Global Graphics software fuses documents
Global Graphics’ gDoc Fusion 2.5 lets users combine spreadsheets, text, images and PDFs into a single document.
Revealed: Our picks for the best password strategies
Our readers offer hundreds -- literally -- of good ideas for building and managing strong passwords. Who's idea comes closest to covering all the bases?
Next GPO head must guide agency to the digital future
William Boarman, nominated to be the next public printer, would face the challenge of maintaining traditional printing skills with an aging workforce while adapting the 150-year-old Government Printing Office to an increasingly digital world.
DARPA builds Cyber Range to test security measures
DARPA’s National Cyber Range is automated to ensure that new concepts can be moved rapidly from a test bed to an operational environment.
NASA's new FISMA approach and what it means for you
Jerry Davis, NASA's deputy CIO for IT security, discusses his agency's break from the paper-based process used to measure IT security.
GSA solicitation solidifies cloud commitment
Efforts advance to make cloud computing services accessible to federal agencies with new RFQ, the launch of a web site, and new support for FedRAMP program.
Cyberthreats: Sometimes Hollywood gets it right
Security experts look at cyber attacks in some popular movies from the last 30 years and find that amid all of the silliness some of the worst case scenarios are disturbingly realistic.
Office 2010 sharpens Microsoft's focus on collaboration
The lab takes a look at Office 2010 with an eye to new features useful for the federal government.
DARPA looks for stealthier Internet access
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking technologies to give the military “anonymous Internet communications to bypass techniques that suppress, localize and/or corrupt information.”
Identity, data management crucial to cloud success
Identity and key management need to be addressed if cloud computing is going to achieve the cost savings and information technology operation efficiencies promised by proponents of the computing model, according to speakers from industry and government at a recent cloud conference.
HP developing Dick Tracy-inspired 'wristwatch' for military
HP takes cue from Dick Tracy to develop a solar-powered wristwatch for the military that can display strategic information.
Coast Guard updates portal to keep pace with Gulf oil spill response
The Homeport portal, which provides data for the Coast Guard and its maritime partners as well as the general public, has been undergoing remodeling since the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig and subsequent oil spill.
What to do with a dead floppy
Sony's annoucement that it will stop making floppy disks marks the end for a format that was pretty much already dead. But what can be done with all those old disks gathering dust?
DARPA plans to SMITE insider enemies
DARPA is looking for technologies to deal with attacks originating from within.
Microsoft issues security advisory on Windows Aero
Microsoft released a security advisory on Tuesday concerning a Windows component involved with desktop graphics display.
Password apps vs. Post-it notes: Showdown in the lab
The GCN Lab tries out four password management applications -- and one old-school method -- to see how well, and how securely, they keep track of all those passwords people have to use.
Password management's secret ingredient
There are limits to memory and scalability with every technique for generating and managing passwords. Eventually convenience and security clash and risk has to be managed, sometimes with technology.
Happy birthday, Mr. Data.gov
On its first anniversary, Data.gov debuts a redesign that makes the 250,000 government data sets easier to use.
Enterprises preparing for move to Windows 7
A report issued on Wednesday by Forrester Research chronicles the declining use of Windows XP, as well as Internet Explorer 6, as staples of the corporate desktop.
NIST portal could get cloud standards to fly
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working on a portal that will help facilitate collaborative development of standards to support cloud computing requirements.
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