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US urged to take supercomputing beyond clusters
News The popular "clustering" approach to supercomputing is indeed useful, but US researchers need to explore different directions in the field to ensure the country's security, an academic panel has concluded.
[November 15, 2004, 7:45]
US firm puts pressure on overseas ISPs
News Australian ISPs have doused reported attempts by a US digital copyright solutions company to force them to terminate the Internet contracts of customers suspected of breaching copyright rules. MediaForce, a US digital copyright solutions company...
[January 14, 2003, 10:18]
US spies use own version of Wikipedia
Blog It seems US spooks are harnessing 'Web 2.0' ideas. According to Reuters, the office of the US director of national intelligence John Negroponte has revealed Intellipedia, which allows intelligence analysts and other officials to collaboratively add...
[November 1, 2006, 13:53]
US takes major step towards patent reform
News In a move long sought by large technology companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved the most significant changes to the US patent system in more than 50 years.
[September 10, 2007, 11:43]
US warns of electronic-attack danger
News A small nuclear explosion in the Earth's upper atmosphere could generate an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sufficient to paralyse a nation's electronic and computer infrastructure, according to the US Defence Department's war experts.
[October 11, 1999, 16:48]
US ISPs take action under new anti-spam law
News America Online, Microsoft, EarthLink and Yahoo have teamed up to file the first major industry lawsuits under the US' new federal anti-spam law. US senators Conrad Burns and Ron Wyden, who wrote the Can-Spam Act, applauded the lawsuits.
[March 11, 2004, 7:55]
US announces global intellectual-property plan
Talkback you anti-American people are the problem.here's a solution: not let the US export *any* more software to your countries.screw you.go write your own programs.oh, that's right; you're not capable of that.you have to steal it instead.then whine when...
[September 25, 2005, 17:05]
AardWord PLUS (US Edition)
Downloads AardWord US Edition comes with the Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon (ENABLE) - probably the most comprehensive list of American English words available. Improve your crossword skills with this easy-to-use dictionary searcher!
[December 16, 2001, 6:00]
US judge weighs DVD copying arguments
News The judge in a closely watched US lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying software said she was "substantially persuaded" by past court rulings that favoured copyright holders, but closed a hearing on Thursday without issuing a ruling in...
[May 16, 2003, 7:47]
US agency wants more cash to fight file sharing
News The US Justice Department recommended a sweeping transformation of the nation's intellectual-property laws, saying peer-to-peer piracy is a "widespread" problem that can be addressed only through more spending, more FBI agents and more power for...
[October 13, 2004, 9:30]
US Report: Software bug hits Cisco
News It would be potentially a disaster if such a security breach were to take place," said Craig Mathias, president of Farpoint Group in the US. That's what it'll take to get us to a more secure environment.
[October 16, 1998, 7:11]
A Year Ago: US warns of electronic attack danger
News A small nuclear explosion in the Earth's upper atmosphere could generate an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sufficient to paralyse a nation's electronic and computer infrastructure, according to the US Defence Department's war experts.
[October 11, 2000, 7:02]
Report: US most prolific source of online attacks
News US networks pumped out the highest percentage of attacks during the second half of last year, with China running a distant second, according to a report released on Monday by security firm Symantec. The US accounted for 31 percent of malicious...
[March 20, 2007, 8:25]
A Year Ago: US Navy reports on Kosovo conflict "cyber-soldiers"
News A new report commissioned by the US Navy's European department reportedly claims the Kosovan conflict could have been shortened by "at least half" if the US Defence Department had adequately trained "cyber-soldiers".
[October 7, 2000, 7:04]
US privacy advocates sue over national IDs
News A privacy group said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the US' federal Office of Homeland Security in an attempt to gain access to information about a proposed national identification system.
[April 3, 2002, 9:34]
US Navy reports on Kosovo conflict "cyber-soldiers"
News A new report commissioned by the US Navy's European department reportedly claims the Kosovan conflict could have been shortened by "at least half" if the US Defence Department had adequately trained "cyber-soldiers".
[October 7, 1999, 15:25]
US schools trial desktop Linux
News A number of schools in the US state of Indiana have deployed Linux in a pilot project that could lead to every secondary school pupil in the state using the open source operating system, software company Linspire said on Thursday.
[August 5, 2005, 12:50]
US Congress readies 'super-DMCA'
Talkback Non US governments and companies should think twice about using US (embedded) software that agrees with the terms of the proposed 'super-DMCA'. There's a high risk of ending up with software that has huge black-boxes inside (parts you can't even...
[April 26, 2006, 2:07]
US tops phishing league
News The rise in non-port-80 hosted sites and the number of sites which are hosting phishing attacks continues to lead us to believe that the number of machines that are compromised and are being used to host these attacks is growing," said the report.
[February 28, 2005, 12:55]
US Report: We were here before Netscape
News Microsoft will reply to the US Government's anti-trust suit by arguing that the company's Internet plans were well under way before Netscape rose to challenge them, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
[August 6, 1998, 17:11]
