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Senators: FDA should protect medical implants from hackers

GAO study prompts Eshoo, Markey and Edwards to as for more protections.

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'Mystery' Senate Republican blocks cost-of-living increase for disabled vets

House bill called for 1.9 percent increase to take effect Dec. 1.

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Agencies not taking steps to avoid redundant IT spending, report finds

GAO says agencies need to utilize ‘enterprise architecture’ to plan and report on tech spending.

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Anytime, anywhere and anyone's guess

Cartoonist John Klossner reflects on the news behind the humor.

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Northrop Grumman will run Defense travel booking system for another year

Pentagon plans to recompete the contract in 2013.

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The fight for service dogs for veterans with PTSD

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder swear that support dogs lead to remarkable improvements, but research has yet to support their widespread use.

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What to make of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan

A new report excoriates the United States' unmanned aerial strikes against terrorists in South Asia. But are there better alternatives?

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Video: Google takes street view into the oceans

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!

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Iran highlights new evidence of sabotage in nuclear, industrial facilities

Officials take an increasingly belligerent stance.

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DISA charged with securing networks for all but two agencies

Move is in response to WikiLeaks; State and FBI handle their own security.

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Meet Mira, the supercomputer that makes universes

Next month, one of the world's fastest supercomputers will run the largest, most complex universe simulation ever attempted.

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China's first aircraft carrier won't carry aircraft yet

The carrier has been in sea trials since last August, and in the near future will be used mostly for research and training.

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DOD teams with Census Bureau in search of novel solutions to common problems

In an unlikely partnership, DOD and Census are looking for new solutions related to data, mobility and communications.

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Study claims drones haven't made Americans any safer

Study concludes that only about 2% of drone casualties are top militant leaders.

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How much data can Facebook collect before the FTC gets involved?

Social media network says tracking partnership with Datalogix does not violate any regulations.

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Senate votes to lighten GAO workload

A bill that passed the Senate unanimously would take some reports off the audit agency's docket.

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A new breed of mercenary: Tweeting for hire

More governments are paying tweeters and bloggers to defend them online.

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Army plans to buy battlefield radio that performed poorly in Pentagon tests

JTRS manpack radio will be fielded to combat brigades deploying to Afghanistan next year.

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Everything you need to know about why Apple's maps problem isn't going away soon

The app's shortcomings are about "data quality," not quantity

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Apple could be worth $1 trillion within a year

Current estimates have been boosted by the record breaking sales of the iPhone 5