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Illinois Emergency Alert System activated by mistake
Hundreds of radio stations in and around Chicago were sent the Emergency Alert System by mistake, disrupting broadcasts for a few anxious moments
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N.Y. transit authority's radios swamped by interfercne
NYC transit authority spent $140 million on a new radio system; the system has not yet been turned on because flaws in it cause severe interference
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Free markets and the future of energy supplies
Heritage Foundation authors offer a twelve-principle plan to secure abundant, affordable energy supplies
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India elaborates new rules for protecting critical infrastructure
India is worried about the safety if its critical infrastructure, especially the vulnerability of the infrastructure to terorist and suicide attacks; new protection rules formulated
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Security agencies raise alarm over commercial mapping
Security experts have long been uncomfortable with commercial mapping services such as Google Earth; more alrarms are raised
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Ituran to acquire Mapa Group
Location-based applications company receives approval to proceed with acquisition of tion and Control Ltd. Announces the Approval of the Israeli Commissioner for Trade for the Acquisition of Mapa Group
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PatchLink merges with SecureWave
Merger of two Common Criteria certified companies will create comprehensive security platform for unified protection and control of all enterprise servers and endpoints
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OSI Geospatial in first DHS contract
A new business unit of a Canadian geospatial information specialist signs its first conterat with DHS
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Not your father's trash can
DoE releases final performance requirements for Yucca Mountain canister system
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Ten companies win government DAR contracts
More and more government employees carry more and more laptops; there is a need to secure the data — DAR, for data at rest —on the hard drives of these laptops in case they are lost or stole
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Identity theft victims to be compensated
ChoicePoint compiles and sells personal information, and in 2005 it sold information about many consumers to identity thieves; the FTC-ChoicePoint settlement may be a model for similar cases in the futrue
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Dealing with rising sea levels: I
Who knows better than the Dutch how to deal with the rising sea levels? One solution they contemplate: Designing amphibious cities
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Visualization of simulated attack to benefit structural engineers
Purdue University researchers develop detailed visualization application of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers for the purpose of developing structures that can withstand a terrorist attack
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Autonomous see-shoot systems drawing interest
Remotely controlled weapon systems are deployed in the DMZ and around the Gaza strip; we may soon see humans taken out of the see-shoot chain, and such systems deployed around critical infrastructure facilities
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New York legislators to mandate tighter pipeline security
The plot to blow up fuel pipeline at Kennedy Airport moves legislators to contemplate stricter pipeline security
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The long view
Falling Space Debris: How High Is the Risk I'll Get Hit?
An International Space Station battery fell back to Earth and, luckily, splashed down harmlessly in the Atlantic. Should we have worried? Space debris reenters our atmosphere every week.
Using Drone Swarms to Fight Forest Fires
Forest fires are becoming increasingly catastrophic across the world, accelerated by climate change. Researchers are using multiple swarms of drones to tackle natural disasters like forest fires.
Strengthening the Grid’s ‘Backbone’ with Hydropower
Argonne-led studies investigate how hydropower could help add more clean energy to the grid, how it generates value as grids add more renewable energy, and how liner technology can improve hydropower efficiency.
LNG Exports Have Had No Impact on Domestic Energy Costs: Analysis
U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports have not had any sustained and significant direct impact on U.S. natural gas prices and have, in fact, spurred production and productivity gains, which contribute to downward pressure on domestic prices.