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Internet routing blasts into space

A radiation-proof Cisco router was sent into space today aboard an Intelsat satellite with the goal to set up military communications from space.  The router/satellite combo are a key part of the US Department of Defense's Internet Routing In Space ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NASA

IBM smartphone software translates 11 languages

Researchers at IBM say they have created smart software that that translates text between English and 11 other languages including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.  Hosted as an ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: IBM,  Gartner, Inc.,  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

FCC: Internet program for deaf cheated out of millions of dollars

In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of "tens of millions of dollars" from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Communications Commission

FAA: Unmanned and commercial aircraft don’t mix -- yet

While the number of permitted unmanned aircraft operations in commercial airspace has tripled since 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration says routine drone access to civilian airspace is years away.  "While the [Unmanned Aircraft Systems] UAS is ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Aviation Administration,  NASA,  US Department of Defense

FBI warns of spear phishing attacks on lawyers, PR firms

Employing uniquely spoofed subject lines designed to engage recipients with specific business content, the FBI today issued a warning to US law and public relations firms saying they are under attack by scammers using spear phishing e-mails with ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Government Accountability Office

Tracking the world's great unsolved math mysteries

Some math problems are as old as the wind, experts say and many remain truly unsolved.  But a new open source-based site from the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) looks to help track work done and solve long-standing and difficult math problems. ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: National Science Foundation

Astronaut's Cookbook dishes on cosmic cuisine

A Tang soufflé' perhaps? Yum. A new book out this week will tell you everything you wanted to know about cooking and eating in space.  The Astronaut's Cookbook - Tales, Recipes, and More - penned by NASA veterans Charles Bourland and Gregory Vogt ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NASA,  John Glenn,  Rachael Ray,  Emeril Lagasse

NASA offers $400,000 for super space glove

If you can build a high-tech glove that can move easily and operate effectively in the vacuum of space, NASA may have $400,000 for your effort. That's the amount of money up for grabs in the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge set for Nov. 19 at the ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NASA,  Northrop Grumman Corp

NASA to power Mars rover out of sand trap

NASA's long running Mars rover Spirit is stuck in a sand trap - a situation the space agency would like to fix.  Today NASA said it will begin what it called the long process of extricating Spirit by sending commands that could free the rover.  Spirit ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NASA

FTC slaps contempt charge on BlueHippo

The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo for violating a 2008 agreement that required the company to pay $3.5 million for consumer redress and barred the defendants from further deceiving ...

From LAYER 8, NetworkWorld,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Trade Commission

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