Tweeters beware: All is not secure on the cyber front
Recent hacks of Twitter data and the misuse of the microblogging service for phishing and other malicious activities highlight the danger of adopting new technologies before they are business-ready.
Habla Cobol? Tale of USPS upgrade finds an international audience
Open-source software, Linux and Cobol appear to be of universal interest, as a story on a USPS tracking-system upgrade draws a large Spanish audience.
Lack of virtualization regs is a challenge with classified systems
Federal agencies and the military find software certification to be a hurdle in running virtualized environments on classified systems, one integrator says.
DOD's social media outreach missing some marks
Less than 10 percent of Health.mil visitors are younger than age 25, while 80 percent of the military community is between the ages of 18 and 25.
Future online storefront to let agencies buy computing services
A storefront for the federal government will let agencies acquire cloud computing technology as easily as consumers can sign up for Gmail accounts.
Virtualization technology could address Pentagon's network security problems
Defense Department officials want to know whether virtualization technology can make DOD’s networks more secure and easier to manage.
The promise and perils of Data.gov lie in the metadata
Metadata registries must be integrated into everyday business processes, and IT-centric metadata must be integrated into the system development life cycle.
Capturing the private cloud
A private cloud could offer almost all the benefits of a public cloud but without the attendant security and privacy headaches. And for large organizations, it can even be less expensive.
Is a national GIS on the map?
The concept of a national GIS has been floating around in various forms for perhaps 15 years, and technology has now advanced to the point where a national GIS is possible. But a few significant hurdles remain.
USPS goes open-source with tracking system
Postal Service IT officials have upgraded the service's 15-year-old mainframe system to handle more transactions and lower the cost of operating the system.
W3C pulls plug on XHTML 2
World Wide Web Consortium halts work on the second version of the Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, and redirects its energies to the next version of the Hypertext Markup language.
NARA's missing hard drive shouldn't cloud the security issue
Some have speculated that data would be safer in the cloud, but the larger issue isn’t where data is kept but how.
Microsoft exec offers tips for CIOs moving to the cloud
Microsoft's Ron Markezich talks about what federal CIOs should keep in mind as they weigh the merits of a future in the cloud, including which applications are suitable for the cloud and the importance of identity management.
Microsoft probing ActiveX vulnerability in Internet Explorer
At the heart of the bug is a flaw in Internet Explorer's video ActiveX control that could allow a hacker to gain control of a workstation if a malicious media file on a vulnerable or untrustworthy Web site is accessed by a user.
Great .gov sites, round two
We're looking for a few more great government Web sites to highlight.
Google to develop new operating system
Google Chrome OS aimed for netbooks and lightweight, Web-based tasks.
Vordel adds interoperability to the cloud
Don’t get locked into a single cloud computing vendor; the Vordel Gateway Cloud Edition lets you access Amazon, Force.com and Google.
Microsoft slates IE8 update for Aug. 25
Microsoft is planning to deliver Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Server Update Services.
Enhancements to DOE Web site make information-sharing easier
A quick-share tool added to WorldWideScience.org makes it easier to share results through social-networking Web sites.
Federal IT dashboard uses visualization technology to display spending details
A new Web site launched by OMB lets the public see how agencies are spending money on information technology.
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