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Pentagon Okays Android … Sort Of

in Mobile on December 27, 2011 at 2:45 am PT

Android 2.2. On a Dell Venue.
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Another Googler Joins the Obama Administration–Now We've Got a Foursome!

in News on February 3, 2010 at 5:01 am PT

It will be like they never left the Googleplex in Silicon Valley if this Washington, D.C., invasion of execs from the search giant keeps up. The fourth new geek in town is Sumit Agarwal, who was head of Google’s mobile product management and has become the deputy assistant secretary of defense for outreach and social media in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. It’s interesting to see so many key appointments in the tech arena going to one company, especially one so immersed now in national and international policy issues.

Spot 10 Balloons, Win $40,000

in News on December 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm PT

If you look up and see red weather balloons this weekend, take note. You’ve unwittingly entered into a social experiment. The Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, launched 10 balloons, each eight feet wide, around the country as part of its “Network Challenge.”

The Entire D6 Demo of DEKA Research's Bionic Arm (1 of 3)

in News on September 11, 2008 at 12:41 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6 interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know). But–as many readers have requested–they will all be available in their entirety in this column. In the less contentious spirit of DEMOfall and TechCrunch50, two demo conferences taking place simultaneously this week, we’re happy to bring you all the demos we had onstage at the D6 conference. Here’s part one of three videos of the most popular demo, with well-known inventor Dean Kamen, who showed off his latest creation, the “Luke Arm” prosthesis.