Anonymous Threat Forces US Navy To Shut Down Wi-Fi Networks
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last week the hacker collective Anonymous began advertising another one of their “campaigns” to attack the US government as a form of protest. Taking to Twitter, the group said they...
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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The amount that hospitals charge the US government for common inpatient procedures – and the amount that those medical facilities receive for services rendered – varies greatly, according to information released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “As part of the Obama administration’s work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show...
- Discounts and rebates by pharmaceutical companies are a customary, appropriate and legal practice as recognized by the Government EAST HANOVER, N.J., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) disputes the allegations made by the US Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) in two complaints filed this week and will defend itself in these litigations. "We disagree with the way the government is characterizing our...
Factory Provides Domestic Source of Critical Materials used in US Government Satellite Batteries; Expected Job Creation of Over 50 Positions at New Factory SANTA CLARITA, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Quallion, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium ion battery systems, announced the opening of its factory which produces lithium-ion materials for US Government satellites. Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon and Department of Defense official, Mark...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The group of hackers which acts as part troublemaker and part watchdog is calling for an Internet blackout today to protest CISPA, a bill which passed last Thursday. If this bill is signed into law, companies and websites could legally hand over user information to the US government upon request. Anonymous has persuaded over 300 websites to “go dark” as a sign of protest today and is using the #CISPABlackout hashtag on social...
Energy efficient mobile units provide substantial cost savings for military and taxpayers PHILADELPHIA and EAST RIVERTON, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey-based manufacturer Sea Box, Inc. has received a $34.6M US government contract to provide the US Air Force with Sea Box Expandable Bicon Shelter (EBS) Hygiene Systems over the next five years. These fully containerized modules consist of multiple showers and latrines contained in mobile modules that offer quick set up...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Amidst rising concerns about cyber spying and a House Intelligence Committee report last October, Sprint and Softbank have said they will not use any equipment from China-based Huawei Technologies. The two companies are preparing for a merger, which is being overseen by the US government. The government has asked only to be informed when these two companies buy new equipment and where they buy it. Mike Rogers, a Michigan...
Recommends that multiple steps must be taken before ethical pediatric anthrax vaccine trials can be considered by the US government In a report released today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concluded that the federal government would have to take multiple steps before anthrax vaccine trials with children could be ethically considered. The Bioethics Commission was responding to a request from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius who last...
TopCoder Partners with USAID and Humanity United - Competition Tasks Data Scientists to Develop New Statistical Analytics Solutions with the Potential to Predict Areas at Greater Risk for Genocide, Mass Rape and Ethnic Cleansing GLASTONBURY, Conn., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest open innovation platform and competitive community of digital creators, today announced the launch of a new predictive algorithm competition to support the Tech Challenge...
VOICE Results Underscore Need for Clear, US-Based PrEP Implementation Agenda ATLANTA, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Women and PrEP Working Group, a coalition of more than 50 women from leading AIDS and women's health organizations, today called on US government agencies to coordinate a national agenda that will quickly and accurately answer questions about how the antiretroviral (ARV) drug Truvada can best be made available as an HIV prevention option for women...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There are people who believe “Freedom of the Internet” means “Everything on the Internet should be free.” This may have been a fantastic idea before the Internet was stable enough to stream High-Definition movies and transmit other large files in seconds. This notion is a bit troublesome today, of course. One of these people is the colorfully eccentric Kim Schmitz, founder of the famously controversial Megaupload. Schmitz,...
