Beef Jerky NewsWHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — The Army has to become a smarter technology consumer, which is why the service is putting 45 communications systems through a series of tests here with the ultimate end users — 3,800 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. Col. Daniel Hughes, director of systems of systems integration, [...]
In the wake of this month’s London Cyber Conference and another similar conference in Brussels, the topic of Internet freedom and online censorship continues to be an important issue in Net activist circles. Earlier this month, the European Union held a weekend-long hacking session, inviting developers to create new tools to better understand these issues. [...]
by JayWalshWednesday, November 16, 2011 at 07:00 AMEST Today (Wednesday, November 16, 2011) is an important day in Washington, DC. This morning, hearings take place regarding the “Internet Blacklist Bill” –a bill that, if approved, would overturn laws relating to DigitalMillennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor, and would allow any governmentor corporation to block a [...]
The inaugural Atlanta Marathon Relay attracted 300 teams. From: Running USA Temperatures at the start of the Atlanta Marathon were colder than average. Photo: 11 Alive.com ATLANTA — nearly 1,200 marathon participants and 300 relay teams toed the line at the Atlanta Marathon and Marathon Relay on Sunday morning. the event started and finished at [...]
LinkedIn and Twitter for BlackBerry coming soon RIM has said “Get ready” because “two Popular Business Apps Are almost Here!”. they are speaking about Twitter for BlackBerry and also LinkedIn for BlackBerry. No word on when these will be officially dropping into the App World but it’s being communicated on the BlackBerry newsletter. We’ve mentioned [...]
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Guards get combat pay, just like troops in Afghanistan, without the risk of being blown up. Some commanders get to bring their families to this war-on-terror deployment. and each captive gets $38.45 worth of food a day. The Pentagon detention center that started out in January 2002 as a [...]
By Kevin McDonough November 10, 2011 12:00 AM As fans of “Mad Men” know, advertising can convince us of anything. and Don Draper and company worked in the days before corporate product placements and hourlong puff pieces like “Pepsi’s Challenge” (9 p.m. on CNBC). The title refers to the Pepsi Challenge of vintage TV ads. [...]
Onward Christian soldier 11:00am Friday 11th November 2011 Print Email Comments(0) IN a new book about 12,000 heroes, 90-year-old Peter Clarke expresses surprise to find himself on the first page. But an hour in his company reveals just why this softly spoken former solicitor, who has settled near the Thames in Abingdon, is there – [...]
The United States teen birth rate declined 6% in 2009 and is now at a record low, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Despite this progress, it is still the case that 3 in 10 girls get pregnant by age 20. The National Campaign has organized National Teen Pregnancy Awareness [...]
As the Seattle Public Schools financial scandal was unfolding in March, Silas Potter Jr. said he was willing to face criminal charges stemming from his former job with the school district. “Whatever I’ve done, if there are repercussions, then I’ll man up to it,” Potter told a Seattle Times reporter during an interview in Tampa, [...]
