Thanks to official tests from the US government, we now know that we can drink beers even if they happened to be near the vicinity of ground zero after a nuclear blast.
According to Alex Wellerstein in his blog, the US government actually did some experiments back in the 1950s to ascertain how viable beers and other commercially available drinks are in case of a nuclear apocalypse.
“Apocalypse” is the actual word the American Institute of Physics historian used and here are the results of …

It seems that Washington will not be replacing BlackBerry as its favored smartphone platform in the near future, a new report suggests.
Quoting officials from the U.S. government, the Washington Post says that Blackberry will remain as the smartphone of choice of the U.S. government.
The publication quotes Casey Coleman, chief information officer at the General Services Administration of the U.S. government, as saying that BlackBerry will remain the U.S. government’s favored smartphone as its …

Apple now has more money on hand than the whole U.S. government, a report from Digital Trends note.
According to the report, the U.S. Treasury reported cash on hand as of July 27 to be $73.768 billion whih is $2.388 billion less than Apple’s $76.156 billion.
The report says that it’s obvious how Apple has become currently richer than the whole U.S. government.
“Apple makes more money than it spends while the US government spends more than it generates in tax revenue,” the publication …

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US Government is spending about half a billion dollars to develop cyber technologies against cyber attacks, reports PCWorld. This decision of the government shows its seriousness on the matter of growing threat of cyber attacks.
The project is being led by DARPA, the division of defense department that played significant role in the making and growth of Internet. Johns Hopkins University …