New HP, Microsoft solutions make good on cloud pact
One year after announcing a $250 million, three-year pact to deliver next-generation data center technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft have unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations.
MAP 5.5 Toolkit now available for free
Version 5.5 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit was released early this week.
It’s not your children’s Facebook anymore
Social media is moving out of its formative stage and into an new era as an essential tool for policy-making and public engagement, according a study of Digital IQs in the public sector.
Cyber criminals abandon 'dogs' for new, sophisticated attack methods
Assessments of the IT security landscape find progress securing networks and systems, but criminals are adapting and becoming more professional.
Texas gets help with health IT incentive program
As feds prepare to hand out billions in health IT incentive rewards, a system integrator offering support systems and services strikes a deal with Texas.
A cool way to keep a laptop from breaking a sweat
The HeatShift Laptop Cooler from ThermaPAK uses a novel method to keep your laptop PC from overheating.
Microsoft names next-gen Dynamics AX ERP solution
Microsoft announced the formal product name of its next-generation Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning solution at the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference this week.
NASA launches Android app
Android users can now catch up with their Apple-device counterparts. New NASA app for Android smart phones contains information on spinoff innovations used to solve problems in everyday lives.
How iPhone, Android and other GSM phones are vulnerable to attack
A demonstration of an attack against an Apple iPhone at the Black Hat Technical Security conference showed that the phones might be smart, but they are not necessarily secure.
Portal to track state, local legislation
The OpenGovernment.org's beta version features legislative reports from five states, and the group plans to include all 50 states, along with city and other local jurisdictions.
What's ahead for government IT in 2011?
An IDC Government Insights report for 2011 predicts that 25 percent of government organizations will adopt cloud computing, open government efforts will spur greater agency collaboration and citizens will create their own online services.
Government IT to the cloud: private-sector lessons
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra’s mandate for each agency CIO to designate at least three “must-move” services to migrate to the cloud mirrors the approach successful corporate CIOs have taken, writes Appirio's Glenn Weinstein.
It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's HTML 5!
The Worldwide Web Consortium has unfurled an HTML 5 logo as part of an overall publicity campaign for the next major revision of the coding standard.
PDF vulnerability found in BlackBerry Attachment Service
Research In Motion acknowledged a vulnerability in Blackberry Enterprise Servers that affects its Blackberry Attachment Service in the way PDFs are attached.
Could a new breed of DOS attacks make the cloud unaffordable?
The move to the cloud could spur a new generation of denial-of-service attacks intended to use up resources and drive up costs, one researcher said at the Black Hat Federal conference.
Lenovo remote keyboard goes the distance
The Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard is perfect for PowerPoint warriors and those on the go who still want full keyboard and mouse functionality.
Geotagged — you're it!
Location-aware applications on smart phones can come in handy, at times even saving lives. But you also could be sharing more information than you think.
Are mobile users suckers for phishing attacks?
An examination of some phishing logs by a Web security company raises the question of why mobile users are more likely to take the bait.
DHS backs mini-Internet test bed for cybersecurity
The DETERlab project at USC creates a "mini-internet" for cybersecurity research, and the Homeland Security Department is spending $16 million over the next five years in the project.
Stuxnet is not Superworm, researcher says
Stuxnet is complex, sophisticated and specifically targeted, but its developers also made some mistakes, cybersecurity researcher Tom Parker said today at the Black Hat Federal Briefings.
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