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State considers $16.5 million contract for Amazon Kindles
Department officials said other e-readers were unsuitable.
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Partying With G. Gordon Liddy
From Watergate conspirator to Washington insider, all in one edition of a newspaper.
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Pentagon experiments with bomb-sniffing rats
The army has spent more than $100,000 on the first phase of the project.
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Microsoft, CSC nab $91 million FAA cloud contract
The announcement comes the day before a governmentwide deadline to outsource at least three IT systems to the Web.
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Northrop Grumman to acquire Australian network security firm
Contractor seeks to broaden its international presence amid budget uncertainty.
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Suicide has killed more troops than the war in Afghanistan this year
154 troops have committed suicide so far this year.
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Officials describe WikiLeaks crisis response
Court rules Friday on motion to dismiss 10 charges leveled against Manning.
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Navy seeks real-time location system for all hospitals
Service will track 300,000 medical devices in 19 hospitals and hundreds of clinics.
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Video: Ray Bradbury at NASA
Video shows the science fiction writer, who died Tuesday, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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The Pentagon’s latest weapon: A $1.2 million unmanned sewing machine
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency eyes ways to produce garments with ‘zero direct labor.’
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Is it possible to wage a just cyberwar?
It's time to get serious about the moral questions resulting from our new class of weapons.
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National Anthem: The Boss Edition
Americans favor Bruce Springsteen to write a tune to replace "Star-Spangled Banner."
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Cloud vendors worry small businesses are shut out of the federal market
Report calls out the Obama administration for certifying existing large contractors before newcomers.
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New Mexico hit by largest forest fire in history
Sophisticated software systems help nearly 1,200 personnel battle the 390-square-mile blaze.
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Pentagon wants to fast-track genetic engineering
DARPA has dished out $18 million to seven institutions.
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Video: Swiss scientists train paralyzed rats to walk
Experiments spark hope for new therapies for soldiers.
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Report: Secret cyberwar against Iranian nukes began under Bush
The U.S. and Israel initiated a series of cyberattacks against Iranian program.
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