| Security is no secret |
| NSA takes its Flask architecture to the open-source community to offer an inexpensive route to trusted systems.
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| Massive patch coming for DNS vulnerability |
| According to U.S. CERT, the vulnerability could allow cache poisoning and misdirection of Web requests, sending users to unknown Web sites.
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| Databases of operation |
| GCN Lab review: Personal databases have never been particularly easy to use, but they are powerful tools that can help you make better use of your data. The Lab tests four products to see which are worth the steep learning curve. |
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| Michael Bechetti | Technical Difficulties |
| This week's editorial cartoon. |
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| Security certification rules could shake up IT management |
| 06/25/2008 OMB requirements for professional security certification for IT workers in civilian agencies could have a major impact on how government recruits, trains and manages IT staffs.
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| DNS vulnerability update: Patch now! |
| 07/24/2008 The security blog for Matasano Security mistakenly published some of the details of the DNS vulnerability, creating the possibility that exploits soon could be developed. |
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| The FBI's expanding data center |
| The Criminal Justice Information Services division upgrades a 100,000-square-foot data center with thousands of miles of cables while providing around-the-clock services to its crime-fighting customers.
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| Right to the edge |
| 08/13/2007 GCN Lab Review | As Windows Vista and some new applications create opportunities for split-screen work, you might want to think again about large LCD monitors. |
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| Patching the Domain Name System |
| Vendors scramble to produce patches for a potentially severe design flaw in the Internet’s Domain Name System, and the race is on to get patches in place before exploits appear.
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| Data centers untangled |
| The cabling in data centers can grow like the worst kind of weed, clogging cooling systems and hindering network performance. Here are 13 practical tips for getting control over what lies beneath the floor. |
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| Patch issued for BlackBerry PDF bug |
| 07/21/2008 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion plugs a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to enter into a network via a maliciously crafted PDF file. |
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| Is it Live or WebEx? |
| 07/31/2005 Being a lab reviewer entails a lot of meetings, sometimes three or four a week, with companies that have new products they want to demonstrate. |
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| Speed 'n' distance |
| GCN Lab Reviews:The 802.11n standard isn’t yet final, but 4 devices show what it can do. |
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| Getting data silos under control |
| 08/06/2007 Master data management is an emerging technique for organizing silos of information. But it’s only part of the solution — agencies still need efficient guiding principles for handling their data. |
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| Get smart with your data |
| State, Coast Guard, FDA put business intelligence to work.
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| DHS taps Battelle for $500M biodefense job |
| 12/20/2006 DHS has announced that it has awarded a contract to Battelle National Biodefense Institute to manage and operate a new biodefense analysis center at Fort Detrick. |
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| Ed Amoroso | The big picture of network security |
| GCN Interview: AT&T’s chief security officer talks about the advantages of pushing security onto the network, where it can keep things such as spam traffic at bay.
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| North Carolina puts out a net for tracking diseases |
| 03/31/2006 The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiological Collection Tool is an example of the kind of biosurveillance system that the federal Health and Human Services Department is looking for as part of its early use of health IT.
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| Navy gets new supercomputer |
| 07/15/2008 The Navy will use the machine principally for oceanographic modeling and weather forecasting. Such data will help the Navy steer its own ships clear of potentially damaging storms.
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| Defense 2.0 a work in progress |
| 07/10/2008 The Defense 2.0 era is still years away as culture, inertia, and IT security concerns that grow only more complicated in a Web 2.0 world continue to challenge military IT leaders. |
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| iPhone: Lots of allure for government users |
| 07/11/2008 Apple’s iPhone comes out today with an agency-friendly list of features, including 3G networking that’s more than twice as fast as the original model. |
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| NIST revises IT security guides |
| 06/30/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released final revisions to three of its 800 series of special publications on information technology security.
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| User supervision |
| 11/16/2007 GCN Lab Review: Web-content-filtering appliances can keep your employees away from unwanted sites. |
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| Government, health care Web sites attacked |
| 07/16/2008 A scan of Web servers by Internet security company Finjan Inc. has found more than 1,000 legitimate Web sites that had been compromised by a new wave of attacks in recent weeks. |
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| Bob Farber | Dealing with the insider threat |
| GCN Interview: Symark International’s chief operating officer discusses insider threats, effective identity management and why single sign-on might not be such a good idea. |
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| Tools for Web 2.0 |
| 07/17/2008 As agencies expand their use of the next generation of interactive Web applications, they might need to upgrade their enterprise application servers.
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| Open source, open to attack |
| 07/22/2008 A recent study of open-source software found a lack of dedicated security experts and secure coding standards, and a focus on functionality rather than security.
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| Patch fixes antivirus glitch in XP |
| 07/02/2008 Hot fix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. |
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| Big Brother is watching ... in a good way |
| 07/18/2008 Alabama Department of Human Resources has outfitted social workers sent into the field with cell phones that can track their location and send alerts if they stay longer than expected.
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| NIST revises guidelines for IT security metrics |
| 07/22/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a revised version of guidelines for developing metrics to ensure that agencies meet IT security requirements. |
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| TCS thin client SABI-certified |
| 07/15/2008 Trusted Computer Solutions' thin client desktop system is certified to communicate with both a classified and an unclassified network.
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| Mercury Computer pitches game processor for military use |
| 03/17/2006 Although now chiefly known as the next-generation chip that will power the Sony PlayStation, the Cell processor may pick up additional duties in the U.S. military. Defense embedded systems vendor Mercury Computer Systems Inc. has incorporated the processor in a number of new blade servers and embedded units. |
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| Spreadsheeting to the max |
| The spreadsheet is more versatile than you might think. Here are tips on how to get more out of your programs.
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| Medium-range backup |
| GCN Lab reviews: When you need a terabyte or less of extra storage, external hard drives answer the call.
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| Internet2 opens HOV lanes |
| Cover story: Energy’s ESnet supports collaborative research with on-demand, optical paths Internet2 opens HOV lanes.
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| William Jackson | The FISMA paradigm |
| 06/30/2008 Cybereye—commentary: Security policies remain a burden to federal IT managers, but they are producing results.
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| Microsoft DNS fix causes trouble for some |
| Microsoft released a Domain Name Server system fix in its software patch slate for July, but some users have experienced additional difficulties after installing the fix.
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| Editor’s Desk | A vacuum at DISA |
| Commentary: Lt. Gen. Charles Croom’s departure leaves a big void at the top of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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| Internal security threats multiply |
| 07/23/2008 Too many PCs and servers are missing essential security software or using unauthorized technology, increasing the risk of cyberattack or data theft.
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| Service as software |
| In choosing help-desk software, be sure to pick a program that can conform to your processes, not the other way around.
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| Another View | A strategy for massive archives |
| 07/02/2008 Commentary: Managing vast amounts of data requires innovative strategies and information life cycle management tools.
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| Study: Reform copyright law to save digital works |
| 07/14/2008 Libraries, archives and other institutions currently are hampered in preserving digital works by copyright laws geared toward more persistent, physical works. |
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| Anaheim covers the angles |
| Anaheim, Calif., combines data from 13 sources—everything from crime statistics and traffic problems to water main breaks—into a single, Web browser-accessible platform. |
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| A tablet (PC) that's easy to swallow |
| GCN Lab Review: The Motion Computing F5’s semi-rugged design, good performance and security features suit it for the field.
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| FBI's billion-dollar biometric plan |
| The FBI launched a multibillion-dollar upgrade to its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System: Next Generation Identification project. |
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| Web 2.0: Back to the future? |
| 07/23/2008 Web 2.0 initiatives such as cloud computing and the programmable Web could take us back to the days of proprietary centralized systems, according to Tim O'Reilly. |
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| You are naked without it |
| 08/13/2007 GCN Lab review | Antivirus programs seek and destroy malicious code waiting to pounce on remote systems. |
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| Shawn P. McCarthy | FISMA II − It's not exactly what it sounds like |
| 07/07/2008 Commentary: The effort to extend the effectiveness of FISMA - by helping agencies choose the right people to improve the overall security of their systems - has some confused about its name. |
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| Judgment day for Windows XP |
| 06/24/2008 The bells are tolling for the venerable operating system, with a few exceptions.
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| Wi-Fi Detective uncovers hidden world |
| 06/20/2008 The Wi-Fi Detective from StarTech.com puts an end to the laptop-balancing act. You just turn it on, stick it in your pocket, go for a walk and detect accessible Wi-Fi signals.
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| Print server cuts the cord, adds security |
| 07/17/2008 GCN Lab review: The PS56 WLAN Print Server can eliminate wires going to your printer while adding a robust system to handle printing-related tasks.
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| The return of Ada |
| Thought to be obsolete, DOD’s programming language could be just the thing to address software validation and verification.
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| Ghost with the most |
| 08/27/2007 GCN Lab Review | The latest version of Norton Ghost gets a lot friendlier, while still performing first-rate backup and image restoration.
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| JPEG 2000 a viable alternative to TIFF |
| 07/17/2008 Study shows JPEG 2000 image format is suitable for archiving and takes less disk space than TIFF. |
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| An idea whose time has gone |
| GCN Lab review: Iomega's REV drive offers handy, removable storage but in an outdated format.
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| Fewer cables in your future |
| As data centers become increasingly packed with servers and equipment, facilities managers can take comfort in knowing that at least some simplification is coming.
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| Taking stock of the network |
| GCN Lab review: BDNA Insight 4.1 helps IT administrators get a grip on their network inventories.
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| Lauri Almann | Lessons from the cyberattacks on Estonia |
| GCN Interview: Estonia’s permanent undersecretary of Defence talks about the lessons learned from last year’s cyberattacks on the country’s networks and what every country can do to protect against similar attacks.
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| Data breaches up, but not in government sector |
| 07/01/2008 Reported data breaches increased sharply in 2008, but the percentage of breaches in the government sector has dropped steadily in the past three years.
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| Hacking Bluetooth |
| 10/05/2005 Fact: Having your name and number in Paris Hilton’s cell phone directory is like openly publishing them on the Web. |
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| Agencies make headway in reducing Internet gateways |
| 07/10/2008 Agencies have reduced the number of their external connections to the Internet from 4,300 to 2,758, and shown progress toward meeting OMB's ultimate goal of fewer than 100 connections. |
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| ISO/IEC officials allegedly advise rejecting OOXML appeals |
| 07/14/2008 Microsoft's Office Open XML document format may be on its way toward surviving an appeals process—the last challenge to its legitimacy as a standard. |
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| Flash drive encrypts and controls data chaos |
| 07/17/2008 GCN Lab review: The Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox, a lightweight USB flash drive, packs 8 gigabytes of encrypted storage into its tiny frame. |
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| Vista SP1 'update' issued |
| 06/26/2008 Three months after the initial release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has issued what it calls a "reliability update" to sweep out any glitches that may pop up in a complex stack of applications on the new OS version. |
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| Forensics on cell phones |
| Cellebrite has packed its tools into a handheld device for data extraction in the field. But just who is buying these new devices? |
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| NIST seeks comment on IT security guides |
| 07/10/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology has released draft versions of publications on hash algorithms and Bluetooth security, and a revised version of firewall guidelines. |
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| Indian Affairs Web site reconnected |
| 06/27/2008 After years of litigation requiring its links to be disconnected, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Web page is available online.
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| Eight states account for $4.2B loss to software piracy |
| 07/18/2008 The Business Software Alliance issued a report that shows software piracy in eight states accounts for more than half of all the United States’ revenues lost due to software piracy.
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| 911 call-testing tool available for PSAPs |
| A public safety consulting company is offering software to help agencies test the accuracy of the location data provided with wireless calls to 911. |
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| Everybody's in pictures |
| As online video becomes increasingly popular for meetings, training sessions and other
uses, agencies look to video management systems to help them keep track of it all.
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| Special Report | Computer forensics: The new DNA |
| 08/01/2006 Within a week of discovering computer equipment in the bombed-out safehouse of slain terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. and Iraqi forces carried out more than 450 raids targeting followers of al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq. The vital information that led to the military action came from the Defense Department’s growing ability to uncover and comprehend information stored on everything from disk drives and cell phones to personal digital assistants and Global Positioning System equipment. |
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| PDF now ISO standard |
| 07/03/2008 And Adobe Systems releases Version 9 of Adobe Reader. |
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| Consortium outlines goals for advanced, user-friendly Internet2 infrastructure |
| 07/11/2008 The Internet2 consortium has adopted a new five-year strategic plan focused on keeping the national research and education network at the cutting edge of performance while making it easier for nonexperts to use. |
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| Report: IE is least-patched browser |
| More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security
patches—and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits. |
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| Internet Systems Consortium gets gift of big IPv6 pipe |
| 07/15/2008 The Internet Systems Consortium, a nonprofit organization that supports the Internet’s F-root name server and hosts a number of open-source groups, has received a 1 gigabit Ethernet link from NTT America. |
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| Scans without jams |
| GCN Lab review: Sonar-equipped Panasonic scanner handles any kind of document on any kind of paper.
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| Microsoft Access 2007 |
| GCN Lab review: The options are endless — and the learning curve is, too — but with Access, you get more bang for the buck than with any other program of its kind. |
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| Tom Simmons | Virtualization and the greening of IT |
| GCN Interview: Tom Simmons, area vice president of federal systems at Citrix Systems, which offers virtualization technology, spoke recently with GCN about the challenges and opportunities of green IT. |
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| Most network data sits untouched |
| 07/01/2008 We are too busy writing new data to go back over old data; organizations might consider moving old data to slower, less expensive storage units. |
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| Trust Digital mobile security meets DISA specs |
| 06/27/2008 Trust Digital 's smartphone security software client meets the latest updates to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s wireless Security Technical Implementation Guide for Windows Mobile Messaging Wireless E-mail Systems. |
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| Forecast for July: Mostly sunny, 100% chance of spam |
| 07/02/2008 Spam volumes have been on the decline, but they are still double what they were at this time last year. |
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| On Internet2, the future is fast-forward |
| The Energy Department’s Energy Sciences Network is growing with increased bandwidth demands. The latest generation of the network, ESnet4, is a 100 gigabits/sec optical network; DOE has projected that it would require 200 gigabits/sec by 2014. |
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| SSA's upgrade paves way for IPv6 |
| Agencies have until June 30 to meet the Office of Management and Budget’s mandate to get their network backbones ready to handle IPv6 traffic. The Social Security Administration achieved that goal six months ago. |
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| A movable feast of computing |
| GCN Lab review: The laptop-like Raptor 4 is actually a portable server with impressive power and features.
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| Macs look to the workplace |
| The Enterprise Mac Initiative is offering its resources to help IT staff identify the difficulties of bringing Macs into the enterprise. |
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| Oracle releases critical updates |
| 07/16/2008 This latest round of patches fixes Oracle buffer overflows, denial-of-service attack points and other vulnerabilities.
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| R&D funding available for new infrastructure monitoring technology |
| NIST is seeking proposals for high-risk projects to develop technologies for inspecting, monitoring and evaluating components of the nation’s infrastructure. |
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| Cybereye | The core challenge |
| Commentary: Cybersecurity must become deeply embedded in daily operations, rather than bolted on as a separate technology. |
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| Eakspay eefray |
| Bloggers in China have found a way to get around that government's efficient Internet censors. |
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| A tale of 3 cities |
| 09/11/2006 COOP, COG and the alphabet of 9/11: How Arlington, Va., New York City and St. Louis changed their application of technology. |
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| Cybereye | Privacy matters |
| 07/14/2008 Commentary: How do you put a price tag on privacy? And how do you determine who pays?
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| DHS plans major data fusion project |
| 09/08/2006 The Intelligence and Information Fusion system will provide the Homeland Security Department with an integrated intelligence and information capability.
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| GCN Best of Fose winners named |
| 04/02/2008 The results are in from the annual competition designating the best new products showcased at the annual FOSE Conference and Exposition.
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| Fort Lewis invests in translation devices |
| 07/11/2008 The Army's Fort Lewis military reservation has procured 92 one-way translators that contain a database of English phrases translated into key languages spoken throughout the Middle East for soldiers deploying to Iraq. |
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| Copyright Office opens Web portal for online registrations |
| 06/26/2008 The U.S. Copyright Office is opening up a new online portal intended to help the office move from a paper-based to electronic processing environment. |
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| Editor's Desk | Dawn of the petaflop |
| The Energy Department's new supercomputer, the Roadrunner, has twice the speed of any other at a peak performance of 1.026 petaflops — more than 1,000 trillion calculations per second. |
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| Firefox 3.0.1 released |
| 07/17/2008 Browser creator Mozilla Corp. “strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release.” |
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| Tipton is new (ISC)2 chief |
| 07/11/2008 Former Interior Department CIO Hord Tipton has been named executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. |
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| Mine Safety and Health Administration builds data center from scratch |
| A new third facility in the works will be located in Beckley, W.V., and would serve as a back-up for the agency's two other data centers, one in Arlington, Va., and the other near Denver. |
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| Air Force tests new broadband IT |
| 06/23/2008 The Air Force's Cyber Command sponsored tests of the Tactical Targeting Network Technology for air-to-ground broadband communications. |
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| A home connection |
| 07/03/2008 Troops in Iraq receive free Internet access for Independence Day. |
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| The tools of the master forecaster |
| 03/06/2007 Five business intelligence applications that can help agency managers track changes and make better decisions about their programs. |
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| High-speed Internet access for all |
| 06/24/2008 InternetforEveryone.org formed to unite Internet users, content creators and innovators to foster universal high-speed Internet access.
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| Survey: Microsoft patches ignored |
| 06/24/2008 The results of an online test conducted by one antivirus firm indicate that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches. |
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| Computer stolen from VA subcontractor, Unisys |
| 08/07/2006 (UPDATED) The Veterans Affairs Department today confirmed that a subcontractor, Unisys Corp., had informed the department that a desktop computer containing sensitive personal information of veterans is missing from the company’s offices.
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| Symantec products Common Criteria-certified |
| 07/18/2008 Symantec access control and security packages get Evaluation Assurance Level 2 certification. |
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| Va. DMV excavates backlog |
| 11/03/2006 New document imaging system improves efficiency, access. |
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| Erdas tools for satellite data |
| Erdas adds support for WorldView-1 satellite products to its geospatial and photogrammetric tools.
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| New mini drive from Ridata |
| 07/02/2008 Advanced Media Inc. announces availability of the Ridata Single Layer Cell 2.5-inch IDE Ultra-S. |
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| Tighter security for IE8 |
| 07/09/2008 Microsoft is promising nothing less than "comprehensive protection" with Internet Explorer 8's new features. |
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| IPv6: Waiting for early adopters |
| OMB requires agencies only to be ready for IPv6. It does not say they have to use it. Apparently, there is not yet a compelling reason for them to turn it on. |
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| EMC updates Documentum |
| 07/22/2008 Documentum 6.5 features collaboration, multimedia support, off-line synchronization.
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| Who’s got the time? |
| As computer systems become increasingly precise, a conflict emerges between human and machine measurements.
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| NIST math text gets digital makeover |
| 07/01/2008 NIST rewrites one of its best-sellers, the “Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables,” and puts it into an interactive digital format. |
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| StillSecure VAM under SCAP validation |
| 07/09/2008 StillSecure says Security Content Automation Protocol testing is under way for its vulnerability management system. |
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| Panasonic debuts new network video recorder |
| 07/10/2008 Panasonic Security Systems introduces the i-Pro WJ-ND400 NVR Series network video recorder that offers the image quality of IP camera-based video surveillance systems.
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| Apps fighting on the same side |
| Interoperability tests identify battle-ready technologies. |
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| Casting a net for spear phishers |
| Intrepidus Group announces the release of PhishMe, a software application that helps users thwart spear phishing attacks.
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| The numerator |
| Here is a list of the cell phones that leaked the most—and the least—radio frequency energy based on their specific (body) absorption rate. |
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| 911 service comes into Internet age |
| 07/24/2008 The president signed into law a bill that requires IP telephony service providers to provide 911 services and to create plans for a national IP emergency response network. |
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| DOE's super-sensitive explosives detector |
| 07/08/2008 The Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can now detect explosives at distances exceeding 20 yards. |
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| Turning spreadsheets into business intelligence tools |
| Still can't quite get your spreadsheet to do what you want it to do? Here are some add-ons that can help.
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| Guidance for securely using SSL VPNs, mobile devices |
| 07/08/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a guide to virtual private networks using Secure Sockets Layer technology, comparing and contrasting them with IPsec and other VPN solutions. |
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| Just saying no |
| Internet service providers are running into something that might look familiar to many government program managers — plain old resistance to change.
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| Sun, Fujitsu announce new Sparc servers |
| 07/14/2008 The next generation of Sparc enterprise servers is now available. |
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| The new weakest links |
| Web apps are rife with small vulnerabilities that can open the door to big trouble. Thinking like a hacker can help you find them.
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| InfiniBand integrated into HP BladeSystem |
| 07/01/2008 Mellanox Technologies' 20-Gbps InfiniBand adapters and switch product technology now provides unified input/output (I/O) fabric in the Hewlett-Packard BladeSystem for Oracle Optimized Warehouse. |
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| San Francisco tests intelligent transportation IT |
| 07/01/2008 Partnership between federal, state transportation departments will test various technology apps designed to reduce gridlock and improve safety and service. |
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| Print server cuts the cord, adds security |
| GCN Lab review: The PS56 WLAN Print Server can eliminate wires going to your printer while adding a robust system to handle printing-related tasks.
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| Asempra tool speeds app recovery |
| 07/21/2008 Asempra unveiled Business Continuity Server 2.7, a tool to help organizations recover Microsoft applications and data in seconds. |
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| Cybereye | Consumer, protect thyself |
| Commentary: You can make those who control your personal data aware that you expect them to keep it secure and confidential.
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| Vizioncore updates backup, management tools |
| 07/18/2008 Vizioncore has updated it vCharter Pro virtualization monitoring software and its vRanger Pro virtualized environments backup software.
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| MassHousing adds new MapInfo tool |
| 06/27/2008 Massachusetts’ Housing Finance Agency is using the software to incorporate location analysis into its existing apps to monitor and analyze enterprise data. |
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| Color-coding your cables |
| While cable colors are not standardized, there are a few tricks to keeping it simple. |
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| Kace offers FDCC compliance tools |
| 07/09/2008 Kace Networks says its KBOX line of appliances can help federal agencies comply with the Federal Desktop Core Configuration |
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| FAA on TARGETS to speed aircraft departures |
| 06/26/2008 Federal Aviation Administration uses Terminal Area Route Generation Evaluation and Traffic Simulation tool to decrease the time needed to publish Area Navigation procedures. |
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| Tool helps feds figure ROI of PC upgrades |
| 07/07/2008 Research firm Government Insights announced the availability of a tool to help federal IT managers calculate the return on investment for PC replacements, upgrades or migrations. |
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| Neptune drives offer 1G of storage |
| 07/17/2008 Other World Computing's Neptune line of external FireWire hard drives has doubled their capacity from 500G to 1T. |
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| NGA awards research grants |
| 07/14/2008 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced its grant awards for the fiscal 2008 NGA University Research Initiative program.
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| Dell M209X ultraportable projector |
| GCN Lab review: This is a a tiny projector that can hang tough with the big boys. |
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| SQL Server 2008 to ship by September |
| 07/11/2008 SQL Server 2008 will be released to manufacturing by the end of the third quarter, according to Microsoft. |
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| TSA designates MicroStrategy PIMS as aviation ops standard |
| 07/23/2008 The Transportation Security Administration designated the MicroStrategy-based Performance Information Management System as its aviation operations standards.
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| Dell OptiPlex GX620 |
| 06/27/2006 The OptiPlex GX620 packs a lot of power into a fairly small minitower case. With a 3.6-GHz Pentium D 960 dual-core processor and 1GB of 533-MHz DDR2 RAM, the GX620 broke the bank for performance, scoring an amazing 10,523 and edging the tricked-out Alienware system. |GCN Lab Reviewer's Choice| |
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| Technicalities | 3-D in the picture |
| Infosys promises the ability to send 3-D video, games and other images to holographic handsets similar to cell phones. |
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| Malware prevalent on trusted Web pages |
| 07/24/2008 Five seconds into reading this story, a Web page somewhere will become infected with malware or some other malicious code.
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| Alpha Five Version 9 Platinum |
| GCN Lab review: Nonprogrammers will have a hard time with Alpha Five, but they can still create powerful applications without scripting.
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| Digital Memo sends one-way messages |
| 07/10/2008 Digital Memo distributes messages to employees without enabling the back-and-forth dialogue that e-mail does. |
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| Voltaire plans 40-Gbps switch |
| 06/26/2008 Voltaire is planning to develop a 40-gigabits per second/quad data rate switching platform based on the InfiniBand InfiniScale IV switch silicon announced by Mellanox.
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| 'Prefetching' scheme saves time, energy |
| 07/08/2008 Researchers have figured out a way to maintain access to data on a computer hard disk that has powered down to conserve energy.
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| Panasonic Toughbook boasts Atom chip |
| 06/25/2008 Panasonic today unveiled the Toughbook CF-U1, the first ultramobile PC to integrate the new Intel Atom processor in a rugged handheld computer.
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| Spreadsheeting: More resources |
| Links to resource pages for WordPerfect Office, OpenOffice, Google Docs and Microsoft Excel, as well as speadsheet design guidance. |
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