SDFM The Business of Defense
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A soldier who went missing after his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War...was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The remains of Army Specialist John L. Burgess of Sutton Bay, Mich., were buried today in a single casket with the remains of two members of his crew who had been previously identified. They were among five soldiers aboard a helicopter that crashed near the Cambodian border in 1970. Only one survived.
July 09, 2013 -
The U.S Navy says three coastal patrol boats have arrived at 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain to boost its fleet of the rapid-response craft in the Persian Gulf, where U.S. and Iranian forces often operate within close range. The Navy says the new vessels Wednesday bring the total to eight patrol boats as part of plans to have 10 stationed in Bahrain by early next year.
July 09, 2013 -
Surge protector specifications, bookmark formatting in Adobe Acrobat Pro, virtual machines on iMac (Parallels Desktop 8 vs VMWare Fusion vs VirtualBox), CClearner revealed (application cleaning, registry fixes, etc.), Bluetooth connection reliability revealed, Profiles in IT (Steven Anthony Ballmer, CEO Microsoft), Earth-to-Moon laser communication (NASA demonstration project, deep space next), Microsoft and Google to sue NSA over data surveillance, iPhone trade-in programs (getting better by the day), NASDAQ blames NYSE for 3-hour outage (connection errors created issues, software flaws acknowledged), and compact cassestte celebrate 50th anniversary (first announced by Phillips August 20, 1963)
July 08, 2013 -
Connecting extra laptop monitors, sending text messages using email gateway, digital photography (RAW vs JPG images, size, features), learning Linux, atomic clocks (time standards, WWVB sync broadcast from Fort Collins), computer time (synced using Internet time servers), Profiles in IT (Eben Christopher Upton, creator of Raspberry Pi computer), Device of the Week (Raspberry Pi, $35 hacking computer), JustDelete.me (delete your online presence with ease), Microsoft CEO to retire (August 2014, stock soars), and teaching to all learning styles is key to student success.
July 08, 2013 -
Internet TV options, geo-location techniques, 32-bit vs 64-bit operating systems, Gmail configuration without tabs, chkdsk revealed, hardware vs software firewalls, Profiles in IT (Evi Nemeth, Godmother of UNIX administrators), Erdos number defined, 3D printing of high security keys, encrypted email in Germany (response to NSA data collection), NSA surveillance (the official position vs the Snowden leaks, NSA has not been truthful), Google goes dark for 2 minutes (worldwide Internet traffic drops by 40%), Apple patents may block the import of some Samsung devices, Bitcom now tracked with Bloomberg ticker, Bitcoin features (anonymity, lack of government monetary controls, no bank transaction fees, susceptible to manipulation, will be blocked by government if it become too successful), and Bitcoin money makers (Bitcoin ETF, Bitpay, Butterfly Labs, Coinbase, Silk Road).
July 08, 2013 -
Steaming TV options, call filtering options (Ooma vs Verizon), weather apps on iMac, batch processing of digital photos (BIMP, Phatch, Resize Me, Photo Drop, Photoshop, DBP), Profiles in IT (Fang Binxing, father of China's Great Firewall), Kurdistan education visit (booming economy, safe, secular government, ready for education), transfering pictures to new iPhone (Photostream vs copying), David Burd surprise visit, Washington Post sold to Jeff Bezos (more streaming media, targeted advertising, new revenue models, a good thing for the Post), Google Wi-Fi ballon project (Project Loon, designed to brign the Internet to the entire world, free floating network of balloons).
July 08, 2013 -
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iPhone conference calls (supports up to five five connections, UberConference best app), removing personal data from old computer, Profiles in IT (Amar Gopal Bose, founder and chairman Bose Corporation), paralyzed artist paints with mind (uses Intendix Painting software controlled with brainwaves, ALS patient displayed works as Brain on Fire), DefCon asks Feds not to attend hacker conference (too much anger over PRISM), security metrics too complicated for management (disconnect between IT pros and management increases organizational risk), NSA tightens security controls (will implement the two man rule used in nuclear weapon control, changes prompted by Snowden fiasco), 4,000 cyber warriors deployed (will report to Cyber Command, tasked with both offensive and defensive missions), iPhone users electrocuted while charging iPhone (flaw traced to cheap unauthorized chargers, beware), Detroit tech scene is robust (tech scene housed in M@dison building, 35 companies including Twitter, hope for a bankrupt city.
July 08, 2013 -
Sharing photos online (Flickr, Picasa), getting back a hacked Facebook page, disk storage usage (TreeSize free), malware that takes over webcam, LikedIn vs Facebook, Profiles in IT (Douglas Carl Engelbart, inventor of mouse and GUI interface), MIT Immmersion Tool analyzes your Gmail metadata (graph your interactions), part of the brain responsible for things going viral (temporo-parietal junction activates when when an item could be shared), automatic gate opener (smart phone enabled, iSmartGateOpener), human-powered helicopter wins Sikorsky Prize (64 second flight, 3.33 meters altitude, used four large propellers), and an engineering toy for girls (GoldieBlox, girls solve problems by building simple machines, Kickstarter project).
July 08, 2013 -
Featured guests: Anjali Varma, Owner, Kidville Scott Orbach, Co-founder & President, EZGSA Christian Dawson, COO, ServInt Dr. Sandra Magnus, Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
July 08, 2013 -
Featured guests: DeRionne Pollard, PhD., President, Montgomery College Lynn Gummo, Director, and Todd Workman, Managing Director, SC and H Group, LLC Carlos Rivera, Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Vyshova Partners, Inc. Zvi Band, Co-founder & CEO, Contactually
July 08, 2013 -
Featured guests: Steve Little, President & CEO, Zero Limits Ventures Rui Garcia Founder & CEO Acuity and Cameron Doolittle, President & CEO Jill's House Lora Antoine, President & CEO, Absolute Staffers, LLC R Bruce Buchanan, President & Managing Partner, Berlin Ramos
July 08, 2013 -
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Featured guests: Michael Fitzgerald, Founder, chairman, president & CEO, Bank of Georgetown John Condon, Co-founder & chairman and Kim Hayes Co-founder & CEO, The Ambit Group Susan Bailey, CEO, Specialty Hospital of Washington Christina Mossi, CEO, Development Infostructure, Inc,
July 08, 2013