Happy Veterans Day

It is November 11, 2008, which makes it Veterans Day, an American holiday where the military veterans are honored. In other parts of the world, this day is celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. Read more

Personal Pocket Safe: Encrypted USB smart flash drive

CHDT Corp have produced the Personal Pocket Safe, this is a USB smart flash drive. This USB flash drive is all about security, which is why this is the first encrypted, epoxy coated, pin-protected smart drive. The company states that this flash drive has military-grade encryption, which makes the device so safe.

The USB smart flash drive also features a password vault as well as a track-covering feature. What this means is that nobody will be able to locate its presence once it has been removed from its system. The drive is gold and shiny to look at and has a rubber PIN-pad; this allows you to enter your 4 to 10 digit code so that you can access your files.

Source – Gizmodo via Slippery Brick

Update: F-117 stealth fighter will make final trip on April 21st

Following Peter’s news on the F-22 Raptor taking over the F-117 stealth fighter (See Here) The brilliant F-117 stealth fighter will make one final trip on April 21st because these fighters are no more, the F-22 Raptor will take its place.

The final trip will salute true American heroes as it makes it way into the annals of military history, it will fly for the last time from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada which was the home of the first test flight.

The government have said there are no plans to bring back these F-117 stealth fighters; the poor radar dodger will be missed. So far there has been 59 F-117s that was built and 37 of them have been put into retirement, 7 have crashed though.

Place your respects and views on this.

Source - CNN

U.S. Navy successfully fires missile at spy Satellite

The U.S. Navy has said that they have successfully fired down the rouge spy satellite, as they said that it posed a threat to people’s lives. The Defense Department said that they used a Read more

British Amateur Satellite Watchers: earth bound satellite update

Following our news two days ago about the SPY satellite that will crash into earth late Feb or early March, we now have an update for you from British amateur satellite watchers.

We said before that this earth bound satellite was around the size of a bus, and today we learn that John Locker has captured video images of the satellite.

The British amateur satellite watcher said that the satellite seems to be about four to five metres across and believe it weighs a maximum of 4,500kg Read more