Linux is looking ready for mainstream users
The GCN Lab reviews four flavors of Linux and finds that three are easy to use and two have extensive Microsoft compatibility.
Which IT buzzwords baffle you most?
Left in the dark by "transparency?" Can't swear to "agnostic?" We’re looking to come up with a definitive list of confounding government IT buzzwords, and we’d like your help.
NIST workshop takes first steps toward standards for preserving digital data
Agencies are preserving huge amounts of digital data, but without common formats or processes for saving and accessing the information. A workshop this week hosted by NIST began identifying requirements for an international standard for digital data preservation.
iPad's big risk
The Web world may be moving to HTML 5, but not in time for the iPad.
Mobile data volume exceeds voice traffic for the first time
2009 marked the first time when the wireless data traffic exceeded voice traffic across the globe with more than an exabyte of data transmitted wirelessly for the first time.
FileMaker launches Bento for iPad
Bento for iPad goes on sale one day before the iPad hits stores
First responders connect via DHS online network
The Homeland Security Department hopes 500,000 local, state and federal first responders will join a new online professional network DHS has created for them.
USCIS saves $600K through videoconferencing
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is saving $600,000 a year by moving its employee training sessions online.
USCIS saves $600K through videoconferencing
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is saving $600,000 a year by moving its employee training sessions online.
Virtualization takes wing at Patrick Air Force Base
IT managers at the Air Force's 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base chose IP replication to move terabytes of data from physical servers to a virtual environment.
iEnvy: Do BlackBerry users need an iPad?
The apps available for Apple's sleek new iPad have many BlackBerry-carrying feds drooling, but BlackBerry also offers a robust, if lesser-known, app store, says GCN Lab Director John Breeden.
NASA engineers join Toyota investigation
The Transportation Department, looking into alleged acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles, is getting help from NASA engineers with expertise in electronics and software.
Army aims for better e-mail, ERP services by upgrading infrastructure
Gary Winkler, the Army program executive officer for enterprise information systems, discusses plans for the area processing centers and lessons learned in recent implementations of enterprise resource planning systems.
About Face(book): Marines lift ban on social networking
Marine Corps officials lifted a ban for marines on using social networking Web sites on the service’s non-secret network, according to a memo.
DOD adds satellite connection to network
The Defense Department is now using a connection port from SES World Skies and DRS Technical Services to supplement the Defense Information Network.
HHS wiki airs concerns about planned health network service
The Health and Human Services Department's new wiki on its Nationwide Health Information Network Direct service provides a forum for concerns about the effects of the program.
Best hypervisors for VDI tested by Citrix
Citrix conducted tests on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance differences using various hypervisors and different operating systems.
iWant: Shortage of iPads fuels desire
GCN Lab director John Breeden isn't too worried about a shortage of iPads at the product's launch; Apple says it's still on target to sell 6 million of the devices this year.
AMD unveils 12-core chip
Processors offer more memory, performance and management features than previous AMD chips.
Bill would vaccinate Tricare against reform complications
A Senate bill, introduced the day before President Obama signed the health care reform law, would change the IRS code on behalf of those in military health plans.
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