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U.S. Satellites Snooping on Iraqi Army

2008-07-02 18:55:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
U.S. spy satellites are watching, to make sure Iraqi troops are where they say they'll be. But that doesn't mean American forces don't trust their new Iraqi counterparts, a military source swears
 
Tags: military source swears, spy satellites, american forces, iraqi troops, iraqi counterparts, trust
 
 
 
 
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New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US

2008-10-06 17:50:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently limited version of a program that would turn military spy satellites on the US, sharing imagery with other federal, state, and local government agencies
 
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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...satellites it needs to give you accurate information. (Various shortcuts can provide less accurate information more quickly This notion of 'tell a user or consumer to stand outside for 30 seconds before they can search for the nearest pharmacy' is pretty silly," Morgan said. He noted that with all the radios now found in newer mobile devices,...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Sorry, Qantas, No Unfettered Broadband

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2008-09-18 10:33:20 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...satellites for their service. Both companies had several years ago staked their futures on the fourth-generation network Inmarsat was to inaugurate with three satellites that would use beamforming to allow precise delivery of nearly 500 Kbps per receiver, with hundreds or thousands of regions being able to be targeted from a single satellite....
 
Tags: satellite coverage, coverage, service, service involves, internet service, in-flight broadband plans, plans, inmarsat satellites, inmarsat
 
 
 
 
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Management, technology short-circuit DHS's 'virtual fence'

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473130 in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. government plan to build a "virtual fence" along the border of Mexico and Canada, using radar, satellites, sensors and communication links to rapidly dispatch border patrol, has all the earmarks of a technology boondoggle
 
Tags: virtual fence, communication links, technology boondoggle, government plan, radar, satellites, earmarks, border, mexico
 
 
 
 
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Report Warns U.S. Could Lose Space-Spy Dominance

2008-10-07 22:42:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
America is becoming so lousy at building spy satellites that "the United States is losing its preeminence in space," a Congressional intelligence report declares. What's worse, the decline comes as "emerging space powers such as Russia, India and China" are getting better and better at snooping from above
 
Tags: space, space powers, spy satellites, russia, india, america, decline, lousy, preeminence
 
 
 
 
 
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