Believe it or not, the military assigns two-star generals and admirals to run its versions of Wal-Mart. At least it did before Defense Secretary Robert Gates began trimming Pentagon waste.

In a memo dated March 14 and acquired by Danger Room, Gates ordered the Pentagon, the combatant commands and the military services to eliminate more than 100 flag-officer positions and hundreds of contractor jobs, and pare down or consolidate scores of other functions. It’s part of Gates’ plan to transfer $100 billion worth of overhead bloat back into priority weapons and personnel systems, and flatline the...

The Nexus S is the Android phone target in the 2011 Pwn2Own competition.

From the results of the Pwn2Own hacking competition, it looks like Android and Windows Phone 7 are tough nuts to crack.

It took only two days for hackers to crack into the Apple and Blackberry operating systems during the three-day Pwn2Own tournament last week, while Android and Windows Phone 7 models were abandoned and left unhacked by the end of the contest.

Is this because their operating systems are more secure? Yes and no.

“The survival of a target at Pwn2Own does not automatically declare it safer than a target that w...