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speculatrix

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« on: August 23, 2005, 08:36:22 am »
http://www.it-observer.com/articles.php?id=848

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"NSA PDA for the Government
Author: IT-Observer Staff
Monday, 22 August 2005, 16:22 GMT

General Dynamics inked an $18 million contract with the U.S. secretive Nation Security Agency to design and develop a secure mobile personal assistant for defense workers. The PDA will integrate all type of communications it in including voice, data and web. "
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2005, 06:02:27 pm »
 
general dynamics got 18 mil toproduce something very like a Z with some cards..or to do Z mods?
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2005, 06:39:39 pm »
They already make sleds for Palms that will do PKI authentication.  The new ID cards the military use and soon most of DOD look like satellite cards.  They have embedded chips on them.
What's this button do??

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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2005, 07:39:15 am »
http://smartphone.pdablast.com/articles/20...ts-Its-Own.html

"L-3 Communications has been awarded a contract to provide the NSA with Secure Mobile Environment - Portable Electronic Devices (SME-PED). The device looks like a Treo, but we will likely never see it for sale anywhere. "
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