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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]
Photos: Inside the Army's war games
Photo Troops are being trained in the UK, Germany and in the field in Afghanistan. According to an MoD spokeswoman, troops who have been trained with the JCOVE system have already been deployed in Afghanistan... [01 Sep 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo She told delegates at the event: "There is already a huge difference between the personal equipment a British infantryman used in Kosovo back in 1999 and what they are using now in Afghanistan. Holographic quantum... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech
Photo The LWC was set up in 2002 to help train units for action in the Balkans and Northern Ireland but now includes training for Afghanistan and Iraq. The system uses lasers on both heavy armour and light infantry and the MoD... [22 Oct 2007]
Military to trial "enhanced" RFID tracking tags
News Defence minister Adam Ingram told MPs this week: "The Ministry of Defence is currently reviewing existing capability in this area and is increasing the use of TAV in Afghanistan to support the developing operational... [28 Feb 2006]
MPs banned from using Blackberrys in Commons
News A Norwegian MP was censured by the Scandinavians' parliament after he was found playing war games on his PDA during a discussion on military action in Afghanistan. House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin... [11 Feb 2005]
Yahoo! denies email access to family of dead Marine
News Images of the war and correspondences to loved ones have helped paint a picture of life in Iraq and Afghanistan, while helping families stay in touch with loved ones serving abroad. The Marine, Justin... [24 Dec 2004]
Bush v Kerry sparks spam deluge
News The election is likely to result in growing amounts of spam over the coming weeks, not least because the pro- and anti-Bush lobbies are so polarised around issues such as healthcare reform and the post-war situations in... [14 Sep 2004]
Ex-Intel engineer gets seven years for terrorism
News Maher ‘Mike’ Mofeid Hawash, a naturalised US citizen, entered a guilty plea last August, admitting to travelling to China with five suspected terrorists and attempting to enter Afghanistan in order to fight against... [10 Feb 2004]
Intel man pleads guilty to Taliban terror charges
News A former Intel engineer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and attempting to travel to Afghanistan to enlist with the Taliban to aid their fight against invading US and allied forces. Maher "Mike" Mofeid Hawash,... [07 Aug 2003]
Intel worker accused of being a terrorist
News In a 41-page document made public late on Monday, the US government asserts that Hawash travelled to China in the company of suspected terrorists and attempted to enter Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban against the... [01 May 2003]
MP caught having sneaky play on PDA in parliament
News A Norwegian MP has been disgraced on national television after he was caught on camera playing computer games on his PDA during a parliamentary debate on military action in Afghanistan. To make his actions even more... [31 Jan 2003]
Is Silicon Graphics turning the corner?
News The war in Afghanistan is also potentially "good" news for the company, as SGI gets about 20 per cent of its revenue from doing battlefield visualisations for the defence industry. SGI has sold a massive... [11 Jan 2002]
Re:Viewing 2002 - Mobile and wireless (Part 2)
News By February, we had heard about Afghanistan's first mobile network (http://www.silicon.com/a51424) but by year end Hutchison 3G had yet to launch its '3' network - though its profile was being built and its name... [31 Dec 2001]
