Xircom plays its cards right with new deck of comm devices
The modem-LAN card sales of some first-tier manufacturers far outpace those of Xircom Corp., but I'll bet it won't be long before the company narrows the gap.
Have card, will travel
Thanks to the Internet, many Americans work in virtual environments without the constraints of desks, cubicles and specific office locations. A telecommuter's office can be a living room, patio or spare bedroom. Mobile professionals spend a lot of their time working from airplanes, automobiles, hotel rooms, conference centers and client locations. Doctors, lawyers and government workers use cellular phones and notebook PCs to conduct business from places all over the world.
SGI unveils modular design for new high-end computer
JULY 25—SGI's newest high-end servers and graphics computers are built out of bricks.
USB Gains Momentum
Just as no man is an island, as poet John Donne wrote a couple of centuries ago, no computer stands alone. Along with modem or LAN connections, there's a whole raft of devices clamoring for attention and attachment.
DOD uses Metastorm's process management application to clear backlog
When the Defense Department found itself in need of an Electronic Freedom of Information Act application, Lt. Col. Jim Deming, chief of DOD's Program Management Division, started attending technology fairs and chatting up vendors.
Drumroll, please...
When President Clinton signed into law the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996, the intent was to have federal agencies take advantage of technology to expedite public access to their records and reduce the backlog of FOIA cases. But after four years, the federal agencies mandated to implement E-FOIA are only now beginning to use software that can help them move forward.
Hearing raises privacy questions over FBI's Carnivore
JULY 25—Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution grilled FBI and Justice Department officials Monday afternoon over the FBI's use of its Carnivore e-mail filtering system. The hearing addressed concerns over whether the tool violates Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
The ASP Question
Products and services touted as the latest and greatest are part of the information technology landscape, sprouting like dandelions at regular intervals. But in a short time, many of those innovations become integrated into other products and services or are replaced by something else. Rarely does one live up to its billing as a breakthrough.
Mineta sworn in as new Commerce secretary
JULY 24—Norman Y. Mineta has been confirmed and sworn in as the Commerce Department's 33rd secretary.
FBI says new Net-tapping app will aid in crime investigations
JULY 24—The FBI's new evidence-gathering tool has ignited a privacy debate about whether the government should be able to access private Internet exchanges to hunt down suspects.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
August 1-3 Alliance Chautauqua 2000Conference.
Powering up this notebook proves a pressing challenge
It's been about two years since a Micron TransPort notebook computer weighed in at less than 7 pounds.
Army will open global university on the Internet
The Army will begin handing out notebook computers and printers to thousands of soldiers as early as December for online study, Army Secretary Louis Caldera announced earlier this month.
FTS 2001 billing creates havoc for USDA cutover
Moving the Agriculture Department to a new FTS 2001 long-distance provider is 'probably one of the most difficult problems I've dealt with in my life,' said Gordon Durflinger, USDA's telecommunications transition manager.
SSA sets sights on W-2 Web app
A recent pilot of employer wage reporting via the Internet has prompted the Social Security Administration to consider Web transactions as a permanent filing option.
Navy outsourcing contract award date slips to Sept. 1
JULY 21'Navy officials have reset the award date for the service's $10 billion outsourcing contract to Sept. 1, after they have received responses from Capitol Hill on the procurement's impact.
Government's financial systems fall flat
The government's financial systems woes could make year 2000 coding worries look like a night at the Roxy.
PACKET RAT
Late on a Friday afternoon, the Rat heard the help desk phones ringing off the hooks.
Senators' e-gov site comes to fruition
An experiment in interactive lawmaking is bearing fruit, a pair of senators say.
Kellogg tapped for joint IT post
President Clinton this month nominated Army Maj. Gen. Joseph K. Kellogg Jr. as the Joint Chiefs of Staff's next director for command, control, communications and computer systems.
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