Kundra's great experiment: Government apps 'store front' opens for business
An online storefront where federal agencies can purchase cloud computing technology was launched today.
Malware goes viral via search engines
Here are some news reports on recent attacks that relied on social engineering to trick users into trouble.
Unpatched applications on Web servers, clients are weakest links in cybersecurity
A study of six months worth of data about cyberattacks and patch management show that unpatched applications are the chinks in network defenses that are being exploited by criminals and nation-states.
DOD rethinking build versus buy for software apps
DISA, Army exploring a new way to acquire applications more quickly and with less cost by building them in-house.
As summer ends, phishing season is on the horizon
According to security companies, summer is a dead time for hacking and phishing. But the bad guys, like much of the corporate world, look to the fourth quarter to make up their profits for the year.
Why cloud computing is still a red herring
In general, the success stories in cloud computing are all proprietary, with proprietary application programming interfaces. So, whose cloud do you want to be part of? Rushing to replace stovepipe systems with stovepipe clouds is not revolutionary progress.
GSA's Casey Coleman sees mix of public, private services in the cloud
Government applications that don't have stringent requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act could be the first available for testing in a public cloud environment, according to the leader of the Federal CIO Cloud Working Group.
White House Web director seeks internal as well as public traffic
Macon Phillips talks about his challenges as White House new media director.
Geospatial tools offer killer app for Gov 2.0
If the key to government 2.0 is using government information as a platform for public discourse, then geospatial technologies are one of the killer apps, ESRI's predident told the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington.
Facebook sets up government page
The site will help agencies set up their own outreach pages.
Gov 2.0 speakers discuss using government IT as a platform
The conference's rapid-fire presentations seem to amount to the new kinds of applications that enhance, or build from, government data.
NOAA finishes supercomputer
Stratus to help NOAA improve weather forecasts and extend warning times for all forms of severe weather.
Nvidia adds power to desktops
GPU-inventor Nvidia has introduced plug-and-play systems and is partnering with Cyviz technology centers for collaborative visualization projects.
USASpending.gov slammed for sloppy design
A consultant says noncompliance with federal Section 508 requirements, which call for electronic and information technology to be made accessible to people with disabilities, is one of many shortcomings that limit the effectiveness of USASpending.gov.
Microsoft warns of bug in Internet Information Services Server — again
For the second time this year, Microsoft issued a security advisory for possible vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Services Web server software.
How you can get Internet Explorer 8
Three ways to get an updated version of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer 8.
VMworld Preview: VMware's 'internal cloud,' new products and more
The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a schedule packed with keynotes, sessions, labs and product demos, and some controversy.
The long road to HTML 5
The World Wide Web Consortium is developing HTML Version 5, which will include tools to build Rich Internet Applications without requiring plug-ins from a vendor. But a final version is still a long way off.
Air Force makes progress on IPv6
Eglin Air Force Base is the first enclave to test IPv6 traffic on a production network, and initial results show that the backbone is handling the new Internet protocols just fine.
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