Sceptre Soundx 6600 notebook is a perfect fit for the road
The Sceptre Soundx 6600 comes close to my ideal of a notebook computer. It's more powerful than most desktop systems.
In 10 minutes, you can set up and use this HP scanner
The phrase 'easy to install' on a product box generally means I'll spend only half a day instead of all day and night setting up a new device.
Lab Notes
In the race. Kenwood Technologies Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has come out with the 72X TrueX, the latest version of the company's superfast CD-ROM spinners.
Get the lowdown on loading Linux apps
'No one really buys operating systems. They choose an application, and they choose the operating system to run that application.'
Senators check up on ITMRA progress
APRIL 10—Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and ranking Democrat Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) last Friday wrote to the heads of 24 agencies inquiring about their implementation of the Information Technology Management Reform Act.
IBM tests Linux for S/390 servers
APRIL 10—IBM Corp. has quietly released an experimental version of the Linux open-source operating system for its System/390 enterprise server line.
NOAA uses e-mail to distribute nautical chart updates
APRIL 10—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now making nautical chart updates available weekly via e-mail.
Finally, you can have color in the Palm of your hand
When Henry Ford was persuaded to update the obsolete Model T, the resulting Model A had all sorts of modern conveniences, such as a gas gauge and a choice of colors. 'Henry's made a lady out of Lizzy,' went the advertising jingle.
GCN/State & Local wins national journalism award for Y2K issue
GCN/State & Local last month received the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award from the American Business Press for the best subject-related series of articles among publications of its size for the September 1999 issue.
Linux firewalls are free but can take a toll on time and resources
You can spend thousands of dollars on a firewall, or, with a Linux operating system, you can get one for free. But that doesn't necessarily mean you will save thousands of dollars.
Lone Star doctors beam medical care via video
A Texas university is using telemedicine to provide medical care to prison inmates without putting physicians at risk and to care for children with special needs.
Socks app sifts multimedia data streams
A downside of firewall security is the barrier it creates to secure videoconferencing and other multimedia applications.
Legislatures forge digital agendas
The digital age is gradually changing the way legislators follow the hallowed traditions that pervade state capitols, but the Wisconsin Assembly is taking a more direct route.
ADSL supplies low-cost links to Syracuse
Social service providers in Syracuse, N.Y., are holding desktop videoconferences thanks to some funding, foresight and a little faith in asymmetric digital subscriber line technology.
California establishes the Quake-Ready site
California, with many active faults running through it, has by far the highest earthquake risk of any state in the contiguous United States. With that in mind, state officials this year launched an earthquake preparedness program and designated April as California Earthquake Awareness Month.
Central child support collection systems elusive
States are struggling to establish statewide child support collection systems in response to a federal mandate, but overwhelming caseloads and technical problems are delaying payments and frustrating courts and human services departments.
Legislative IT workers join forces to create standard document markup language
Systems professionals from more than 20 state legislatures are helping develop the Legislative Document Markup Language, which would electronically standardize the reams of documents lawmakers generate.
PTI honors three for fostering IT in city and county government
Three local government officials received Public Technology Inc.'s 1999 Technology Leadership Award at PTI's annual meeting this month.
Firewalls
If your organization connects to the Internet, you should pay attention to your firewalls. You wouldn't leave your office door unlocked at night; neither should you leave your office's systems open to attack via the Internet.
MiTAC makes servers for maximum uptime
MiTAC Industrial Corp., a maker of industrial PCs, is entering the server market with a line of rugged, high-performance servers for applications that need maximum uptime.
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