Are new communications technologies battlefield ready?
Brig. Gen. Michael Williamson, joint program executive officer for the Joint Tactical Radio System, discusses the latest developments and challenges for the JTRS radios and waveforms.
Are BlackBerry faithful losing their religion?
RIM is offering free apps and tech support to make up for last week's outage, but some users are already heading for the door.
Establishing comms for Army brigade was a team effort
A tiger team made up of personnel from the Communications Automated Information System Interface network met the urgent communications needs of the 401st Army Field Support Brigade.
From Vietnam to 9/11, Hitch delved into 'key issues of our time'
Van Hitch, former CIO of the Justice Department, faced the formidable task of improving information-sharing capability in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
SEC offers guidance for cyber incident disclosure
Companies that experience cyber incidents now have a better idea of when and how to report them, thanks to new guidance from ther SEC.
New Urban Mechanics: Apps in the pipeline
Citizen Connect is one of the projects in a larger effort to work with civic entrepreneurs and explore new technologies to address urban issues.
Boston mobile app shrinks the distance between city and citizen
Boston's Citizen Connect program gives residents the power to report problems and to check on fixes -- all from an Android or iPhone smart phone.
Military mission: Avoiding geospatial overload
Improved tagging and better standards are making it simpler to merge an overwhelming amount of geospatial images, maps and related data.
DHS tests predictive analysis system for 'sensing' crime
The Future Attribute Screening Technology Mobile Module (FAST), which uses non-intrusive sensors, is based on the premise that certain physical behaviors could indicate that a person is about to commit a crime.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is half over — you secure yet?
No one is as secure as they ought to be, but are things all that bad?
Something wicked: The 10 scariest computer viruses of all time
These 10 doses of malware caused nightmares, and a few changed the world.
DHS, Commerce looking to battle botnets
The agencies are mulling voluntary industry standards, and looking for ideas on how best to prevent and identify networks of infected computers, and notify consumers when they've been hit.
W.Va.'s Schafer steered NASCIO through year of CIO transition
West Virginia Chief Technology Officer Kyle Schafer had one big goal as NASCIO president: successfully transition a record number of new CIOs.
Tricare's slow response to massive data loss could raise the risk
The military health care provider waited more than two weeks to publicly report the theft of sensitive records on nearly 5 million military personnel on a backup tape, and it will be another four to six weeks before those are at risk are notified.
A cloud guide even your mother-in-law could use
The "Practical Guide to Cloud Computing" aims to build standards based on users' perspectives.
All-in: VA sets date to shut down IPv4
As the Veterans Affairs Department completes the transition to the next generation of Internet Protocols, it plans to finish the job by turning off IPv4.
Dennis Ritchie, father of C, Unix, and a giant of computing, dies
Although not the household name of some other tech pioneers, Ritchie's work at Bell Labs had an impact second to none.
Smart systems get boost from NIST contract
The University of Maryland College Park has won a contract to partner with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in developing a framework for the development and testing of intelligent control systems.
Drone virus may have originated with online gaming
The credential-stealing malware, common in online gaming, is a "nuisance" that infected ground stems and doesn't affect flight operations, the Air Force says.
Secure Android kernel could make for 'classified' smart phones
A public/private research team develops a hardened kernel for Android 3.0, which could lead to widespread use of smart phones in military and emergency operations.
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