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The NSA Is Defeated by a 1950s Tape Recorder. Can You Help Them?

One of the towering figures in the evolution of computer science was Grace Hopper, an American mathematician, academic, and Naval reservist, whose work gave us the first programming languages, compilers, and much more. Sadly she passed away in 1992, so her wisdom hasn’t directly informed the Internet Age in the manner of some of her …

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WEBINAR: Scrapbooks as Archival Records and Digital Artifacts

UPCOMING DLG WEBINAR: Scrapbooks as Archival Records and Digital Artifacts Date: Thursday, August 15 | Time: 2 pm EST Join the DLG and presenters Joshua Kitchens and Lauren LeDesma, from the Archival Services and Digital Initiatives unit of Georgia Public Library Service, who will address preservation concerns for both physical and digital versions of scrapbooks and explore …

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Southern California Man Arrested for Murder Thanks to Genetic Genealogy

A Los Angeles man was arrested in connection with the unsolved murder of a woman in 1984. Moore was 19 years old when prosecutors alleged he attacked the woman on the 300 Block of Atlantic Street in Roseville. He then dragged her body into an alleyway where she was beaten to death, officials said. SincA …

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