 4 outlets

  2. SOPA died in 2012, but Obama administration wants to revive part of it

    washingtonpost.com · 2 outlets

  3. From PhD to Data Scientist: Tips for Making the Transition

    guardian.co.uk · 3 outlets

  4. City of London calls halt to smartphone tracking bins

    qz.com · 2 outlets

  5. Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer

    en.wikipedia.org · 1 outlets

  6. Lavabit abruptly shuts down

    theguardian.com · 9 outlets

  7. In Defense Of Leakers: Snowden and Manning

    salon.com · 5 outlets

  8. White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention

    m.bbc.co.uk · 4 outlets

  9. Go for System Administrators

    techweekeurope.co.uk · 4 outlets

Entertainment 27 stories

  1. Show HN: CoreOS, a Linux distro for containers

    coreos.com · 1 outlets

  2. Show HN: TextBlob, Natural language processing made simple in Python

    textblob.readthedocs.o · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Show HN: Run iOS apps in the browser

    blog.grunseid.com · 2 outlets

  2. Show HN: Tridiv - CSS 3D Editor

    tridiv.com · 1 outlets

  3. Show HN: noteZilla - Interactive sheet music

    notezilla.io · 1 outlets

  4. Show HN: TextIt – Visually build SMS applications anywhere in the world

    textit.in · 1 outlets

  5. Show HN: Sketch, connect and simulate gears and chains

    github.com · 1 outlets

  6. Disney's new image algorithm turns 2D photos into a 3D model

    3ders.org · 1 outlets

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