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- Coast Defense Free for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Coast Defense Free for iPhone is a game you can play either to shoot down the enemies or defense your bunker. Obtain special arms to defeat enemy forces landing and keep your bunker safe. It features awesome animation and detailed graphics, realistic sound, easy and intuitive control, get paid on...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Defense, Elene Kim, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban
- The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives will be partially lifted to allow authorized people to use official flash drives for mission-critical functions. The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives instated nearly a year ago will be partially lifted to allow authorized people...
- Tags: USB Flash Drive, U.S. Department Of Defense, Flash Memory, thumb drives, ban, defense, Elinor Mills CNET News
- News items 2009-10-27
- The Navy's Command Center of the Future takes shape
- With U.S. military personnel increasingly spread throughout the world, the Navy has commissioned a prototype of a forward-thinking nerve center that would allow decision makers to get the information they need, regardless of where they are and whether they can be in the room or log in virtually. CNET News...
- Tags: Prototype, Center, News, spawar, navy, military, defense, command center
- Videos 2009-09-29
- Liquid Defense 1.02 (Mac)
- Liquid defense is a unique puzzle game where you must eliminate all of the incoming water, gas, and oil. Each of the levels is carefully designed to require innovative solutions while managing limited resources. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Defense, Nuclear Nova, Liquid Defense, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-07-23
- Microsoft is switching from defense back to offense
- Microsoft has been back on its heels playing defense for a decade, since its antitrust trial with the U.S. Department of Justice. However, recent events point to a Microsoft that's ready to start playing offense again. But does the company still have any touchdown passes left? by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Defense, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- The Microsoft defense brief
- Phelps' book is essentially a defense brief of Microsoft's actions over the last six years. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Defense, Phelps, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-11
- Microsoft adds 'Skywing' to Windows defense team
- Ken 'Skywing' Johnson, a well-known hacker famous for his work on bypassing several Windows anti-exploitation mechanisms, has joined the software maker to help make it harder to compromise the operating system. Johnson, who teamed up with another recent Microsoft hire -- Matt 'Skape' Miller -- on several...
- Tags: Team, Microsoft Corp., Defense, Shostack, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- 7 Cities TD 1.0 (Mobile)
- 7 Cities TD is a Tower Defense game staged to the backdrop of the beautiful Amazon region. You are The Defender, tasked with building towers along the Amazon rivers to protect the ancient Golden Cities, and stop the pirates and their evil minions. To help you do this, you have...
- Tags: Treasure, Mobile, Defense, Apple iTunes, Neptune Studios, Piracy, Digital Music, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-12-19
- Windows security rendered useless? Uh, not exactly
- Oh dear. The Chicken Little contingent is out in full force. Break out your Kevlar helmets, everyone, because the sky is falling on Windows! At last week’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, researchers Alexander Sotirov and Mark Dowd presented a paper that outlined some new attack vectors they had...
- Tags: Black Hat, Attacker, Windows Security, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Defense, Memory Protection, Vulnerability Disclosure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats
- Messaging, internal and Web-based threats are increasing in number and severity. Because the profit motive now drives spammers, hackers and other purveyors of malicious content, as well as the development of more sophisticated techniques to circumvent corporate defenses, organizations must continue to improve their defenses. Plus, organizations must protect against...
- Tags: Web, Messaging, Defense, Organization, Alt-N Technologies, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Productivity, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2008-04-01
- SEO poisoning attack hits big sites; Can the defenses scale?
- Security researcher Dancho Danchev said Friday that SEO poisoning attacks have scaled up and are attacking well known sites. Google has been filtering its results as a defense, but Danchev's latest finding brings up an interesting question: Can the defenses scale? First, a few key points. SEO...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Defense, Attack, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-29
- SAIC loses personal data on 500,000 military
- One would think one of the biggest Pentagon contractors would know a little something about data encryption. Alas, SAIC Inc. likely compromised the personal information of more than 500,000 military personnel and family members because it kept the information online and unencrypted, the Virginian Pilot reports.As usual in these...
- Tags: Security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 'Fire phasers!' Military researching laser ray guns
- The image of battle ray guns alternatively calls up Captain Kirk ordering "Phasers on stun" and the little Martian warning Bugs Bunny, "I will disintegrate you!"Military technology is not quite there yet but the military is hard at work on figuring out the defenses to laser weapons, Wired's...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- Army creating extensive database of Iraqi citizens
- In a lawless country at war, do privacy concerns matter? In Iraq, they don't. The U.S. military has added to its counterinsurgency effort an extensive program of cataloging fingerprints and eye scans from thousands of Iraqi men,reports USA Today.As people are stopped at checkpoints and other locations, U.S. troops are...
- Tags: Privacy, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Anonymous FTP sites leave military secrets naked online
- According to the Associated Press, military information that would pose a threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into enemy hands, is freely available over the Internet.Among the sensitive information mistakenly posted online: Detailed schematics of a military detainee-holding facility in southern Iraq, geographical surveys and aerial photographs...
- Tags: Security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Google Earth reveals new Chinese sub
- Those keeping a close eye on Google Earth are noticing a satellite image that looks to be China's new nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Writing for the Federation of American Scientists' Strategic Security Blog, Hans Kristensen notes that the image is of the Jin-class or Type 094, which is expected to...
- Tags: China, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargames
- It seems the US government is taking the cyberattacks on Estonia quite seriously. Earlier this week, US-CERT sent experts to Estonia to learn more about the attacks. At the same time, the Defense Department has been getting ready for cyber wargames, Ars Technica reports.The government is setting up...
- Tags: International, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- E-jihadists take advantage of net technology good and bad
- The arrest of the so-called "jihadist James Bond" is putting the spotlight on how terrorists are using the Internet. Like other criminals, terrorists are taking advantage of zombie techniques, but they're also simply putting the amazing capabilities of Google and Web 2.0 startups to nefarious use, TechNewsWorld reports.Many experts quoted...
- Tags: Homeland security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Birth of RoboCop? iRobot sells taser-wielding robots to police, Pentagon
- Although RoboCops aren't walking the neighborhood beat yet, one vacuum cleaner manufacturer has joined forced with a stun-gun manufacturer to develop robots for police forces and the Pentagon, reports the Associated PressiRobot Corp. is hoping that soldiers and law enforcement will embrace the idea of a taser-wielding robot as a...
- Tags: Defense, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Startup's short-pulse laser tech has DoD's interest
- A small high-tech startup in Northern California has caught the attention of some big investors, including the Defense Department, all due to a breakthough in laser technology, reports the Santa Rosa CA Press Democrat.Lasers have a wide variety of applications and have been used for years in everything from bar...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
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