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...National Security Agency (which does eavesdropping and code breaking) and the National Reconnaissance Office (which flies imagery satellites). The priciest gadgets are not always the ones suited to fighting the terrorist threat. During the past five years, while the U.S. spent billions of dollars to build and launch about half a dozen radar-imaging spy satellites, the CIA and others built 60 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) at about $3 million apiece. The Predators, not the satellites, killed terrorists in Afghanistan...
...love to eat well, and I make a mean meat loaf, but I don't always feel like playing Julia Child. So when I heard about the launch of a new website called FiveLeaf.com which features entrees from top chefs around the country, I was intrigued. On your behalf, I decided to taste-test FiveLeaf against the more established Impromptu Gourmet.com Both offer complete gourmet meals that take about half an hour to throw together. By contrast, most fancy-food sites, such as iGourmet.com and DeanandDeluca.com focus on individual treats, like duck pate or Belgian chocolates...
...some venture capital from the government and turned his division into a software company called Wizard Soft. Freed from the dead hands of chaebol executives, Shim and his young gamemakers were soon spinning off hit products like Jurassic Era Primitive War II. The company has been profitable since its launch in 1999. Says Shim of his former employer: "They didn't know games, they delayed decisions and blocked at every turn. Wizard is quick and efficient...
When the Bush administration was warned after Sept. 11 that Osama bin Laden might have some type of nuclear device, it knew where to turn for help: the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, a secretive unit within the Department of Energy. Last January the Administration quietly ordered NEST to launch periodic searches for a "dirty bomb" in Washington and other large U.S. cities. Administration officials tell Time that the NEST teams aren't dispatched to urban areas because of any specific threat received. Instead, almost every week the FBI randomly selects several cities for visits by NEST, which comprises some...
...Klez worm has spread rapidly because, on some systems, it is able to self-launch itself when an infected e-mail is viewed using Outlook, Internet Explorer versions 5.0 and 5.5 or Eudora; it is not necessary to open the attachment itself...