Strength in numbers
Operating on the principle that it's better to buy at wholesale prices than at retail, the General Services Administration has launched a group buying pilot through its recently launched Buyers.gov site.
By selecting the right video card, you can expand your PC's capabilities at a low price
For a relatively low price, many video cards can add a significant degree of new functionality to your desktop PC. They can provide dual-monitor support, digital video interface (DVI) support, DVD acceleration and TV/VCR video input and output.
CADPro removes need for an external power supply
GTCO CalComp Inc. is adding a new dimension to digitizer tablets for computer-aided design applications with the release this month of CADPro, which doesn't require a power supply.
Power to the pen
Graphics tablets go by a variety of names'digitizer tablets, pen tablets or touch tablets. By any name, what they do is go where no mouse has gone before'they let users input drawings, tracings or sketches into a computer.
Efficient Samsung SyncMaster puts TV into monitor picture
When you're paying $1,119 for a monitor, you need to get the most value for your money.
Upgrade puts Media Player in the game with RealPlayer
The two biggest makers of streaming media players, Microsoft Corp. and RealNetworks Inc., have been working on major upgrades. Final versions of the free downloads should be available now.
Web players are not just for show
Casual Web surfers are familiar with streaming media players, the little utilities that pop up to load and play MPEG movies and MP3 audio files. Behind those handy tools are entire multimedia platforms that an increasing number of government agencies are using to add sound and video to their public Web sites, while augmenting intranets with training videos and other multimedia content.
ScanSoft launches hosting service for electronic forms
For the big-time government forms'W-2, SF-171, even the 1040'the goal is clear. They must be digital and Web-enabled, with the ability to transmit information back to a database, by the end of 2003.
It makes sense to buy online from a reliable source
Conventional wisdom has it that if you are buying a server, you should start with first-tier vendors such as Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. and NEC America Inc.
Compaq to build 30-TFLOPS supercomputer for Energy
AUG. 22 —Compaq Computer Corp. will tackle the task of building the Energy Department's next supercomputer.
Air Force awards $352m outsourcing contracts for base support
AUG. 22—The Air Force has selected two contractors to take over base operations support at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in a five-year, $352 million program that is one of the service's largest outsourcing initiatives.
Linux not ready for DOD prime time
AUG. 21—The Linux open-source operating system so far is a nonstarter in the command and control market, although it has reached the commercial big leagues through its adoption by several major hardware vendors, including Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., IBM Corp. and SGI.
Navy shuffles command and control officers
AUG. 21—Less than two weeks before the expected award of the Navy's $10 billion outsourcing procurement, service officials have assigned a new deputy director to the organization that doles out command and control systems funding.
Library of Congress is now adrift in a sea of digital data
The Library of Congress is so unprepared to serve as a national information repository in the digital age that it risks becoming a book museum, the National Academy of Sciences contends.
Army group adds XML to its repertoire
The Army Publishing Agency is turning to the Extensible Markup Language to make Army regulations easier to view and search.
Corel makes shifting from Windows to Linux a snap
Until last week, no software vendor had a desktop version of the Linux operating system that didn't require a savvy technician or programmer on staff.
IPv4 runs out of room
Pockets of IP Version 4 address exhaustion are showing up on government networks.
PACKET RAT
The Rat's hotline to the Justice Department rang early one weekend morning, and the whiskered one stumbled in his bunny slippers to the flashing phone.
Disabled can flourish in IT, feds say
Information technology jobs are well-suited to people with disabilities, thousands of whom are already working in federal agencies, government officials say.
Linux vendors plot a penguin invasion of government agencies
SAN JOSE, Calif.'Army, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and NASA officials attended LinuxWorld Expo last week to hear leading vendors' plans for taking the Linux open-source operating system into the government mainstream.
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