How NASA puts Earth-bound explorers in the driver's seat on Mars
Scientists at NASA's JPL are using gaming to build tele-exploration platforms, letting PC and Xbox Kinect users drive the rovers that navigate the Red Planet.
BYOD: The elements of getting it right the first time
Allowing personal mobile devices onto your network requires a lot more than platform support.
City sees a lot more than potholes in mobile reporting apps
Cloud-based services let residents and city employees report problems; North Miami Beach wants to use that data to anticipate problems and allocate resources.
Can virtual prisons improve rehabilitation?
A Deloitte report touts the idea of using technologies such as risk analysis, geospatial tracking and gamification to get better results from home detention.
Lockheed Martin unifies recruiting and hiring in the cloud
The company, with NGA.NET, releases StaffAcq360, a cloud-hosted recruiting and hiring system designed for federal agencies.
In a flash, HALO 2013 can boost efficiency of cloud architectures
Nimbus Data's software offers cloud architects moving to all-flash data centers advanced analytics, an open API and management tools for mobile.
When bookmarks get out of control, Linkman restores order
The latest version of the software supports every major browser and new versions of Windows, while integrating with cloud collaboration sites and providing privacy protections.
Road to data center convergence starts at a fork in the road
Building a new data center? Maybe, VCE's Vblock is right for you. Want customization? Try NetApp's FlexPod.
MDM is only part of the story
XenMobile MDM from Citrix provides gives admins a wealth of management capabilities, which can be leveraged further when used with the other applications in the Mobile Solutions Bundle.
NOAA-based tornado app could be a life-saver
The American Red Cross has released a free app that supplies warnings, instructions and other helpful information in the event of a tornado.
Do the security conscious see something we don't?
A recent survey of security behavior seems to show a shift away from IE and paid antivirus products in favor of Chrome, Firefox and free antivirus tools.
FDNY medical crews to arrive at the scene with Armor tablets
The rugged tablets, along with DRS Technologies' EVDO routers, will let crew establish two-way links from the scene of an emergency to a hospital.
Why is Java so risky? 77 percent of agencies run unsupported versions
Three quarters of government computers are running unsupported versions of Java, according to a Websense analysis, leaving them vulnerable to a long list of malicious exploits.
Agile is key to making the most of public-sector IT
Agile development tactics break projects into smaller chunks, let IT teams keep up with changes, and prevent “scope creep.”
Can NASA vet all material in its shuttered tech database?
NASA closed down its Technical Reports Server for review after the arrest of a suspected spy and a congressman’s concern over the potential availability of sensitive documents.
For want of a data format, the Whale was lost ...
In trying to improve data transparency in financial futures trading, regulators are learning the hard way about the importance of specifying formats.
NCI's QuitPal app improves health, one smoker at a time
The National Cancer Institute’s QuitPal app gives people trying to quit smoking help that can carry with them.
Digital payoff at GPO: More content, 2008 costs
Shifting the focus from print to digital has produced a leaner, more efficient Government Printing Office with a growing number of digital products and delivery systems.
Records dilemma: When in doubt, throw it out?
Some agencies are tackling their records management problems by deciding not to digitize paper records.
Splunk ties relational, machine data for better analytics
DB Connect integrates structured data from relational databases with machine data, giving analyst better insights to make informed decision in real-time.
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