Discarded system rises with upgrade
For some time, a 4-year-old PC'its 200-MHz Pentium processor stone cold'had sat idle in a corner of the GCN Lab.
@INFO.POLICY
Bill Clinton put the White House on the Internet. What happens to the Clinton administration's Internet materials when he leaves office? This question raises some complicated and touchy issues.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
As you scour the world looking for the best technology, your vendors are increasingly looking to foreign governments for business opportunities.
Letters to the Editor
I just finished the Power User column 'In a changing world, computer literacy demands skepticism' <a href="/vol18_no36/enterprise/895-1.html">[<i>GCN</i>, Nov. 8, 1999, Page 33]</a>. I was struck by the notion that we as a people seem to be gradually losing our critical thinking skills in this modern information age.
Editorial
Now that 2000 has arrived at last, you'd expect to have a clear view of the future.
Office Suites
In these days of double-digit-gigabyte hard drives, users generally don't complain much about office suites being 'hard drive pigs,' as one fed forthrightly put it in the last GCN survey of office suites [<i>GCN</i>, July 21, 1997].
INTERVIEW: John S. Tritak, FIDnet's defender
This past summer, two weeks after becoming director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, John S. Tritak was called before a congressional committee to respond to lawmakers' concerns that the Clinton administration would use the proposed Federal Information Detection Network to monitor private-network traffic.
Server comes with extra e-commerce capacity
IBM's newest S/390 Multiprise 3000 server comes with electronic commerce software and Lotus' Domino Release 5 collaboration software, said Dave Messina, IBM Corp.'s program director for S/390 marketing.
INTERNAUT
Have you experienced gradual personalization? No, it's nothing romantic. It's a technology trend: persuading your agency's Web site visitors to share information with you so you can build customized page views for them.
Microsoft will boost security in Win 2000
REDMOND, Wash.'Microsoft Corp. will send the government a late Valentine's Day gift on Feb. 17 in the form of extra security embedded in three versions of the forthcoming Windows 2000.
QUtilities app for handhelds makes a silk purse out of WinCE's sow's ear
Compaq Computer Corp. has tackled substantial flaws in the Microsoft Windows CE operating system to make its Aero handheld computers more useful and usable.
Road to justice leads through the Web in Oregon
Multnomah County is blazing an electronic Oregon Trail with a consolidated law enforcement system that lets justice agencies share data easily and securely.
INTERNAUT
Have you experienced gradual personalization? No, it's nothing romantic. It's a technology trend: persuading your agency's Web site visitors to share information with you so you can build customized page views for them.
Los Angeles uses app to predict wildfires
When several Los Angeles County neighborhoods were devastated by wildfires in 1993, 1994 and 1996, firefighters redoubled their efforts to use the most recent advances in computing to battle an old enemy.
Los Angeles uses app to predict wildfires
When several Los Angeles County neighborhoods were devastated by wildfires in 1993, 1994 and 1996, firefighters redoubled their efforts to use the most recent advances in computing to battle an old enemy.
COUNTY LINES
County trusts. A cooperative trust formed more than 20 years ago has helped 12 Utah counties advance technologically.
Road to justice leads through the Web in Oregon
Multnomah County is blazing an electronic Oregon Trail with a consolidated law enforcement system that lets justice agencies share data easily and securely.
Ohio department puts its own report card online
The Ohio Education Department is using Web technology to analyze school performance indicators and to communicate with students and families as it fulfills state legislative mandates for improving the state's school system.
Mitre publishes a dictionary of security threats
Mitre Corp., a government-funded Bedford, Mass., researcher, has published a searchable security dictionary of common vulnerabilities and exposures.
QUtilities app for handhelds makes a silk purse out of WinCE's sow's ear
Compaq Computer Corp. has tackled substantial flaws in the Microsoft Windows CE operating system to make its Aero handheld computers more useful and usable.
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