It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers. It's also a sleek, attractive device that fits in your pocket and can impress friends and colleagues, according to its makers. The ...
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Silent Circle and Geeksphone today announced a new Switzerland-based joint venture and its inaugural product, Blackphone, the world's first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users. Blackphone, powered by ...
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When firefighters want to extinguish a blaze, they often douse it with water. Astronauts on board the ISS, however, are experimenting with a form of water that does the opposite. Instead of stopping fire, this water helps start it. "We ...
One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
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A common problem at Pearl Harbor, biofouling affects harbors around the world. It's the process by which barnacles, muscles, oysters, and tubeworms accumulate on the bottom of boats and other surfaces. Now researchers at the University of ...
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L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has signed a contract with Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (GNPJVC) to replace the input/output (I/O) system on the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station full scope simulator’s main control ...
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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite terminals that protect the military's most sensitive information, was chosen by the U.S. Air Force under a $134,399,631 contract ...
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Six colors have captured the attention of the Brentano Design Studio for 2014. Distilled from an analysis of reigning trends, innovations in fashion and the shifting tastes of designers, the colors comprising Brentano's 2014 color forecast ...
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Gevo, Inc. announced that the U.S. Army has successfully flown the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a 50/50 blend of Gevo's ATJ-8(Alcohol-to-Jet). ATJ is a renewable, drop in alternative fuel for JP8 that addresses the Army Energy ...
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The Tommy Hilfiger Fall/Winter 2014 Menswear collection, The New England, embarks on a coast to coast voyage from the United States to the United Kingdom. The collection celebrates Tommy Hilfiger’s signature all-American aesthetic ...
Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at the Plaza at Jordan Creek in West Des Moines, Iowa. The approximately 35,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2014. The Plaza at Jordan Creek is ...
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The Defence Secretary has announced £79 million of investment in the next generation of Royal Navy submarines. The Successor submarines, which will carry the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent will be the largest and most advanced ...
Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. announced that its Seesmart brand has been selected by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command to supply Lewis and Clark class T-AKE dry cargo/ammunition ships with 17,000 Seesmart two and four foot ...
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L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won an order from Electrabel S.A. for the supply of a full scope operator training simulator for the Tihange 1 nuclear power plant located in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium. The project ...
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Impeccable dressing is an art and with Louis Philippe’s Autumn/Winter 2013 collection that is so effortlessly stylish, any look put together using it is bound to make one look dapper. Flamboyant, colourful and elegant the Louis ...
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