Ames drafts a paperless plan
Building engineers at a NASA research center have found a paperless way to collaborate on designs for major repair projects such as replacing roofs and building ventilation systems.
POWER USER
My Nov. 22 column described my online adventures when I tried to order a computer for immediate delivery. Here's what happened afterward.
THE BELTWAY AND BEYOND
What impact will U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's powerful and detailed findings of fact in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case have on federal and state government buying practices?
THE VIEW FROM INSIDE
Does Cisco Systems Inc.'s Steve Deering really think that the sky is falling when it comes to Internet addresses and the latest IP version?
Letters to the Editor
I have been a GCN reader for quite a while, and I nearly always turn to John McCormick's Power User column first.
Here's to you
Doing anything fun on New Year's Eve?
Year in review
The coming of the year 2000 provides a logical'and nearly irresistible'vantage point from which to look back, as well as forward.
Interview: J.P. 'Jack' London, CACI's network evangelist
A high point in the life of CACI International Inc. chairman and chief executive officer J.P. 'Jack' London was pulling astronaut John Glenn out of the Caribbean Sea on Feb. 20, 1962.
Agencies take advantage of beltway IT boom
Federal agencies are reaping rewards from the growth of the information technology sector around the beltway, government and industry officials say.
At Comdex, it's so long to I/O ports and hello to USB
LAS VEGAS'Say goodbye to PCI cards, adieu to PS/2 plugs and sayonara to serial ports. The PC is slimming down and going legacy-free'or so the big PC makers said last week at Comdex.
The 820 motherboard puts afterburners on Deskpro
PCs are picking up speed, and not just from higher megahertz rates in their processors.
Help is on call for FTS cutover
The Interagency Management Council, the General Services Administration and telecommunications carriers have formed a high-level task force to try to accelerate agencies' transition to FTS 2001.
Government is home to fastest supercomputers
Federally owned or funded supercomputers this month took eight of the top 10 positions on the latest list of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers, as ranked semiannually by academic researchers.
PACKET RAT
The Rat was trying to get in an extra autumn-weekend snooze, but the phone just kept ringing. Finally, Mrs. Rat kicked him out of bed to answer the call.
USDA's Reed considers her next step
When Anne F. Thomson Reed steps down as the Agriculture Department's chief information officer on Feb. 1, she expects to still have some involvement with the public sector'but just what that role would be is unclear.
Handhelds gain portable rival: tiny e-clipboard
LAS VEGAS'The 6-pound Qbe, pronounced cube, might just make wearable PCs and handhelds obsolete. It resembles a clipboard but has a full-color touch screen and runs Microsoft Windows 98.
Storage products are a hit at Comdex
LAS VEGAS'At this year's Comdex, what's old is new, especially when it comes to disk storage.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
Standards, Applications and TechnologyConference. Gaithersburg, Md. Contact the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sprint offers local service in NYC
Sprint Corp., an FTS 2001 long-distance provider, has begun offering local telephone service in New York City.
Two systems won't be ready by New Year's, Defense says
Two mission-critical systems will not be year 2000-ready by the new year, but the Defense Department will carry out its mission as usual on Jan. 1, an Office of the Secretary of Defense official said.
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