Microsoft clears group accused in Kelihos botnet ring
Lawyers for Microsoft have come to an out-of-court settlement with Czech Republic-based Dotfree Group and its owner over involvement in the ring, which includes the two working together to find the real culprits.
To know the cloud is to love the cloud?
The more familiar state and local government IT influencers are with cloud computing, the more they see its benefits and support it, a survey finds.
IG: NARA e-records archive missing vital Google-like search capability
As the National Archives' electronic archives moves into operational mode in October, its lack of a full text-based search option could frustrate users. But can it be fixed?
Which of the following is NOT a Halloween-related app?
a. A Facebook app for identifying sex offenders. b. A Halloween voice transformer. c. A game with friendly, clown-faced zombies. d. An app that identifies the presence of ghosts and other paranormal activity. e. An app that recognizes costumes, so you don’t have to guess who someone is supposed to be.
House bill would attack online piracy, 'rogue websites'
The Stop Online Piracy Act would make American service providers responsible for blocking access to foreign websites that are ruled in violation of U.S. copyright laws.
To survive tight IT budgets, focus on results, analyst says
Federal IT managers need to shift the focus from reducing IT costs to helping agencies make government work more effectively in the current climate, a Gartner analyst told government managers.
Sencha releases first HTML 5 cloud for mobile app developers
The beta version of Sencha.io for mobile app developers makes it easier to build applications that deliver shared experiences.
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL
The German group The Hacker's Choice says it released the tool to force vendors to fix vulnerabilities that have been known for years, but SSL v.3's co-author disagrees with the group's assessment.
When an outbreak hits, Magellan speeds up genetic sequencing
When an E. coli outbreak caused a surge in requests for genetic sequencing, scientists at Argonne National Labs found the capacity in the Energy Department's cloud framework.
XML Encryption cracked, exposing real threat to online transactions
The technique poses a real-world threat to XML data, researchers say, and probably could be applied to other platforms using the same modes of encryption.
Tricare delivers personal health records with click of a button
Once a beneficiary logs onto Tricare Online, accessing medical records is as simple as clicking on the Blue Button to view medication lists, allergies and lab results.
A data center without hard drives: That's Stanford's RAM plan.
Stanford University researchers say a server using only dynamic random-access memory could recover from a crash in 1.6 seconds.
Former fed Bhagowalia takes on Hawaii's IT transformation
Three months on the job, CIO Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia is juggling multiple projects as he gears up to lead the Aloha State through its IT modernization journey.
Hammer Time for Google? WireDoo needs fancier pants.
The rapper had better put a little more pizzazz into his new search engine project. We've got a few ideas.
NIST math project expands the horizons of Web publishing
Updating the best-selling "Handbook of Mathematical Functions" for the Web required creation of new tools for math-oriented authoring and searching.
Blame game heats up between Google, L.A.
Google's contract to provide the city of Los Angeles with cloud-based applications still faces completion issues after nearly two years.
NIST to unveil cloud technology roadmap at forum in November
NIST will unveil the public draft of the government's Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap; give progress reports on security and open-standard initiatives.
Going beyond PDF for the Web
Making equations digital objects rather than images on the Web required a new set of tools, which NIST has helped to create.
MyMedicare.gov: Top 25 percent in global viewership
MyMedicare.gov's update has bumped the site into the top 25 percent of worldwide websites, but there are more changes to come.
How NASA lab, Amazon share security responsibilities in the cloud
From the hypervisor down is Amazon's job; the rest belongs to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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