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<title>DoD set to approve iOS 6 devices, Samsung Galaxy phones</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/01/platforms.getting.separate.approval/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361922763_pentagon-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Defense should grant two separate security approvals to iOS 6 devices and Samsung Galaxy phones in the coming weeks, according to sources for the &lt;Em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;. Apple's iOS 6 is expected to be vetted as safe for non-classified data uses, namely email and web browsing. Galaxy phones, meanwhile, will allegedly be judged as conforming to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>[u] Exclusive: US DoD to purchase 650,000 iOS devices</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/20/sequester.holding.up.purchase.intended.to.replace.failing.devices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361922763_pentagon-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;(Updated with more information from the Department of Defense)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Electronista&lt;/em&gt; has discovered that the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/281521==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/26/questions.about.implementation.old.hardware.linger/" rel='nofollow'&gt;mobile device testing&lt;/a&gt; pro...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exclusive: DoD decimates testing budget for BlackBerry 10</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/07/sources.close.to.budget.reveal.5.million.savings.with.cancellation/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362693736_blackberryz10-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[With the US government sequester underway, many if not all, federal divisions are seeing budget reductions -- with the Department of Defense (DoD) seeing a mandatory 11 percent cut. &lt;em&gt;Electronista&lt;/em&gt; has learned that the DoD testing program previously announced at the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280542==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/26/ques...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Department of Defense mobile plan revealed; panned by troops</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/26/questions.about.implementation.old.hardware.linger/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361922763_pentagon-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Pentagon has issued a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/279982==https://www.informationweek.com/government/mobile/pentagon-outlines-mobile-device-plan/240002173" rel='nofollow'&gt;memorandum&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday which, in theory, will ultimately enable the Department of Defense's (DoD) smartphone users to quickly share classified and protected data -- using the latest c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>LightSquared may get DOD spectrum to save 4G plans</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/02/16/lightsquared.considering.dod.spectrum.swap/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dell Venue cleared for US defense networks without Market</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/12/28/dell.venue.gets.approved.for.use.by.disa.dod/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government confirms interference in latest LightSquared test</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/12/15/company.still.faces.opponents/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Streak becomes first US defense-certified Android device</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/10/31/device.meets.disa.criteria/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AT&amp;T, Verizon spend most on lobbying, Apple spends little</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/12/23/att.and.verizon.top.us.lobbying.while.apple.little/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Defense Department bans removable media to curb Wikileaks</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/12/10/us.dod.bans.removable.storage.in.wikileaks.fight/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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