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Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication: Cultures, Firewalls, and Imported Norms

whitepaper This paper uses public diplomacy and strategic communication to describe an instrument of statecraft that embraces diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, international broadcasting, political communication, democracy building, and open military...

Tags: security tools

[11 May 2008]

Arms Manufacturer Centralizes Server and Monitoring Software for Increased Efficiencies

whitepaper Remington Arms Company, one of the world's largest arms manufacturers, designs, produces, and sells sporting goods products as well as products tailored to military, government, and law enforcement uses.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Galileo phones home

News Galileo is a joint project between the EU and European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a comprehensive European sat-nav system, which will eventually replace the US military GPS network. A test satellite for the European Galileo programme, Giove-B...

Tags: gps, signal, europe, sat nav

[09 May 2008]

Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle

Photo The Grand Challenge is a science and technology competition set up by the Ministry of Defence to address military challenges faced by the UK armed forces. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify...

Tags: military, sensor, robot

[06 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that amount, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain

Photo Its early number-crunching abilities were used to design military aircraft and guided weapons. Historian professor Peter Hennessy said the exhibition of post-war tech embodied public opinion of technology at the time, torn between optimism and terror.

Tags: tech, science, history

[01 May 2008]

Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Microsoft's board met yesterday to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo! over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[01 May 2008]

Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking has...

Tags: microsoft, google, yahoo

[29 Apr 2008]

Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa.

Tags: outsourcing, fifa, satyam

[23 Apr 2008]

Open source: 'World's largest software company'

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Open source software is successfully displacing proprietary applications in many large companies and eating into the annual revenues of proprietary software vendors by $60bn per year, according to...

Tags: software, ibm, open source

[22 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group, following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of...

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO...

Tags: microsoft, office, word, ooxml

[21 Apr 2008]

Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete with Windows, saying it is focused on enterprise systems and would not be able to make such a...

Tags: linux, red hat, microsoft, eye

[21 Apr 2008]

Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Microsoft is trying to foster more interest in embedded software, encouraging amateur developers to experiment with programmable components in devices from toasters to televisions.

Tags: developers, microsoft

[17 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! ad-share gaining ground on Google?

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… New industry data out this week shows Yahoo! may have started gaining share in the web-search ad market against Google, even as Google's share of search audience inched up.

Tags: ad, yahoo, google

[17 Apr 2008]

Google and Salesforce.com team up to serve business

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Salesforce.com and Google have announced they're linking up to offer Google Apps integrated with Salesforce.com's CRM applications. The companies announced that Salesforce.com's customers now have...

Tags: salesforce, google

[14 Apr 2008]

FLIP: Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices Via Snort-Inline Hardware Implementation

whitepaper This paper presents a unique design and proof-of-concept implementation of a hardware-based intrusion protection system module that provides deep packet inspection server-like security in detecting and preventing application layer attacks as well...

Tags: security tools

[11 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! tests the Google route to advertising bliss

News Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… Yahoo! will test the use of Google advertisements on some of its search pages, the companies have said, a move that raises the possibility of a significant departure from Yahoo!

Tags: yahoo, google

[10 Apr 2008]

The War on Terrorism and the Commander in Chief Clause: Delegation of the President's Command Authority

whitepaper On another level, however, the Clause compels the President to shoulder accountability for military operations. As policymakers formulate a military response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, they should ensure that any arrangement that...

Tags: anti-hacking, president, military, clause

[10 Apr 2008]

Department of Defense Sponsors Collaborative Work Portal for Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration R&D Program

whitepaper An Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) team within the Department of Defense needed to improve collaboration and communication among thirteen diverse, geographically scattered organizations within the military, government, and private...

Tags: application servers, dynamics, discover, certified

[10 Apr 2008]

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