Emerging Tech
TSA pays $245 million for smaller, faster body scanners
L-3 Communications, American Science and Engineering, and Smiths score contracts.
Emerging Tech
Technology could identify soldiers intent on suicide or murder
DARPA program aims to detect individuals unfit for combat.
Digital Government
Appeals court skeptical of Obama secrecy around drone killings
American Civil Liberties Union case plays out.
Emerging Tech
One year later We the People petitioners have mixed reviews
Some praise the site for fostering engagement with citizens; others are more cynical.
Emerging Tech
Ad industry, privacy advocates spar over 'do not track'
Some of the browser providers including Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have begun including a do-not-track choice in their browsers.
Emerging Tech
October liftoff set for $1.6 billion SpaceX rocket program
Private spaceship will make its first official voyage to the International Space Station.
Emerging Tech
Is this the most distant galaxy ever seen (by humans)?
New data from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes capture light that traveled 13.2 billion light years, making the galaxy nearly as old as the Universe.
Digital Government
'We're literally watching the Internet be rebuilt'
A new company uses big-data capabilities to decode the inner-workings of the modern Internet.
Emerging Tech
Smartphone friendly, congressional search site unveiled
Thomas.gov replacement will include video.
Emerging Tech
The time of the 'social media' candidate is nigh
How social media can intersect with the lives of politicians and public figures and even bolster them.
Digital Government
Americans are so fat, we need bigger MRIs
Many hospitals don't have equipment strong enough to deal with their injured, obese patients
Modernization
Undercover police used smartphones to keep tabs on protests in Tampa
Cell phones, tablets could be wave of future for police, firefighters.
Emerging Tech
Could a workplace social network replace email and phone? One agency thinks so.
NNSA plans to launch program next spring.
Digital Government
DHS defends acquisition plan for bioweapon detectors
Several auditors and lawmakers have urged the department to pause reassess its effort
Digital Government
Facebook knows how to trick you into voting
Peer-pressure on the social network drove 340,000 people to the polls in 2010, a new study has found.
Emerging Tech
Maryland installs cameras to watch the cameras watching you
The move comes after a rash of traffic cameras were destroyed
Modernization
iPhone 5? Yawn. What will the 'phone' of 2022 look like?
A romp through the weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications.
Digital Government
Homeland Security pays $46 million for counter-IED tools
A-T Solutions clinched a contract to aid the public and private sectors in stopping domestic bombings.
Modernization
FEC move on wireless campaign contributions could aid Democrats
AT&T is the only nationally unionized wireless carrier.
Emerging Tech