Virginia Tech alert system helps lock down campus after shootings
VT Alerts, installed after the 2007 rampage that left 33 dead, alerted people on campus via Web postings, e-mail, electronic messages, loudspeakers, phone calls and a desktop app.
IBM's 'racetrack' could change the world of computer memory
The innovative architecture could lead to data-centric computing that allows massive amounts of data to be accessed in less than a billionth of a second.
Business community rips plan to expand Internet's top domains
Allowing generic TLDs on the Internet will be a costly nuisance, witnesses told a Senate panel. ICANN says the program has robust protections.
White House opens the source code for Data.gov
The Data.gov in a Box project with India aims to bring transparency to other governments, but the idea has its doubters.
Gov Web apps expose themselves to common attacks, study finds
Flaws that allow cross-site scripting and SQL injection are more common in government Web applications than in those of other sectors, Veracode reports.
CMS wants to pool IT resources into virtual data center
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to establish dispersed, world-class data centers owned and operated by a broad set of industry partners under a single contract vehicle.
5 ways to benefit from NIST's cloud road map now
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's top cloud computing executive offers five steps agencies can take to benefit from the government's cloud tech road map.
Bring your smart phone to work; leave your data in Somalia
Two recent decisions don't seem connected, but both will affect the way agencies ultimately choose to move to cloud computing while supporting new mobile devices.
Why agencies need 'cloud-smart' apps
You can move old, clunky applications to the cloud, but they'll still be old, clunky applications, federal IT execs say.
Is Apache still good for open source?
A developer kicks up a debate over whether the longtime open-source champion Apache Software Foundation is past its prime.
GSA, agencies create common 'landing zone' for geospatial data
GSA recently entered into an agreement with the Agriculture and Interior Departments as well as the Environmental Protection Agency to move geospatial data from the geodata.gov portal into data.gov, said David McClure, associate administrator with GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.
Guess who: The 25 worst passwords of 2011
Use of bad, easily guessed passwords has been a complaint of security experts since the dawn of the Web, and little seems to have changed.
Cyber Monday sting takes out 150 websites selling counterfeit goods
The Justice Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seize the domain names of websites dealing in bogus products, including NFL jerseys, DVDs, and Louis Vuitton handbags.
Why does Google spell better than Word's spell-checker?
The spell-check programs in word processors could learn a thing or two from Google's search engine.
Are Facebook's terms of service the law of the land?
At the heart of the debate over the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's "authorized access" provisions is the question of who gets to write federal law: Congress or corporations.
Fast science: DOE turns on its 100-gigabit data network
The department inaugurates its new science network connecting its national laboratories and international affiliate labs to allow real-time analysis and experimentation.
DISA's website offline for 6th straight day
A problem with a data storage system at one of its Defense Enterprise Computing Centers has kept DISA's website offline since Nov. 12.
How open-source can improve cloud security
Using open-source software can let organizations draw on a wide range of expertise, which can come in handy after a cyberattack, a State Department official says.
4 ways to avoid the exploit in Facebook spam attack
Cross-site scripting is a very common, and often successful, type of attack, but there are ways to prevent being hit.
Hot enough for you: Data center cooling system heats buildings
The water in the mineral oil-fueled cooling tank, heated by computers to about 122 degrees, is being routed to the HVAC systems of surrounding buildings in Sweden.
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