Toshiba adds a document camera to an ultra-bright projector
Anyone who gives presentations with the Toshiba TLP791 LCD projector will never again have to spend time at the copier making transparencies.
Sony LCD sees the light
These days, there are so many good LCD monitors on the market that one seldom warrants a standalone review. But the new Sony SDM-X93 breaks the mold. It thinks for itself.
Tungsten T2: Rise of the machine
Although it sounds like a movie sequel, the T2 is actually the latest Tungsten handheld computer from Palm Inc.
The lowdown on middleware
<b>What is it?</b> Middleware is software that connects two systems'such as databases and Web applications, or even two networks'and lets them communicate.
Middleware connects
The federal government's push for better information sharing among agencies, made more urgent by e-government initiatives and 9-11 intelligence failures, has created strong demand for enterprise software architectures, Web standards and integration tools.
Incoming
<b>FCS deal</b>. Raytheon Co. recently won two major contracts under the Army's $14.92 billion Future Combat Systems program.
Network initiative would support permanent joint training exercises
To boost interoperability on the battlefield, the Defense Department plans to conduct joint training exercises that link air, ground, sea and space units to one common picture'not just on an ad hoc basis, but permanently.
OMB updates criteria to get a green rating
After scrapping its mandatory competitive sourcing goals, the Office of Management and Budget updated the criteria for agencies to reach yellow and green ratings on the President's Management Agenda scorecard for outsourcing.
State gears up for SMART messaging
State Department officials expect to award a contract soon for the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, which will replace the department's half-century-old cabling system.
DOD strategy would speed the use of data
In two weeks, the Defense Department will hold a demonstration to test Horizontal Fusion, a portfolio of network-centric applications the department began working on earlier this year.<br>
Forman: E-gov is going to continue
The modernization of government operations through better use of information technology will continue in his absence, Mark Forman, the administration's outgoing IT and e-government czar, said today.<br>
Online Extra: Forman's legacy, selected stories
Here is some of the coverage of Mark Forman from the Government Computer News online archives.<br>
Power User: You can find anything'almost'with these search tools
As computer power grows, the needs and wants of users expand exponentially.
Naval school goes peer-to-peer
Naval students on opposite coasts and across borders are swapping files and instant messages in a virtual classroom that they can tap into from their desktop and portable PCs.
Energy lab acquires shared-memory supercomputer
A 256-pro-cessor SGI supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee will carry out scientific simulations that require huge data sets.
Telecom advisory council has 300 ways to secure networks
The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council has endorsed a set of best practices to preserve networks during man-made or natural disruptions.
Internaut: Terrorism futures might just have a future
Now that John Poindexter has resigned from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the furor has died down over the quashed proposal for an online market in terrorism futures, consider why it isn't so far-fetched and might spring up again.
DOD's Shopping Cart
The Defense Commissary Agency operates 276 stores and a handful of warehouses around the world. It discounts $5 billion worth of groceries and household items each year to active and retired military personnel and their families.
OPM tells agencies to make sure training is legit
OPM is asking agency officials to be vigilant in making sure employees are not taking advantage of a loophole in the law that lets workers receive payment from agencies for bogus degrees from unaccredited educational organizations.<br>
Commerce issues new COMMITS RFP
The Commerce Department this week issued the solicitation for Commerce Information Technology Services Next Generation, a small-business governmentwide acquisition contract, which has a ceiling of $8 billion over 10 years.
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