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A South Korean soldier uses his radio at Unification Bridge.

S. Korea Plans Navigation System to Defeat the North's GPS Jamming arrow The technology was abandoned by the U.S. in 2010.

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Senate Panel Backs More Money for VA Claims Hardware and Overtime arrow Maryland senator says vets shouldn’t have to face a ‘quagmire of ...

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FDA Plans to Mine Shipping Data to Expose Illegal Cigarette Sales arrow Agency wants a vendor to spot anomalies in tobacco shipments.

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Pentagon Awards Microsoft and Oracle Software Contracts Valued at Nearly $700 Million arrow Agreements cover support for Defense and Navy licenses.

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 Ford MyTouch dashboard is pictured during the Consumer Electronics Show, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011.

Ford Gives up on Turning its Cars Into Smartphones arrow Ford saw a future in which every surface is a touchscreen, but its customers didn’t share ...

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BYOD: Game-Changer, or Fad? arrow Study predicts more than one-third of organizations will stop providing devices by 2016.

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Customers make money transfers at an M-Pesa counter in Nairobi, Kenya. A mobile banking service, M-Pesa allows people without a bank account to transfer money between phones instantly.

How Mobile Payments Might Be the Global Money-Laundering Machine Criminals Have Dreamed About arrow Millions of people now use their mobile phones ...

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A truck loaded with the Chinese made drone, the ASN-207, takes part in a military parade in Beijing, China.

China May Soon Peddle Discount Drones to the Developing World arrow Chinese aerospace companies aren't hindered by rules against selling UAVs.

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Americans Gave Away Online Privacy to Advertisers Long Ago arrow Facebook, Amazon and other firms have already dug deep into users' lives.

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Video: Here's What Happens When You Light a Fire in Space arrow "Strange flames" on the International Space Station.

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Half of NASA's New Class of Astronauts Are Women arrow The new possible spacepeople were chosen from a pool of over 6,000 applicants

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Three Former NSA Employees Praise Edward Snowden, Corroborate Key Claims arrow The men, all whistleblowers, say he succeeded where they failed.

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