"Skype is a nightmare for law-enforcement agencies" because of its encryption, says David Vincenzetti, chief executive of Milan-based HackingTeam, which sells a program called Remote Control System that works on computers, smartphones and Blackberries.

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He missed the start after failing to properly program his car's launch-control system and then, pushing to make up lost time, he touched the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault and was forced into the pits to replace his nose wing before finally finishing 13th.

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Researchers there probed the specific control system used for the Iranian enrichment program, a former U.S. official said.

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Considering the importance of air transportation to our nation, Congress and opinion leaders who shape national policy are disappointingly shortsighted regarding NextGen, the omnibus program to upgrade the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system.

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In the SDN approach, those control functions are split off to be managed by one central program, which may be run on an inexpensive server system.

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