HAMR smashes storage barrier, 60T hard drives on horizon
Seagate says its magnetic recording technology is ready to produce 6T hard drives now and 60T within a decade, at prices comparable to today's drives.
DARPA: Dump passwords for always-on biometrics
The agency's Active Authentication program would analyze typing patterns and other behavioral traits so that a user's ID is continuously being confirmed.
Malware Madness: Conficker, Zeus ascend -- on to the Elite Eight
The mid-major malware is gone; it's time for Round Two.
Army opens an app store for iOS devices
The Army Software Marketplace prototype is a first step toward developing and delivering mobile apps to soldiers quickly.
Was Windows RDP code leak an inside job?
Hackers may have had the jump on Microsoft even as it released a "critical" patch for a Windows Remote Desktop Protocol flaw in March. Five million machines could be exposed.
Bon Jovi, VA join forces on new app to REACH homeless vets
The Veterans Affairs Department is hopeful that the New Jersey rocker's star power will encourage volunteer software developers to create a mobile application to help locate available shelters and care for homeless veterans and others.
Cloud-bound agencies must do their homework on security, accountability
Federal agencies stand to become more efficient by moving to a cloud-based model, but they need a plan for getting over institutional barriers, a panel of experts says.
Ohio transit authority turns to all-in-one data protection
SORTA hopes to reduce the cost and complexity of managing backup and disaster recovery operations with all-in-one backup appliances.
Hacker teams throw down in international CyberLympics
Seven teams from around the world go head to head this week in Virginia in the first Olympic-style hacker games -- but don't expect to see the winners on a Wheaties box.
Social media falls short in DARPA's CLIQR challenge
Nobody claimed the grand prize in the quest to test the potential effectiveness of social media during a disaster.
Navy's 'Hunger Games' lab will put robots to survival tests
The multiclimate LASR research facility features desert, rain forest and other environments for testing robots and unmanned vehicles in harsh climes.
Is NASA's knowledge management program obsolete?
NASA's Inspector General is raising questions about the future viability of one of NASA's knowledge management systems.
VA sets three-pronged approach to improving services
VA is continuing to modernize its IT infrastructure to provide improved customer service in the form of electronic health records, telemedicine and online apps.
IRS systems leave taxpayer data at risk, audit finds
The agency has developed security policies, but incomplete implementation results in weak access controls that expose sensitive data to internal threats, GAO says.
LoveBug shows no love in Malware Madness massacre
The virus that infected tens of millions of computers in 2000 still has it.
To hackers, government users are phish in a barrel
Attacks against government systems rose again in 2011, and phishing campaigns were by far the most common source of security incidents, according to US-CERT.
Harvesting your data? Suit alleges there are lots of apps doing that.
A class-action lawsuit filed in an Austin, Texas, court the week of March 12 alleges some of the most-downloaded mobile apps are stealing personal information without users' knowledge. Just who is responsible? There are some pretty well known names, including but not limited to Facebook, Apple and Twitter.
Playing well with Windows 8: Will other browsers work with the new OS?
Mozilla and Google say they are building Windows 8-enabled browsers, and Opera Software is looking into the possibility, too. Still, it may not be as easy as with previous Windows operating systems thanks to Microsoft's new "Metro" user interface.
Scrap the warp drive: New test shows neutrinos not faster than light
Experiment finds that neutrinos can keep up with light, but can't go faster, refuting an earlier controversial claim and upholding Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
IBM taps 33 cities worldwide for "smarter cities" grants
Eight U.S. cities were among 33 recipients of IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge grants for 2012, which handed out $50 million in IBM expertise to 100 cities worldwide.
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