Massachusetts Port Authority takes business to Web
When workers renovating a parking garage at Boston's Logan International Airport run into a problem, they now grab their keyboards not their phones.
COUNTY LINES
CTRL-ALT-RENEW. Hurricane Floyd razed Pattillo Elementary School in Tarboro, N.C., leaving its students in trailers and its computers in shambles. At Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, N.C., 8 inches of standing water in many rooms left much technology unusable.
Most motor vehicle agencies lag in providing access to services on the Internet, study finds
Three out of every four state motor vehicle agencies did not support Web transactions with citizens last year, an industry study found.
N.Y. Health Dept. signs $351 million deal with CSC for Medicaid system
The New York Health Department has signed a six-year, $351 million contract with Computer Sciences Corp. to revamp the state's Medicaid services system.
Deadline for job services presses states
With two months to go, states are scrambling to get systems ready to support the one-stop job services required by July 1 under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
Toshiba redesigns its Equium desktop series to join the PC fast lane
Over the years, Toshiba America Information Systems' ability to release cutting-edge products before users expect them has won the company a leading share of the notebook PC market. With the release of its new, scalable 7350 Equium PC series, Toshiba is attempting to do the same thing in the desktop PC market.
Veterans Administration's acting CIO to retire
MAY 2 'Harold F. Gracey Jr. announced the end of a 30-year government career yesterday.
Desktop PCs bring fast times to New Tech High
New Technology High School lies nestled in the sunny valleys of Napa, Calif. But with a 1-to-1 student-to-PC ratio, the school of 220 seems more like a high-tech start-up than a typical California high school, Mark Morrison, the school's director, said.
Recognition apps help users find their voice
I had hoped to write this review of the leading speech recognition applications without ever touching finger to keyboard.
This digital camera captures still shots and video
The name makes it sound like a weapon or a division of the British secret service, but the PDR-M5 is really a digital camera.
LAB NOTES
Wireless wonderland. The players in the wireless marketplace last month formed new alliances and issued broad statements such as this one from Motorola Inc.: 'By 2001, every handset we produce will be Internet-enabled.'
PanaSync CRT reduces glare in brightly lighted environments
Panasonic's plug-and-play PanaSync E70G CRT monitor is well-made but no head-turner. It does have a few outstanding features, such as its anti-glare coating.
BUY LINES
More and more, state and local governments are applying environmentally conscious thinking in their requirements for technology buys.
Wireless system helps Colo. police protect families
Domestic violence cases in Lakewood, Colo., used to get bogged down in the criminal justice system for weeks. Now, thanks to a process mapping system that the Lakewood Police Department developed with Motorola Inc., domestic violence cases are resolved in one or two days, officials said.
INTERNAUT
The presidential primary season has made the Internet a focal point for voters, legislators and courts, all seeking to influence results or to use the Internet to count votes and court voters.
Emergency team in West Virginia town uses Blast software to respond to two potential explosions
In one day, Wheeling, a small city in Ohio County, W.Va., handled emergencies caused by two potentially explosive devices. The Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency had explosion modeling software to let it quickly assess the danger and sort out possible responses.
Portable Que Drive is good to go, but hooking up is slow
If you're on the go and need to burn a quick CD-ROM, the Que Drive from QPS Inc. is the perfect size. If you want a fast, reliable CD writer, however, you might want to pass on the Que.
Strong MAN handles Tulsa's data traffic
For a century, the fortunes of Tulsa, Okla., rose and fell with its boom-or-bust economy based on oil and agriculture. But city officials have found that with an asynchronous transfer mode network, Tulsa can tap into a resource that won't run dry'information.
POWER USER
If you have a suspicious mind, you might have figured all along that software vendors build back doors into their programs on purpose. If not, you have a nasty surprise coming.
Xerox updates document sharing system and releases query package
Xerox Corp. has updated its DocuShare software and released a query package called askOnce.
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