Cray Linux gets Common Criteria certs
The first high-performance computing version of Linux will get a security evaluation.
Release Candidate 1 of IE8 available
The latest version of the browser includes some general performance improvements, plus added security to avoid clickjacking attempts.
Microsoft issues Release Candidate 1 of ASP.NET Model View Controller
Release Candidate 1 of ASP.NET Model View Controller, a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications.
USA.gov adds new Web 2.0 tools
The General Services Administration has added a governmentwide news feed service, a gadget gallery of online applications, and a word cloud that depicts the most popular online government content.
NIH expands use of emergency alert system
The national Institutes of Health expands its use of Send Word Now, a Web-based emergency notification system.
Audiopoint upgrades Voice Terminal Service
Audiopoint has upgraded its Voice Terminal Service, which provides Web access for the visually impaired, with a Google Calendar interface.
Labor captures its current Web site
Labor's effort is aimed at providing greater depth and accessibility to the department's Web pages than a similar but much broader project being led by the Library of Congress.
A cautionary tweet
A breach in a social networking site can easily spill over into professional accounts and become a real security risk. A personal firewall in the way you do things can help avoid that risk.
Microsoft rolls out Web Platform Installer
Free downloadable tool is designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components.
Inauguration Day technologies shine
Microsoft's Photosynth may have been the most impressive technology on display.
Change streamed worldwide during inauguration
More than 7 million simultaneous video streams were served shortly after noon on Jan. 20 as President Barack Obama was inaugurated.
EPA to launch AQI blog
The Environmental Protection Agency will launch a blog to create a public forum for comments and discussion about a proposed rule concerning the Air Quality Index.
Change comes to WhiteHouse.gov
With a new president comes a redesigned Web portal to the Executive Manse.
This computer worm turns
The latest Internet worm to make a splash exploits a known vulnerability and is something of throwback to the bad old days of hacking.
Technology, tradition merge in Obama ceremony
Universities and other Internet2 members can take advantage of Northwestern University's feed.
Inauguration coverage in cyberspace
New Web technologies will help inaugural attendees get the most from the festivities.
Microsoft Live Mesh quietly updated
The update automatically updates the browser-based client and solves a problem where the Aero graphical user interface was disabled in Windows 7.
DISA certifies DNSsec IPv6 appliance
Defense Department, other agencies can benefit from InfoWeapons SolidDNS.
Data center managers do more with less
Data center managers in both the public and private sectors report being caught between increasing demands for performance and shrinking budgets.
John Gilligan, Gilligan Group
Former Air Force CIO John Gilligan identifies key IT areas for agencies in 2009: cybersecurity, social networking, service-oriented architecture and virtualization.
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