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US curriculum to include online safety

US curriculum to include online safety

The US National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has called on state leaders to work with schools and colleges to ensure that cyber-security, online safety and ethics lessons are integrated into every classroom.
Robert Jaques Aug 17 2007 11:39AM Security
US Air Force refuels with robo-pilots

US Air Force refuels with robo-pilots

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has built a software program which it claims can fly a plane during an inflight refuelling as well as a human pilot.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2007 9:58PM Hardware
US standards board votes against OpenXML

US standards board votes against OpenXML

Microsoft's campaign to standardise its Office OpenXML file format took a hit today when a US committee voted against approving the format and supporting it for approval by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2007 2:37PM Software
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US computer scientists have developed a technique that allows the generation of highly complex images like smoke-filled bars and smog-choked cityscapes without the computational drag and slow speeds that have dogged previous computer graphics methods.
Robert Jaques Aug 14 2007 1:50PM Software
US firm gives finger to digital pirates

US firm gives finger to digital pirates

New York-based media monitoring firm, Competitrack, has introduced the latest weapon against piracy in the form of its video fingerprinting technology for policing online video piracy and copyright infringement.
Robert Jaques Aug 10 2007 9:58AM Security
US surfers losing 'billions of dollars' to phishing scams

US surfers losing 'billions of dollars' to phishing scams

A million US victims lost "billions of dollars" to email phishing scams in the past two years, new research has warned.
Robert Jaques Aug 9 2007 3:48PM Security
US teacher set for space

US teacher set for space

The space shuttle Endeavour should take off today and will be taking a teacher up to the International Space Station.
Iain Thomson Aug 9 2007 11:00AM Training & Development
US court rejects threat to 'vote-trading' websites

US court rejects threat to 'vote-trading' websites

The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that so-called " vote-swapping" websites are protected by the First Amendment.
Robert Jaques Aug 8 2007 2:23PM Software
First US prosecution for illegal software export

First US prosecution for illegal software export

A California resident who pleaded guilty to providing China with restricted military software is the first person to be successfully prosecuted under new laws.
Matt Chapman Aug 6 2007 4:20PM Security
ID theft soars in rural US

ID theft soars in rural US

ID thieves are increasingly targeting US individuals living in rural communities, new research warns.
Robert Jaques Aug 3 2007 11:16AM Security
US boffins go pink for green energy

US boffins go pink for green energy

The future of green solar-powered energy may actually be pink, US boffins reported.
Robert Jaques Aug 1 2007 11:15AM Hardware
Homeland Security warns on US power threat

Homeland Security warns on US power threat

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has set out security requirements for automated control systems, principally in the power industry, to protect installations against physical and cyber-attacks.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 31 2007 11:00AM Security
US blocks entry to BlackHat teacher

US blocks entry to BlackHat teacher

German security researcher Thomas Dullien (better known as Halvar Flake) has been stopped at the US border and deported after customs officials decided he could not visit the BlackHat security conference currently underway in Las Vegas.
Iain Thomson Jul 31 2007 7:05AM Security
US astronauts sloshed in space

US astronauts sloshed in space

Accusations that two Nasa astronauts were drunk in charge of space vehicles, and revelations of sabotage, have overshadowed the next mission which is due to lift off on 7 August.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 30 2007 8:01AM Training & Development
US Army orders truck mounted laser cannons

US Army orders truck mounted laser cannons

Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted laser weapon system that destroys rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds as part of a US$7m contract awarded by the US Army.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2007 3:11PM Hardware
US to keep UK personal data for 17 years

US to keep UK personal data for 17 years

Travellers flying into the US from Europe will have their personal data collected by the airline and kept on record by the US Department of Homeland Security(DHS) until 2022.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 25 2007 2:23PM Security
Three-quarters of US surfers now stream video

Three-quarters of US surfers now stream video

Average American streamer watched 2.5 hours of video online in May. Almost three-quarters of US internet users watched an average of 158 minutes of online video during May, new research reveals.
Robert Jaques Jul 19 2007 2:52PM Telco/ISP
Study: Europe overtakes US in spam chart

Study: Europe overtakes US in spam chart

Europe now relays more spam than the US, new figures show.
Fiona Raisbeck Jul 19 2007 10:17AM Security
US web radio loses royalty appeal

US web radio loses royalty appeal

Meltdown Monday looms.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 17 2007 6:45AM Telco/ISP
US leads in global IT competitiveness

US leads in global IT competitiveness

Australia comes fifth in Economist Intelligence Unit study.
Shaun Nichols Jul 16 2007 4:24PM Strategy

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