Supercomputers guarding nuclear arsenal lack disaster plan, study finds
The supercomputer systems used by the National Nuclear Security Administration to assess the safety of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile do not have comprehensive contingency and disaster recovery plans to ensure their availability, a GAO concludes.
WikiWars: The face of future conflicts
The attacks and counterattacks surrounding WikiLeaks might be the first real instance of cyber warfare, with the government launching its own unconventional type of strategic denial-of-service attacks.
Do Comcast's Internet 'glitches' vindicate cloud skeptics?
The recent Internet disruptions to millions of Comcast customers -- in 'glitches' that look suspiciously like hacks -- show that moving to the cloud is not without risks.
So-called 'first' cloud database targets next-gen enterprise apps
Billing it as the first database for the cloud, Salesforce.com announced Database.com, targeted at next-generation enterprise apps.
Google Chrome OS pilot launched on hardware
Google has made three announcements this week concerning its consumer Web efforts, including the launch of a trial Chrome Operating System.
XML the Rx for sharing health data, panel says
A White House panel is recommending widespread adoption and use of Extensible Markup Language in health care to make it easier to exchange data.
Army's plan to modernize intell rides on the cloud
The Army intends to push vast amounts of the intelligence data it collects to a cloud environment.
Random Hacks of Kindness gets a boost from NASA
Developers across the world came together to help build applications with data provided by NASA to help mitigate disaster risk in the third Random Hacks of Kindness.
Microsoft plans 'tracking protection' for IE 9
Microsoft has announced an upcoming privacy feature for its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.
NASA sold computers without properly scrubbing them, IG says
An inspector general's audit found that 10 NASA computers had been released to the public that had not been properly sanitized of sensitive information and that the agency has inadequate policies for the disposition of excess IT resources.
Public/private cybersecurity research ready for launch
NIST, DHS and a financial services committee formally agree to cooperate on cybersecurity R&D initiatives for the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Most wanted: Tech jobs for 2011 ranked
Robert Half reveals the technology jobs most in demand next year.
Municipal broadband's Jekyll and Hyde
A municipal broadband effort in Burlington, Vt., is saddled in debt and facing criminal investigations. But despite some high-profile failures, quite a few municipal broadband networks appear to be thriving.
USDA sees beef in cloud computing
The Agriculture Department is moving its e-mail, document-sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency, USDA officials said today.
DOD signs on for CPU-GPU hybrid supercomputer
The Defense Department hired Appro International to build an Appro 1U-Tetra supercomputer, which will use a hybrid arrangement of computer processing units and Nvidia M2050 graphics processing units.
DISA has an app for smart-phone security
The Go Mobile application gives users a secure container for accessing DOD networks. Meanwhile, DOD is working to certify a number of mobile platforms.
Supercomputing as a commodity, available on Amazon
The Elastic Compute Cloud uses clusters of Nvidia’s Tesla M2050 GPUs to provide the massive parallel processing for a variety computational heavy-lifting tasks. It’s also affordable, at $2.10 an hour for teraflop-level processing.
Treasury builds its new website in the cloud
Treasury.gov brings the agency to the cloud and integrates many new features of Gov. 2.0 and is a step forward in using new technologies to improve efficiency and transparency.
State's Diplopedia could help it avoid a WikiLeaks breach
In the office of eDiplomacy, cables such as the ones leaked to WikiLeaks have been replaced by Diplopedia, a highly secure system by which ambassadors and their staffs can compare notes, pass tips and even offer candid observations on world leaders.
One pass for all mass transit?
A new alliance of chip and card makers hope the Cipurse standard will open the way for interoperable fare collection systems for public transit and enable a new generation of mobile devices as virtual subway passes.
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