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Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb

The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (21) | comments 180

App controls drone flying 3,000 miles away

Military mobile apps may one day help soldiers on the battlefield.

Technology / Software

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pentagon shutting down TroopTube

The US military is surrendering to YouTube. Less than three years after its launch, the Pentagon is shutting down TroopTube, a video-sharing site set up for US soldiers and their families.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pentagon dreams of Star Trek interstellar travel

The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars. Now it wants Star Trek.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 43

18-year-old star hacker arrested in Greece

Police in Greece have arrested an 18-year-old star hacker suspected of breaking into the website of crimefighting agency Interpol and a number of US state agencies, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 15

FBI partner attacked by hackers, passwords taken

(AP) -- Nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of an Atlanta-based FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet, the group confirmed Sunday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pentagon: All options on table in cyber-attack (Update)

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 13

Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack

Hackers launched a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack on Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor holding highly sensitive information, but its secrets remained safe, the company said Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

US Navy recruits gamers to help in piracy strategy

The US Navy is turning to the wisdom of the crowd to forge military strategy, inviting the public to join an online game in which Somali pirates have hijacked commercial ships.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Cyber-school students: Pentagon snubs our service

(AP) -- Students graduating from the growing ranks of online high schools are running into a hurdle if their goal is to join the military: The Pentagon doesn't want many recruits with non-traditional diplomas.

Technology / Other

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US probes hacker threat over WikiLeaks soldier

The Pentagon said Tuesday it had requested an investigation into a hacker group's reported cyber threat against a military base that is being used to hold a US soldier suspected of giving documents to WikiLeaks.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US, France to sign accord on tracking space debris

US and French defense chiefs plan to sign a space cooperation agreement on Tuesday designed to help track debris in outer space threatening vital satellites, officials told AFP.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Galileo satellite boss suspended over WikiLeaks cable

The head of a German firm working on Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system has been suspended after a WikiLeaks cable cited him as describing it as a "stupid idea", the company said on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 40

WikiLeaks founder is jailed in Britain in sex case

(AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 37

Sweden to issue int'l warrant for Assange

(AP) -- The elusive Australian behind the biggest leak of U.S. war documents in history is wanted by Sweden in a drawn-out rape probe, and could soon face an international arrest warrant curtailing his ability ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Pentagon

In geometry, a pentagon (from pente, which is Greek for the number 5) is any five-sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagram is an example of a self-intersecting pentagon.

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