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Photo Seven metres long, with two ramjet engines and four booster rockets it was a pillar of Britain's defence against the Soviet threat during the Cold War. The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and... [30 May 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News This month the BlackBerry vs iPhone war reached near boiling point as RIM's co-CEO dismissed suggestions its Bold new smart phone (see photos here) is a response to competition from Apple. Speaking to silicon.com in an exclusive interview, RIM's... [30 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo He said: "This is what living through the Cold War was like, growing material comfort and the understanding that it could all end in the blinding thermonuclear flash. Seven metres long, with two ramjet engines and four booster rockets it was a... [01 May 2008]
Photos: 'Top Gun course' for submarine hunters
Photo The AAAC has been running since the early 1970s and was developing during the Cold War. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has showcased how top sonar operators are trained to find enemy submarines. [22 Aug 2007]
Microsoft tactics akin to "patent terrorism" - Sun
News It's almost like a cold war stand over tactic; where I have these patents and if you breach these patents, I'm going to come after you and sue you. The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is... [24 Jul 2007]
Stock spam slumps
News Separate research by security vendors McAfee and Marshal Software suggests that the industry is winning the war on spam, with two of the most common forms of spam-related scams on the decline. The scam, often linked to mafia criminal groups, has... [22 Jun 2007]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News Organised crime gangs, sometimes posing as legitimate employers, are using tactics which echo those employed by the KGB to recruit operatives at the height of the cold war, the McAfee report reveals. Internet-savvy teens as young as 14 are... [08 Dec 2006]
Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed
Photo Missile Command is a Cold War classic from 1980 in which players defend cities from the threat of interplanetary ballistic missiles. Pac-Man was another benchmark in arcade gaming, moving away from the space-war style with its hungry little hero. [28 Nov 2006]
Bosses buy Bond gadgets to protect company secrets
News With the end of the Cold War corporate espionage is hotting up instead. More and more business executives are investing in secret agent-style hardware to make sure their top secret company plans stay under wraps. [17 Nov 2006]
Continuity of Operations for State and Local Governments
White Paper Many plans before 9-11 existed as rehashed civil defense and public safety agency response plans left over from the cold war. September 11, 2001 served as a wake up call to state and local governments that they needed to have more comprehensive... [23 Aug 2006]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop
News But obtaining individual warrants "is less well-suited to provide the agility to detect and prevent attacks against the homeland" than it was during the Cold War era, Hayden said, particularly when investigators are in "hot pursuit" of... [27 Jul 2006]
US toys with emergency warning system update
News Politicians asked that question - and urged support for legislation aimed at expanding the Cold War-era system - at a US House of Representatives subcommittee hearing in Washington on Thursday. In an age of omnipresent mobile phone, internet and... [21 Jul 2006]
US to restrict high-tech exports to China?
News Export controls, a product of the Cold War era, are intended to limit the shipment and sales of goods that could pose national security threats if obtained by certain countries of concern. US high-tech products that have traditionally escaped... [12 Jun 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Jammers not listeners
Comment But what if you really wanted to cause interference on purpose as some countries did during the Cold War (and some still do! Ever since the mobile phone was launched, and even more so since the arrival of wi-fi, a good percentage of people seem to... [28 Feb 2006]
Inside Kaspersky Labs: AV at the cold heart of Russia
Comment The building, of which Kaspersky occupies four floors, was the headquarters of the agency responsible for developing Soviet nuclear weapons guidance systems during the cold war. This is a war after all. [25 Jan 2006]
