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(http://dsc.discovery.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
about 1 month ago
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Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, is in the first stages of developing an "ethical governor," a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. His book on the subject, "Governi...
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robot, robots, killerrobots, military, militaryrobots, battlefieldbots, battlebots
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(http://online.wsj.com)
- scanned by: Marc Cobb
2 months ago
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A new Obama initiative is in the works to increase the government's efforts to protect the nation's cyber boarders. The move comes amid growing evidence that sophisticated cyberspies are attacking the U.S. electric grid and key defense programs.
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government, cyber, security, spies
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(http://www.cnn.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Hackers continue to tear away at U.S. government data, reinforcing the notion that there's a broad, perhaps asymmetrical, information war taking place. -- Thousands of confidential files on the U.S. military's most technologically advanced fighter...
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fighterjet, hack, hacking, data, information, military, us, govet, government
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(http://www.readwriteweb.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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"The future of 'networked warfare' requires each soldier to be linked electronically to other troops as well as to weapons systems and intelligence sources," says a new report in Newsweek, and the product of choice appears to be the iPod...
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ipod, apple, iphone, military, mobileweb, 3g, 4g, phone, comm, communication
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(http://thomaspmbarnett.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Barnett likes Obama's gradual opening Cuba policy: "Feed Cuba the modern connectivity (high-tech services) and the age-old kind (family bonds). Let the people get a real taste for both."
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cuba, obama, fidel, castro, fidelcastro, us, unitedstates, engagement
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(http://www.cnn.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Right-wing extremist groups may be using the recession and the election of the nation's first African-American president to recruit members, a recently released Department of Homeland Security report contends. It said real-estate foreclosures, une...
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Here's an ingenious idea: When pinged by a tone through a phone, otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), the ear-generated sounds emanate from within the spiral-shaped cochlea in the inner ear, may be distinct enough to serve as biometric passwords, bypassi...
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Also: Security |
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phone, fingerprint, security, password, biometric, biometrics
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(http://www.esquire.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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If the Iraqi and Afghan insurgents — and, now, the Somali pirates — have taught us anything, it's that the era of the "big war" is behind us. No one gets that more than our Secretary of Defense, argues a top global-security expert, and t...
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(http://www.eurekalert.org)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
2 months ago
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Casinos drain money from consumer products and services, weakening the economic engine that ultimately drives defense spending, according to the latest volume in the three-part United States International Gambling Report Series.
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(http://abcnews.go.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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the Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese and Russian spies have penetrated America's electric power grid, planting software bugs that could all but shut down the system in a crisis.
Richard Clarke, a former White House cybersecurity adviser...
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking to all-but-end the Army's Future Combat Systems. In his proposal today to radically overhaul of Pentagon's arsenal, Gates said he wanted to scrap all eight of the vehicles at the heart of FCS — including a...
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(http://www.timesonline.co.uk)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
3 months ago
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LAW enforcement agencies are seeking scientists to develop an artificial nose that can detect the smell of fear as terrorists pass through security at airports.
The US Department of Homeland Security is advertising for specialists to devise air...
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