Fresh downloads: Adobe Flash, Open Office
New Flash promises better sound; new Open Office supports PDF/A.
Challenging the status quo
This year's GCN Hall of Fame inductees and Government IT Executives of the Year epitomize how individuals are often able to transform the institutions of governmentthrough their tenacity, vision and leadership.
Working the systems
Retired Lt. Gen. Charles E. Croom Jr., former director and commander of the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations at DISA, improved DISA's services by emphasizing the fundamentals.
Technologies to watch in 2009
Cloud computing and business intelligence are among the most important strategic technologies for 2009.
E-mail security app thwarts spam
Sendio's E-mail Security Platform borrows from the social networking model to eliminate spam.
Unisys upgrades ClearPath mainframes
Bigger iron tweaked for clustering as well as cryptographic and Java processing.
Carlson to lead Microsoft's federal government business
Software giant vice president previously managed company's civilian government sector.
Advanced network performance suite to manage collider data
New suite of network-performance tools to help manage the terabytes of data that will be generated by Large Hadron Collider experiments.
Navy puts virtualization on active duty
By consolidating the the 2,700 physical servers that power NMCI down to 300, the Navy expects to save $1.6 million a year in electricity costs alone.
'Windows 7' no longer a code name
The secret is out: Windows 7 will be the official name of Microsoft's next operating system.
Silverlight 2 takes center-stage
The latest version of Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in for multimedia applications, is available now.
Microsoft to improve UAC in Windows 7
Software giant will revisit User Account Control, Windows Vista's most maligned feature.
Adapter breathes new life into old drives
GCN Lab Review: Don't put those old hard drives out to pasture just yet: Newer Technology's Universal Drive Adapter offers new life to old hard drives.
NOAA expands geodetic reference network
Agency adds 43 new Global Positioning System tracking sites as part of the Continuously Operating Reference Station network that helps surveyors and other users determine the 3-D positions of sites or objects.
CA adds eDiscovery module to information governance suite
CA is adding some new features, including an e-discovery module, to its Information Governance Suite.
Linux kernel updated for solid state
New kernel features a file system for solid state drives.
NSA posts secrets to writing secure code
Tokeener case study serves as an example of writing low-defect, highly-reliable code, researchers claim.
NEXCOM adds data warehouse
The Navy Exchange Service Command will be using Netezza Corp.'s data warehouse system as its enterprise data warehouse.
SAIC introduces rugged display for shipboard use
The Seaview is the first large display to pass MIL-STD 901D testing, according to SAIC.
A reprieve for Windows XP
Windows Vista's unpopularity in the business world may have forced Microsoft to extend XP's shelf life.
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