DataNumen utility can fix damaged RAR files
RAR Repair can restore corrupted files even if they're compressed and password-protected.
SEC website offers window into stock market analytics
The Security and Exchange Commission's Market Structure Data and Analysis website will act as a central location for the SEC to publicly share data, research and analysis.
8 areas for improvement in securing critical infrastructure
The Cybersecurity Framework will be a living document, and the current version identifies gaps and weaknesses that will be addressed in future iterations.
How Aspen's DNS services became more secure, reliable and cheaper
Outsourcing Domain Name Services and Web policy enforcement to OpenDNS saves the Colorado city and county money while improving security.
Does the 'big data' hype hold water?
It makes for a great catch phrase -- and it does really exists -- but don't get carried away with the hype.
Literary drones ready to drop books instead of bombs
In some parts of the world, drones overhead can send people diving for cover. But in Australia, drones may soon be delivering books and other reading materials across the continent.
NASA sets a record with laser space communications
The agency's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration sends data back from lunar orbit at 622 Mbps.
NIST offers first look at critical infrastructure security plan
A voluntary framework for improving cybersecurity of critical infrastructure is released for comment prior to formal release in February. Based in part on federal standards, it could change the way government regulates industry and procures services.
Army gives some groups a choice of Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps
Cloud-based email and collaboration services are for organizations that can't take part in DOD Enterprise Email.
Teradata platform helps big-data analysts ask the right questions
Teradata Aster Discovery platform snaps multiple analytical tools together to help business users "uncover things they didn't know they needed to know," according to company officials.
HealthCare.gov: What went wrong?
The federal health care exchange website was forced into action by a hard deadline, despite bloated code and failed tests. What can agencies learn from the launch?
New phone on the block
The Phoneblok is an open platform device made of detachable and replaceable component blocks such as memory, battery, camera, speakers.
Education services provider draws fire from DDoS attacker
OnCourse, a software as a service provider for the K-12 education market, contracts for analytics-based defensive services following a series of denial-of-service attacks.
California pilots electronic license plates -- will other states follow?
The state expects electronic plates to save money on processing registrations and mailing, though the plan has raised privacy concerns.
EPA site taps a deep well of water data
The How's My Waterway website and mobile app delivers easy-to-find, plain-language information on the condition of the nation's waters, drawn from the depths of EPA's technical databases.
Army alliance to explore cyber science
The Army Research Lab will lead a team hoping to advance the science of cybersecurity in the context of the service's networks.
Security tool keeps data safe across collaboration systems
CipherPoint data security software prevents privileged IT administrators, attackers from accessing sensitive information across on-premise and cloud-based collaboration systems.
What's next for GIS: The fourth dimension
With GIS tools becoming so essential at USDA and other agencies, officials are looking to integrate data sets and perform temporal analysis.
One-click backup and recovery gives small city flexibility as data grows
After reaching capacity with existing system, Mt. Dora, Fla., turned to an automated appliance that can recover data with a few clicks.
Revolutionary way to transmit sound is being heard
Kyocera’s proprietary Smart Sonic technology transmits sounds via the air and through body tissue -- mitigating background noise and traveling through ear plugs.
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