Reverse auctions haven't hit home with most buyers
Reverse auctions have been getting some ink lately.
Quantex slims notebook PC line, boosts speed
The W-1500 notebook computer from Quantex Microsystems Inc. has plenty of power, but at more than seven pounds it's heavy compared with the influx of new ultraportables.
Popular White House Web site has a new face
Six years after posting the first White House Web site, the Clinton administration has given the site a face-lift.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
August, 22-24 WebSec 2000 Conference. San Francisco. Contact the MIS Training Institute
POWER USER
Do you ever wish you could bypass Microsoft Excel 2000's presumption that whenever you type www and a period, you want to hot-link to a uniform resource locator?
PACKET RAT
In anticipation of the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, athletes are hawking everything from burgers to wireless phones. No expense is being spared to build audience awareness. They've even figured out a way for a diver to carry the Olympic torch underwater.
On the battlefield, handheld PCs will give data to medics fast
The Army will deploy thousands of portable PCs to field medics for combat casualty care.
New SGI modular server already has federal users
NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., last month took delivery of a 32-processor beta version of SGI's new, high-end Origin 3000 and has ordered a 1,024-processor version for aerodynamic and environmental simulations.
Navy sets up DOD-wide BPAs for Microsoft server products
The Navy has signed four three-year blanket purchasing agreements that give all Defense Department agencies a 15 percent to 25 percent discount off schedule prices for Microsoft Corp. server products.
Navy Net award slips to Sept. 1
The Navy, which saw congressional oversight push its Internet services buy off schedule, now plans to award a contract Sept. 1 for the outsourcing project.
Most say sole-sourcing is not a big problem
Is the use of sole-source task orders a widespread practice in federal contracting? Not according to a GCN survey of procurement or purchasing managers.
Mineta takes over Commerce
Norman Y. Mineta has been confirmed and sworn in as the Commerce Department's 33rd secretary.
Microsoft Internet keyboard has the right touch, plus USB
Joe. Java. That steaming mug of coffee is enemy No. 1 to the keyboard. One little spill and sometimes the keys no longer work.
Marines, Navy merge security functions
The Marine Corps and Navy command and control organizations are combining their security operations at the direction of Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.
Lucent spin-off Avaya Inc. will take over many government networking contracts
Lucent Technologies Inc. is spinning off its Enterprise Networks Group to concentrate the parent company's efforts on fast-growing optical networking and Internet infrastructure business.
Lighten up your antics on the road
A good presentation can help get projects approved, as every government manager knows.
LAB NOTES
A fast burn. TEAC America Inc. of Montebello, Calif., last month announced what it called the fastest combination-speed CD-rewritable drive available: 12X write, 10X rewrite and 32X playback speeds with 85-millisecond access time and a 4M data buffer.
Kenwood's 72X CD can't keep pace with 24X CD-RW
It's twice the price of an average CD-ROM drive, but is it twice as fast?
Judge issues ruling on FBI filtering app
A District Court judge ruled last week that the Justice Department has 10 days to tell the court when it will begin processing a public-interest group's Freedom of Information Act request about the FBI's e-mail filtering system.
Interior makes HR data handy
The Interior Department's National Business Center is updating its mainframe personnel system into a browser application without getting rid of the mainframe screens.
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