Today, Microsoft was award a huge contract worth $480 million. The U.S. Army will be making use of its augmented reality technologies for headset to be used in training and combat.
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If you've always wanted to join the U.S. military as a security expert but lacked the ability to run ten miles with gear on your back, you're in luck as the Army may drop the requirement.
Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai.
Microsoft has now confirmed that it has a new three year agreement with the US Army and Air Force that will include deployment of Windows 8 in those military branches.
Despite the prevalence of military-themed motherboards, enthusiasts haven't had a whole lot of stock options for matching cases. Hoping to fill that void, Corsair and Thermaltake have recently...
Due to their part in leaking video footage of American soldiers killing civilians in Baghdad, a prominent Icelandic MP has been advised to avoid going to the USA by her own government.
A US airman and Redditor asked about the possibility of Bastion on on physical release - and was rewarded by the developers.
A soldier lies flat on the ground, waiting for information on enemy targets from HQ. He looks at his wrist and sees video footage from a drone that is passing by overhead. The drone identifies...
The U.S. Army is looking to build a large virtual world similar to that of Second Life to help train soldiers. According to InformationWeek, the project will be called the Army Research, Development and Engineering...
Once you enter the lobby you face wall of big screens, displaying current critical operations. Jeff Clarkson, research engineer at SPAWAR, wants you to see all relevant information, as you move through the lobby. Then,...
Corporate bodies, such as businesses and the government, have traditionally been rather slow when it comes to adopting new software and technologies. This is generally for security purposes, and because they don't see the point...
The US Army has invested a further $50 million into Arizona State University's flexible-display research facility, bringing their total contribution up to $100 million. The Army is so keen on these displays as they are...
It's the stuff press releases are made of, but the story is great to boot. Paxton Galvanek never had medical training, but he'd gone through medic certification in the America's Army video game. Then one...
Soldiers in war zones are already subject to restrictions on blogging and public posts, but the U.S. Army is tightening restrictions on veterans who return and begin posting online, in hopes ensure sensitive information about...
Listen up Soldiers, the latest release of America's Army: Special Forces (Overmatch) (SMU GH Map Pack) V2.8.1 is now available! Featuring four (4) new maps created by students of The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University...
Motorola is cutting jobs and watching profits drop. What's Nokia up to? Making deals with the world's largest military power. That was a no-brainer. The U.S. Army has awarded Nokia a contract to build a...
A brand spanking new version of America's Army: Special Forces was released today, this time named Coalition. This new version offers a major addition to the game, and that happens to be the new mission...
Well it looks like we will all have to wait a bit longer to get our grubby little hands on Crysis and Army of Two: During Electronic Arts' quarterly financial conference call, EA...
As promised (16 months ago or so) America's Army 2.70 code-named Overmatch has now been released. This is a huge update for the slightly long in the tooth free FPS from our beloved America's Army....
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- The questions were unusual for Sgt. 1st Class Jerry Wolford: Did you play with GI Joe action figures when you were a child? What if you could be one? "Usually,...
West Point, NY May10, 2005 - The U.S. Army today announced that it is expanding its technology agreement with Epic Games. Since 2000, Epic's Unreal® Engine 2 has served as the foundation for America's...
Ubisoft announced today that it is developing a console version of America's Army. Titled America's Army: Rise of a Soldier, the game will attempt to create the most authentic military console game to date. America's...
Thanks to Vaichilds for the heads up. The 2.3.0 update for America's Army has now been released. Included in this latest update are 2 new maps, a new Tournament mode for...
The U.S. Army has enlisted IBM and a handful of other companies to create an automated record-keeping system that ends the need for electronic forms to be printed out, signed and delivered up the military...
Internet portal Lycos Europe has denied that its "Make love not spam" Web site was hacked into and defaced last night. The company said that an e-mail that contained an apparent mirror...
The Battlefield 2 game is a first-person shooter game taking place on the modern-day battlefield. AerotechTelub is purchasing a development license for the technology powering the game with the intention of developing training simulators and...
In one race to sell 64-bit x86 chips to high-performance computing customers, Intel and rival Advanced Micro Devices both won. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has elected to buy an IBM supercomputer with...
CARY, North Carolina -- The U.S. Army, riding the success of its action video game America's Army, has set up a video-game studio with industry veterans to write other kinds of software to simulate training...
Never thought I'd be seeing another Army Men game. This time Globalstar Software is the one publishing the game. Army Men was 3DOs little project till the company died off last year. ...
The newest version (v2.1) of AA : SF, codename America's Army: Special Forces (Downrange) has been released, Monday, 1 June 2004 for Windows, Mac, and Linux clients. This latest release in the America's Army game...
Increasingly militaristic publisher signs deal to bring first official U.S. Army games to consoles. Capping a week of war game announcements, Ubisoft said today it has struck a deal with the U.S....
Microsoft has been mailing free copies of its pricey Office productivity software to government employees, but CNET News.com has learned that at least two federal agencies are warning recipients to return the gifts or risk...
The U.S. Army has signed on as the latest sponsor to the upcoming AMD/ATI Cyber X Games: Windows XP Championships in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Army's America's Army: Special Forces...
Evidence gathered from computer systems to be used in war crime cases Forensic technology enlisted by the British Army to fight global terrorism could help find war criminals in the wake of...
HP has kicked off an aggressive Linux clustering campaign with a set of pre-configured hardware packages and a list of software that rivals anything another vendor can offer. HP is making its presence...
America's Army v1.9 is on the way. We stopped by the US Army's booth at Gen Con Indy 2003 to find that although the demo stations at the show were running the...
America's Army -- the first person action game that serves both as entertainment and a recruitment tool for the United States Army -- is coming to the Mac, as MacCentral first told readers in May....
Microsoft won a $478 million, six-year contract to provide software to the U.S. Army, the biggest order ever for the company's programs. The agreement covers 494,000 desktop computers, Microsoft spokesman Keith Hodson said....
America's Army is a realistic computer game providing civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in the U.S. Army. America's Army players will experience soldiering in a state-of-the-art new manner. Although...
The Army released another update (Version 1.5) in a series of periodic improvements to the America's Army: Operations. Consider it a little holiday gift from the U.S. Army. While the Army game developers...
