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Unmanned Surveillance Vehicles

One of the current and most fascinating military technologies currently being deployed is that of UAVs, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Over the last six years spending on UAVs for combat roles has leaped to $15 billion, enough to put 6000 UAVs in the air. The UAVs are used for a variety of missions, from reconnaissance and [...]

Engineering Challenges of the Future

Network World posted a list of 14 Engineering Challenges of the Future. The list is quite comprehensive, including things like providing clean water to millions of people. Another challenge they stated, making solar power cheaper and more effective. Again, a goal that I think we can all get behind. No, the real “out there” option [...]

Failed US Spy Satellite “Successfully” Shot Down

Yesterday the USS Lake Eire successfully launched a Anti-Missile Missile into low orbit to destroy USA 193, a US spy satellite that failed as soon as it hit orbit. A large fireball was sighted which indicates a hydrazine fire according to General Cartwright. The thought of a large amount of hydrazine falling back to Earth [...]

How To: Secure Windows against virus

Virus are a part of everyday life for Windows users, along with malware and a host of other vulnerbilities. Unluckily Anti-Virus software is quite expensive for what it really does. The odds are that an out of the box brand new Windows install will be compromised within minutes of connecting to the Internet. The first [...]

Random Links for January 9th, 2008

Is it real? Is it a viral campaign? Why would Daddy buy Mommy a server when he loves her very much? How about he buy her something she’d actually want, that is unless she’s a Geek Girl. Shuttle joins the low cost PC bandwagon by releasing a nice looking KPC box. At $199 fully loaded [...]