INTERNAUT
April's school tragedy in Littleton, Colo., has renewed pressure on schools and libraries to screen Web hate sites from their computers.
Science foundation publishes its findings on how to build an electronic government
New research models and strong links between research and practice are necessary to bring state and local governments where they want to be digitally, a recent report funded by the National Science Foundation said.
Sprint's Web conferencing service targets users with Java plug-ins
Sprint Corp. has launched a multimedia Web data conferencing service for up to 500 users who have Web browsers with Java plug-ins.
MULTIMEDIA PROJECTORS
Ultraportable multimedia projectors make the light dance across a big screen without weighing you down unnecessarily.
MapInfo and Oracle team up to offer GIS products via an Internet database
A corporate partnership promises to provide enterprisewide access to spatial data via the Web through geographic information system products that work with a relational Internet database.
California city dances to the tune of Linus, Samba
The city of Garden Grove, Calif., has a history of reinventing itself.
POWER USER
Can 1 million users be wrong?
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Jefferson County, Ala., employees can enroll for benefits at the click of a mouse or touch of a phone pad.
Enterprise Vault organizes e-mail for retrieval
Compaq Computer Corp.'s Enterprise Vault repository weeds out aging Microsoft Outlook e-mails and archives them for Web-style search and retrieval via the AltaVista search engine.
Ease of use and quality of images were key factors in rating portable projectors
The GCN Lab invited vendors to participate in a roundup review of ultraportable multimedia projectors.
Cyber-Sign software package does biometric signature write
Given the right equipment, your personal signature can sign you onto a network.
ToughBook portables take a licking and keep on processing
People love sports utility vehicles and trucks, which today account for the majority of new vehicle sales. What are the SUV equivalents in the notebook computer market?
Metadirectory software combines paper and online indexes
Unisphere Solutions Inc., a Burlington, Mass., start-up founded by Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc., has released its first metadirectory software based on the X.500 and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol standards.
Georgia replaces a point-to-point WAN with a frame relay system
Of the many systems overhauls Georgia has undertaken to modernize and get ready for 2000, one stands out as the big cat.
Heard on the runway: Hey, you sure wear that PC well
The Xybernaut Mobile Assistant IV might look futuristic, but this wearable computer can do real work today.
The 50 States
IN TOUCH. Jefferson County's Express Lane touch-screen kiosk system taps the county's JeffCo InTouch Web site to let citizens renew vehicle registrations and check other county information.
INTERVIEW
Georgia chief information officer Mike Hale, who heads the 4-year-old Georgia Information Technology Policy Council, has held a second title over the past couple of years: year 2000 project manager. He has led the state's massive modernization and remediation program to both bring systems up to par and prepare them for next year.
BUY LINES
Details, details. Failing to comply with procedural niceties can leave a local government contracting entity holding the bag for claimed contractor costs'even after a meritorious contract termination. In last month's column I discussed how procedural details can make or break a protest of a contract award decision. Here's my promised Details II column.
Lab Notes
Mouse and Gates. At Spring Comdex in Chicago this year, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates demonstrated Microsoft Windows 2000 without a repeat of last year's embarrassing crashes by Windows 98.
Conn. governor drops plan for IT outsourcing
Finding the financial risk of a statewide systems outsourcing proj-ect unacceptable, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland has torpedoed the plan and state officials have halted negotiations with would-be contractor Electronic Data Systems Corp.
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