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News Troops serving on Afghanistan's front line are to receive high-tech gadgets to help improve life for them in their downtime. The Ministry of Defence has launched an initiative to provide troops in... [15 Oct 2009]
Protect Your Business Information: Prevent Document Deterioration, Misuse and Loss With EDM
White Paper Military experts are debating how to maximize armed forces' safety amid intensified conflict in Afghanistan. Security concerns are in the news a lot lately. The government has issued public alerts against terrorist... [02 Oct 2009]
Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards
Photo The OSRVT displays not only video from cameras aboard the UAVs that are widely used in Iraq and Afghanistan but also geospatial information about where exactly a given aircraft is located - a key factor for troops making... [30 Sep 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News The NAO report also found the MoD unable to account for £155m-worth of Bowman secure radio systems being used by Army personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of Defence led to... [21 Jul 2009]
$5bn of mobile money destined for the poor
News Operators such as South Africa's MTN - the continent's biggest operator - and Kuwait's Zain are piling in services similar to M-Pesa in a slew of countries including South Africa and Nigeria, and have pilot schemes stretching from the... [15 Jun 2009]
Corporal Succeeds With Allied
White Paper For the past three years, he has lived in and out of deployment in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world. Corporal Storrie is a Marine stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Continued travel seemed to stand... [16 May 2009]
iPod Touch: Latest new recruit to soldiers' armoury
News The hottest new battlefield weapon in Baghdad is also a hot item on the home front. Apple's iPod Touch is proving to be a valuable tool to members of the US military. According to a report in Newsweek, the iPod performs many functions in... [20 Apr 2009]
People With Brain Injuries Leading Fuller Lives With Windows Mobile
White Paper The nearly 1.4 million Americans who sustain a brain injury each year - including approximately one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan - find their lives and those of their family members suddenly... [27 Feb 2009]
Photos: Robots engage their Talons for mine explosion
Photo A total of 2,500 of older Talon robot models are deployed within the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan for tasks such as IED disposal. With a seven-foot reach and able to lift 65 pounds, the Talon IV robot can remove... [10 Feb 2009]
How tech is making FCO 'more foreign, less office'
Comment The project that will ultimately enable new ways of working for the FCO's 16,000 staff is called Future Firecrest, which entails replacing all desktop and back-end tech in the department's many offices around the world - from Paris and... [04 Feb 2009]
Battlefield tech busts budget by £141m
News Our priority is current operations and getting the right kit to the troops as quickly as possible; in the last year we delivered equipment valued at £5.8bn to our Armed Forces, from C17 aircraft transporting our goods and equipment, to... [17 Dec 2008]
Photos: The Queen visits Vodafone HQ
Photo Vodafone showed off its M-PESA money transfer service, the phone-to-phone money transfer service available in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan. Royalty came ringing for mobile phone giant Vodafone today when the Queen... [14 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News The lowest infection rate is in Japan, at 1.8 infected computers per 1,000, and at the other end is Afghanistan at 76 machines per 1,000, he said. Vulnerabilities are decreasing but becoming easier to exploit; Trojans... [04 Nov 2008]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News Interpol has also created a fingerprint database in Afghanistan with room for three million prints and is rolling out five fingerprint scanning terminals nationwide. Prints taken following an arrest in Monaco this month... [22 Oct 2008]
Telepresence tech to cheer Afghan troops
News Nato is using high-end videoconferencing tech to boost morale for service men and women serving in Afghanistan. Nato is in Afghanistan as part of the Afghanistan Compact, a five-year... [22 Sep 2008]
