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(http://online.wsj.com)
- scanned by: Marc Cobb
over 4 years 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
over 4 years 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.esquire.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years 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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robertgates, defense, military, army, asymmetric, asymmetricwarfare, terrorism
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(http://www.eurekalert.org)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years 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
over 4 years 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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russiachina, hack, hackers, hacking, cybersecurity
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years 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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military, army, gates, robertgates, asymmetricwarfare, warfare, combat, futurecombatsystems
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Huge news for real-life ray guns: Electric lasers have hit battlefield strength for the first time -- paving the way for energy weapons to go to war.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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In the next decades, completely autonomous robots might be involved in many military, policing, transport and even caring roles. What if they malfunction?
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drones, sentries, robots, ethics, politics, government, southkorea, japan, elderly, israel, militaryrobots, patrol, healthcare
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(http://www.wired.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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"You probably won't see it used for open-heart surgeries," Berkelman says. "But for simpler procedures—like removing shrapnel—it could be very cost-effective."
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surgery, battlefield, robot, spider, peter, berkelman, university, of, hawaii, science, simulating, touch, and, feel, technologies, robotassisted, robots, droids, triage, station, openheart, surgeries, removing, shrapnel, articulated, arms, scalpels, cautery, pens, endoscope
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(http://www.technologyreview.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to research presented this week.
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mit, beetles, remote, controlled, devices, biotechnology, military, surveillance, neurotransmitter, bionic, bug, mind, control, device
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(http://www.acceleratingfuture.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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In futurist circles and think tanks, sometimes the question comes up, “in the long run, which will be more effective, offense or defense?” The answer to this question has serious implications.
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war, futurist, offense, defense, political, beliefs, atlantis, ideal, society, technology, russia, united, states, submarines, submarinelaunched, ballistic, missiles, nuclear, bombs, north, korea, microbots, israel, vs, hamas
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