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Defend Your Data

Upcoming ways to foil hackers and catch computer thieves

Identity theft used to involve someone rifling through your garbage. But now more than half a million laptops—full of tax returns and love letters—are stolen every year, estimates computer insurer Safeware. And even if your computer never leaves your sight, hackers can weasel into it over the Internet. Here are three technologies that will safeguard your digital data, whether it's on an office desktop or a stolen laptop.

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Sky High

Notorious and ignominious moments in unmanned rocketry

The enthusiasts at the Large Dangerous Rocket Ship event pursue rocketry for its own sake, but that purity is rare in the history of the endeavor. Most unmanned launches have been aimed at military advantage or space domination.

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