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US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

A working replica of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has been installed in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California..
Iain Thomson May 13 2008 11:45AM Hardware
US military plans robot swarms

US military plans robot swarms

Weapons manufacturers are planning the next generation of military robots using designs based on creatures from the natural world..
Iain Thomson May 9 2008 7:39AM Hardware
US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have suggested building a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors to improve global climate change predictions..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware
US State Department loses a lot of laptops

US State Department loses a lot of laptops

It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.
Egan Orion May 7 2008 2:25PM Hardware
US government increases wiretraps by 20 per cent

US government increases wiretraps by 20 per cent

A US court report on wiretapping shows that the phenomenon is up by 20 per cent on last year, reaching its highest ever level, with not even a single surveillance application turned down in the whole of 2007.
Sylvie Barak May 6 2008 2:09PM Security
Europe leapfrogs US in broadband take-up

Europe leapfrogs US in broadband take-up

The number of European broadband users has topped the 100 million mark, according to the European Commission's latest study on broadband usage.ge digital divide.
Guy Dixon Apr 28 2008 7:22AM Telco/ISP
US Army steps up robot investments

US Army steps up robot investments

Robotics manufacturer iRobot, which produces some of the machines used on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan, has reached a further funding agreement with the US Army worth US$6 million..
Clement James Apr 24 2008 7:29AM Hardware
Spam to increasingly target US elections

Spam to increasingly target US elections

Spammers will use the upcoming US elections as a means to increase spam volumes, security firm BitDefender has warned.
Negar Salek Apr 23 2008 4:20PM Security
US security blunder exposes residents' data

US security blunder exposes residents' data

The names, addresses and social security numbers of tens of thousands of Oklahoma residents were exposed to the general public for a period of at least three years.
Clement James Apr 23 2008 7:29AM Security
US boffins look to terahertz optical computers

US boffins look to terahertz optical computers

Engineers at the University of Utah have demonstrated "an early step" towards creating superfast computers that run on far-infrared light instead of electricity..
Robert Jaques Apr 16 2008 7:45AM Hardware
US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

The US-based National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today published research revealing that 71 percent of consumers are dangerously ignorant when it comes to protecting themselves against botnets..
Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008 8:00AM Security
US Presidential hopefuls' passport files breached

US Presidential hopefuls' passport files breached

The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has apologised and vowed to get to the bottom of what she confirmed were unauthorised accesses of passport files belonging to Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama.
Negar Salek Mar 25 2008 4:32PM Security
Changes to information security regulation in US health industry

Changes to information security regulation in US health industry

With California's data breach notification law now being extended to cover health care organisations, businesses in this space must pay closer attention to how the personal health information entrusted to their care is safeguarded.
Illena Armstrong Mar 19 2008 1:45PM Security
New US spy bill exposes telecoms

New US spy bill exposes telecoms

A newly-passed US surveillance bill could open the door to lawsuits against telecommunications firms. Civil rights groups applaud the decision to allow lawsuits.
Shaun Nichols Mar 19 2008 7:30AM Telco/ISP
US cracks multimillion-dollar piracy ring

US cracks multimillion-dollar piracy ring

Two brothers in the US have been given lengthy jail terms for selling large amounts of pirated computer software..
Robert Jaques Mar 11 2008 7:51AM Security
Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate

Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate

A group of U.S. senators have introduced a bi-partisan bill aimed at stopping phishing, but some privacy advocates are worried that website registrants will have to forfeit too much personal information.
Sue Marquette Mar 10 2008 10:40AM Security
US data mistakes leave thousands 'dead'

US data mistakes leave thousands 'dead'

Tens of thousands of people are being declared 'dead' thanks to poor data management by the US Social Security Administration (SSA)..
Iain Thomson Mar 4 2008 3:32PM Storage
US election sparks cyber-squatting frenzy

US election sparks cyber-squatting frenzy

The lead up to the US presidential election has seen a dramatic surge in cyber-squatters keen to cash in on the public's thirst for information..
Mar 3 2008 7:19AM Telco/ISP
Submarine cable to link US and Japan

Submarine cable to link US and Japan

A consortium of six international companies, including Google, is to build an ultra high-speed submarine fibre optic cable system linking the US and Japan..
Staff Writers Feb 29 2008 7:22AM Telco/ISP
Nintendo calls on US to kill piracy

Nintendo calls on US to kill piracy

Nintendo of America has asked the US Trade Representative to put pressure on specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stand on games piracy..
Matt Chapman Feb 19 2008 3:28PM Hardware

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