Device keeps phone surges from reaching out and touching PC
Surge protection strips are standard equipment for desktop computers, and many users even install uninterruptible power supplies under their desks. Yet every now and then a system simply refuses to boot, showing signs of having been fried.
LAB NOTES
Princeton graduates. Large, high-definition TV and multimedia displays from Princeton Graphic Systems Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., work with PCs or Macintoshes as XGA monitors as well as TV receivers.
Do-it-all devices have to do it all sharply
Multifunction devices have come of age in government offices that have to make do with less money and, in some cases, less space.
NEW PRODUCTS
Western Scientific Inc. of San Diego offers scalable cluster supercomputers based on the Linux open-source operating system.
Free ArcExplorer handles most image formats, including CAD
A free data viewer for geographic information systems is downloadable from Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. of Redlands, Calif., at <a href="http://www.esri.com/arcexplorer">www.esri.com/arcexplorer</a>.
Handheld devices find new turf at conference
PASADENA, Calif.'Microsoft Corp., whose Windows CE handheld computer operating system has been eclipsed by the Palm OS from Palm Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., is revising its Handheld PC 2000 platform.
XIOtech releases storage area network virtualization software
Two new software products from XIOtech Corp. combine the company's Magnitude storage area networks into virtual storage pools of up to 500T.
Epson workgroup ink-jet has picoliter technology that produces fine detail
An ink-jet workgroup printer from Epson America Inc. has a claimed 2,880-dot-per-inch resolution and 13-page-per-minute maximum print rate.
GSA Advantage gets face-lift
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service is nearing the end of a multiphase upgrade of search capabilities for its GSA Advantage online ordering site.
POWER USER
It's easy to forget that the mainstream computer era is only two decades old. I've been working with computers for twice that long, and electronic computers date back 60 years.
@INFO.POLICY
The National Technical Information Service at the Commerce Department is a repository and disseminator of scientific, technical and engineering information.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
The movement to encourage federal agencies to contract for commercial products and services took a step backward recently when the Office of Federal Procurement Policy withdrew some exemptions from the Service Contract Act.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Naval Supply Systems Command conducted the reverse auction to which Stephen M. Ryan referred in his column 'Reverse auctions need regulatory guidance' [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no23/opinion/2663-1.html">GCN, Aug. 14, Page 22</a>]. As head of contracting operations for NAVSUP, I wanted to address Ryan's concerns and clear up some confusion about this process.
EDITORIAL
Whiskey, depending on your point of view, might be a wonderful elixir of companionship, good cheer and fondly remembered occasions. Or it might be poison, a wrecker of happiness and sobriety, the devil's own tonic.
Virtual airport program helps FAA test runway configurations
Only air traffic controllers can tell which runway configuration is real and which is an illusion using a two-story airport simulator designed by NASA.
Hiring, security on DOT agenda
The Transportation Department, like other federal agencies, is tackling the challenges of recruiting and retaining information technology workers.
INTERVIEW: On the road to consolidation
George R. Molaski is the Transportation Department's first chief information officer. He joined the department in June 1999 and brings more than 25 years of executive management experience in computer sciences to the position.
Company aims to set up bandwidth trading market
RateXchange Corp. is installing a system of delivery hubs in hopes of creating an international commodities market for bandwidth.
Wang modifies KVM switch for Tempest, Zone specs
Wang Government Services Inc. of McLean, Va., is adding a keyboard, video and mouse switch to its line of computer equipment designed to prevent electronic eavesdropping.
NASA tries Web workgroups
NASA's John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is piloting several collaboration applications for scientific data.
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