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- U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- The U.S. Marine Corps has slapped an immediate ban on the use of social networking sites on its network, warning that sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are a "proven haven for malicious hackers and content." The ban, contained in an order issued Monday, will last for...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- iPhone users don't use device for work, study says
- iPhone users don't use device for work, study saysI use my iPhone for bothThough the "preponderance" of use is personal. I guess a good follow-up question would be, for those of us tho use it primarily for "play", is "Does the iPhone meet your business use needs?" For me the...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Using the iPod as a weapon
- The iPod has lots of uses: music and movie player, photo album, contact and calendar organizer and military tool? The U.S. armed forces are deploying the iPod touch to troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq for use as translation tools and for "networked warfare" linking soldiers to...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Killer apps: Army embraces iPod touch
- The rap on the iPhone and iPod touch is that it's chiefly an entertainment device. (After all the software keyboard is damn irritating.) But the Army doesn't think so. Newsweek reports that the military is very high on the touch, since it's priced at about a...
- Blog posts 2009-04-19
- The Skype adventures of a U.S. Marine
- The Share Skype site has both a transcript and a downloadable MP3 of a call that an active U.S. Marine Corps member named "David" placed from Okinawa to Japan.Here's three reasons you might want to listen in on the call:To judge the call quality. Keep in mind that this is...
- Blog posts 2005-06-01
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- Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
- Governmental red tape - and probably some Washington politics, as well - has prompted the White House's senior cybersecurity aide to resign, according to reports. Her reason: delays in appointing a national cybersecurity czar. Melissa E. Hathaway, who was also a cybersecurity aide during the Bush years,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Marines block social networks, concerned about security
- A few years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense blocked troops in overseas combat areas from accessing sites like MySpace and YouTube, citing concerns about the increased use of the sites and the potential to overwhelm the military's private network or compromise combat-sensitive material on the network. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, TwitterGood news...It's hard to fathom why this wasn't official policy to begin with. Accessing these services from a personal device attached to a public network is one thing, but from official devices connected to our critical infrastructure is something else entirely.RE: U.S. Marines ban...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- U.S. Military Handbook 2.65 (Mobile)
- U.S. Military Handbook includes United States military information related to Navy, Marine Corps USMC, Air Force USAF, Army or Coast Guard, and is an excellent reference for active duty and retired personnel as well as their families. U.S. Military Handbook provides the following information active duty base pay, guard and...
- Software downloads 2009-05-28
- What BearingPoint
- What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Open source and military procurement don't mix
- Open source and military procurement don't mixWhat's the alternative?Once an IT department with very elaborate and essential software decided to cancel the contract with the original supplier. In return, the department received a termination date for using the software. Someone had long ago decided to rent rather than...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Air+Force%3A+No%21+Stop%21+Blogs+bad%21
- Air+Force%3A+No%21+Stop%21+Blogs+bad%21Not just security...Just as at a corporation where the company owns the computer, not you; in the military, the US Government owns the machine, the network its hooked up to,and everything els about it. As such the government has the right to restrict how those systems are used -...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Akamai Helps U.S. Army Improve Web-Based Munitions Management Application Response Time for International Users by 83%
- The Total Ammunition Management Information System TAMIS manages, collects, and processes ammunition requests, authorizations, expenditures, and related data. It handles tactical and training ammunition requests worldwide for the U.S. Army, National Guard, Reserves, and Marine Corps units. Military personnel need to be able to access and interact with TAMIS at...
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Kidaro customer gains streamlined IT control
- I had the opportunity to interview Rob Baker, Smartronix's Director, Strategic Enterprise Initiatives. He's the first user of Kidaro's desktop virtualization technology I've had the good fortune to meet.What was being done that required this technology?Smartronix is a global, professional solutions provider supporting Department of Defense DoD, Federal Agency,...
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Close Combat: First to Fight 1.02 (Windows)
- First to Fight is a tactical first-person shooter in which you lead a four-man fire team in close-quarters urban combat in the streets and buildings of Beirut. It was created with the help of more than 40 active-duty U.S. Marines fresh from firefights in the Middle East and will be...
- Software downloads 2006-05-18
- Al-Qaida's hiring for the Web
- Al-Qaida's hiring for the WebZDNet -- forward my resume, kk?Man, I need a job! Why, oh why, ZDNet do you tease me with offers of employment!!??Of course they have vacant postions...the previous video production and editing people blew themselves up on some fool's missionHey guys to make my point for...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- Navy bans personal email, P2P
- The Navy's CIO has banned Navy and Marine Corps personnel from accessing personal email or using P2P programs on the Navy Marine Corps Internet. Employees cannot auto-forward official e-mail to a commercial account or use a commercial account for official government business. In addition, the new...
- Blog posts 2005-09-08
- Marines update core logistics technology
- Marines update core logistics technologyAt least they're not using a Microsoft ProductEnough said!Why it won't work..."Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps/Logistics Chain Management (GCSS-MC/LCM) program Block I"By the time you teach leathernecks to say and spell the name, it will be out of date...I HOPE that the Yorktown Incident taught them...
- Discussion threads 2004-10-25
- Command & Conquer: Generals - American Ghost skin (Windows)
- This skin gives most of the U.S. units the new Marine Corps woodland camouflage. It also changes Colonel Burton into Ghost from Starcraft.
- Software downloads 2003-10-23
- Citrix Systems Case Study: United States Marine Corps
- The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the U. S. armed forces. The Exercise Support Division ESD at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center is responsible for repairing and maintaining combat-ready a multitude of vehicles and ground equipment used in training exercises. The ESD needed to provide its...
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