Stories about: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

The Internet Systems Consortium is looking for a few more good programmers to bring the next generation of its open source BIND DNS server software to fruition.

Defense and aerospace systems vendor Raytheon has acquired cybersecurity vendor Pikewerks in an effort to add to Raytheon's capabilities to defend against sophisticated threats facing customers in the intelligence, defense and commercial sectors, the companies announced Monday.

IBM has created prototype chips that could mimic brain-like functionality, which the company said is an "unprecedented" step forward in creating intelligent computers that collect, process and understand data quickly.

IBM has made what it claims is the first graphene-based integrated circuit, using many of the same techniques now used to produce silicon circuits. The technique could one day be used to produce superior wireless communication devices and less-expensive displays.

Thanks to university researchers and a metal robotic exoskeleton, a paralyzed student at UC Berkeley was able to walk across the stage to receive his diploma over the weekend.

IBM on Thursday demonstrated its fastest graphene transistor, which can execute 155 billion cycles per second, which is about 50 percent faster than previous experimental transistors shown by the company's researchers.

When it comes to power-efficient computing, CPUs are weighed down by too many legacy features to outperform GPUs (graphics processing units) in executing common tasks in parallel, said the chief scientist for the GPU vendor Nvidia.

While Vanquish attempts to refresh the well-worn shooter genre, its story is all too familiar and not particularly creative. Mikami does set out to reheat the Cold War by introducing a WMD-wielding Russian super villain named Victor Zaitsev. You play as Zaitsev's nemesis, good guy Sam Gideon, a chain-smoking American football star, employee of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and wearer of DARPA's impressive Augmented Reaction Suit (ARS). This Master-Chief-like armored suit with its jet boosters and built in weapon emulation system makes you nigh invincible, which is good because your mission to rescue kidnapped scientist Dr. Francois Candide and keep Zaitsev from blowing up New York City requires you to be fairly hardy.

Hacked smartphones could endanger troops by sending location data to the enemy using mechanisms similar to those employed by recently discovered Android malware, experts say.

An economy that continues to stagnate could prove a boon to an increasing number of providers of on-demand supercomputing capacity.