Conservatives defend Pentagon surveillance plan
News Heather MacDonald, a lawyer and fellow at the Manhattan Institute, dismissed criticism of TIA as "hysterical vociferous cries" from privacy advocates who oppose making government more efficient at snaring wrongdoers and protecting innocent Americans.
[April 3, 2003, 8:29]
109 East Palace by Jennet Conant
Downloads Their orders were to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and report for work at a classified Manhattan Project site, a location so covert it was known to them only by the mysterious address: 109 East Palace. 109 East PalaceJennet ConantSimon...
[December 15, 2009, 23:03]
Cyberterrorism: Network lessons from Ground Zero
News As architects submit proposals for rebuilding the World Trade Center, teams of engineers are working deep below the streets of Manhattan to construct a project of their own -- one designed to keep the city connected to the rest of the world if...
[August 28, 2002, 15:58]
Global group to provide cyberattack early warnings
News As part of this effort, leading security figures from industry and academia will establish an '"early-warning system" similar to the US "Manhattan Project", announced by US Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff in April.
[May 21, 2008, 13:35]
Natal's gesture recognition gets a workout
News The effort to turn Natal from concept to shipping product has been something of a mini-Manhattan Project inside Microsoft, according to former Carnegie Mellon researcher Johnny Chung Lee, who is among those working on the project.
[August 7, 2009, 14:59]
Internet2 gets boost from Qwest
News Wu, of the Manhattan School of Music, said that because of a two TV set-up she can watch herself on one screen and Zuckerman on the other with little delay and great sound quality, courtesy of a fast link-up to the Internet2 network.
[October 5, 2001, 10:20]
Gates talks education, Chrome and Project Natal
News The lectures, by noted scientist (and Manhattan Project collaborator) Richard Feynman in 1964, take notions such as gravity and explain how they work and the broad implications they have in understanding the universe.
[July 16, 2009, 15:39]
Google lifts the lid on its once-secret server
News It was our Manhattan Project," Jai said of the design. Most companies buy servers from the likes of Dell, HP, IBM or Sun. But Google, which has hundreds of thousands of servers and considers running them part of its core expertise, designs and...
[April 3, 2009, 16:08]
Photos: A trip down silicon memory lane
News A similar machine was later used at Los Alamos to calculate differential equations for the Manhattan Project. The DigiBarn is a computer history museum, nestled in a 90-year-old barn, deep in the Santa Cruz mountains about 90 minutes south of San...
[August 20, 2007, 13:04]
Estonia's cyberattacks: Lessons learned, a year on
News Earlier this month US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff outlined US plans for a cyber "Manhattan Project" to echo the development of nuclear weapons during the Second World War, partly as a response to the attacks on Estonia.
[May 1, 2008, 14:04]
Microsoft throws its weight behind the cloud
News Microsoft's cloud-computing efforts have had a slow start compared to competitors, and it's on the scale of a Manhattan Project for Windows. This week Microsoft gave evidence that it will continue to be a major force for at least the next decade.
[November 4, 2008, 10:37]
Exploring the career path of a career coach
News With offices in Manhattan and London, former IT manager Steve Bohler had every right to be thrilled with his career track at IT consultancy Morgan Stanley. He'd earned his undergraduate degree in computer science and, in a matter of six years...
[March 12, 2003, 11:06]
Linux kernel 2.6 heads for final testing
Talkback Dick in Manhattan Linux is a GNU project covered by the GPL IP rules. Linux is NOT, REPEAT NOT, ".based on Unix! You say: Linux is based on Unix" Classic ZDNet "mistake. It reinforces the abysmally-wrong premise put out to the less-savvy by the SCO...
[November 28, 2003, 4:58]
Can Gates the salesman sell Win2000?
News While there, he was scheduled to call on Chase Manhattan's top IT brass to discuss why Chase isn't committed to deploying Windows 2000 next year, say sources close to the New York bank. Sources say Chase execs from that project remain firmly...
[November 1, 1999, 7:45]
US Report: Oracle wants to deliver your bills online
News Chase Manhattan is rumoured to be among the first to have signed on to use Tribeca. Oracle's offering, dubbed Tribeca, is designed to let banks and large companies use their Web sites to deliver bills to customers according to one Oracle insider...
[August 25, 1998, 6:15]
