Are Google Apps and Microsoft headed for a showdown?
Google Apps is poised to challenge Microsoft's share of the federal IT market.
Microsoft should get a tablet partner, report says
Microsoft's Windows consumer empire is at stake if it doesn't quickly find a tablet device manufacturing partner.
Did Google take data from your WiFi?
GCN Lab's Greg Crowe looks at possible litigation against Google.
Remember the fallen this Memorial Day
GCN Lab director John Breeden considers the real meaning of the first holiday of summer.
Reduced funding might actually improve intelligence work
Declining budgets could force intelligence agencies to streamline redundant analysis systems.
Cybersecurity chief amplifies call for public-private teamwork
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt highlighted today at a national symposium efforts in Washington to bolster cyber defense across military and industry.
Government-only virtual world on the way
Federal agencies are building the vGov government-only virtual world that will be used for employee training, education, meetings and simulations. It's expected to go online in July.
DOD considers shielding private networks
The Defense Department is considering deploying the Einstein network protection systems to private-sector networks to protect the nation's critical infrastructure.
Laptops for the homefront
Wounded warriors at Fort Belvoir and Walter Reed Army Medical Center receive donated laptops from CDW-G and Operation Homefront.
Cloud cost savings obscured by budget process, CIOs say
Agency chief information officers are going to have work closely with their chief financial officers to change the way funds for information technology are allocated in government to achieve real cost savings associated with cloud computing, CIOs representing federal and state agencies told attendees at a Web 2.0 conference.
21 years later, public safety networks still can't talk to each other
After more than two decades of development, the P25 suite of interoperability standards for public safety radio networks remains incomplete, House panel is told.
Facebook changes privacy controls -- again
Facebook has announced new, simplified privacy controls that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says are in response to user reaction to the last round of privacy changes.
Supercomputer tapped for 3D models of oil spill
The National Science Foundation has made an emergency allocation of 1 million compute-hours on a supercomputer used at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas to create 3-D models of the spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Texas city tests two-way emergency comm platform
The City of Manor, Texas, is deploying a pilot platform designed to deliver location-specific alerts to residents during a crisis and allow them to send information back to emergency responders via smart phones.
Data.gov takes the 'Mumsy' test
GCN writer Trudy Walsh's 90-year-old mom weighs in on the usefulness of the newly redesigned Data.gov.
How Web-based technologies are reinventing government services
Web-based technologies on display at the Gov 2.0 Conference are helping governments across the globe serve citizens more effectively.
Management report tool for Dynamics ERP released
Microsoft on Tuesday released a corporate-finance management reporting solution for its Dynamics ERP products.
Overheating batteries lead to HP laptop recall
Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling 54,000 lithium-ion batteries used in its Pavilion and Compaq laptops.
Army apps competition sparks soldiers' ingenuity
The Apps for Army program is the Army’s first internal application development challenge and one of the first for the federal government.
Next steps for continuous network monitoring
Developments reflect the conclusion that agencies must move beyond current Federal Information Security Management Act requirements.
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