Security

The United States Army is poised to introduce a new mortar round that is guided by GPS positioning, thus increasing its effectiveness while minimizing collateral damage.

Anonymous has come to the defense of one of their fellow hackers, attacking Sony websites and the PlayStation Network in retaliation for the treatment they have given to the hacker "GeoHot."

A company that specializes in security technology has filed patents for a handheld, light-based stun ray.

Samsung stands accused of putting keylogging software on their retail laptops. Samsung, not surprisingly, denies this... eventually.

It's a slingshot. That fires machetes. I don't think it can be made any more clear than that.

A team of researchers at Harvard have devised that putting a thin coat of a sticky substance on the body of a car could help prevent serious damage/injury in an accident.

To help combat the growing concern of space debris in orbit around Earth, NASA is pondering the construction of a giant laser that could help knock potentially harmful chunks of debris from the sky.

Researchers at China's Southeast University of Nanjing have moved closer to cloaking technology by being able to alter an object's appearance on radar scopes.

Rumors are swirling that Sony, still embattled with hacker George Hotz over his release of the PS3 rootkey, is working on a "hack-proof" SKU.

The United States Navy's Office of Naval Research fired a laser that penetrated through twenty feet of solid steel. Now they hope to have a full-fledged weapons system by 2015.