TSA's Secure Flight curbed risk, calmed travelers
The Transportation Security Administration took over the program to create an airline passenger watchlist and created a system with ultra-high availability, no single points of failure and trusted privacy protections.
XML Encryption cracked, exposing real threat to online transactions
The technique poses a real-world threat to XML data, researchers say, and probably could be applied to other platforms using the same modes of encryption.
FBI official calls for alternate Internet to secure critical systems
A transparent, restricted network is needed to protect utilities, financial institutions and other critical systems, the bureau's Shawn Henry says.
'Occupy Beijing'? Not so fast, says Chinese government
The Occupy Wall Street movement will likely have a hard time spreading to China since the Chinese government has banned Web search terms that could be tied to the demonstrations.
Thailand floods will create hard-drive shortage
Monsoon floods have shut down factories in the country, the second-largest maker of hard disk drives.
Tricare delivers personal health records with click of a button
Once a beneficiary logs onto Tricare Online, accessing medical records is as simple as clicking on the Blue Button to view medication lists, allergies and lab results.
Tricare's high-tech button
The Blue Button was added in a major update to Tricare Online, the Defense Department's online gateway to military health care services, and now offers myriad benefits from accessing medications to scheduling doctor visits.
Hammer Time for Google? WireDoo needs fancier pants.
The rapper had better put a little more pizzazz into his new search engine project. We've got a few ideas.
NJ Transit riders can pay with Google Wallet
Technology is making getting from place to place easier in New Jersey, as the state's public transit system now allows riders to pay using Google Wallet.
Agencies, don't forget to turn off IPv4 on your way out
As agencies prepare for the IPv6 deadline, the Veterans Affairs Department plans to avoid one security problem by turning off IPv4 the day after, something other departments could watch and learn from.
Former fed Bhagowalia takes on Hawaii's IT transformation
Three months on the job, CIO Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia is juggling multiple projects as he gears up to lead the Aloha State through its IT modernization journey.
A data center without hard drives: That's Stanford's RAM plan.
Stanford University researchers say a server using only dynamic random-access memory could recover from a crash in 1.6 seconds.
State Department looks to biometrics for border security
Biometrics could provide a way to automate visitor exits from the United States and identify with more certainty who remains in the country.
With an IT overhaul, State beefed up the first line of border defense
Revamping its consular affairs systems gave the State Department the IT prowess to manage a surge of 2 million visa and passport requests a month.
NIST math project expands the horizons of Web publishing
Updating the best-selling "Handbook of Mathematical Functions" for the Web required creation of new tools for math-oriented authoring and searching.
Blame game heats up between Google, L.A.
Google's contract to provide the city of Los Angeles with cloud-based applications still faces completion issues after nearly two years.
GCN Award winners emphasize teamwork and the next generation
As a black-tie crowd of government and industry IT luminaries gathered at the GCN Awards Gala, common themes were teamwork, public service and the important contributions of the younger generation.
Duqu is no 'hydrogen bomb,' but is part of the new cyber threat
The Stuxnet-related malware is part of the trend toward gathering massive amounts of information for use in future attacks, Bitdefender's online threats chief says.
Stop me before I text and drive again!
Practically everyone agrees with laws against texting while driving, but many of them do it anyway, a new AAA survey finds.
Going beyond PDF for the Web
Making equations digital objects rather than images on the Web required a new set of tools, which NIST has helped to create.
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