NSA certifies Sectera Viper phone for classified communications
General Dynamics product can now be used for classified calls over traditional telephone networks.
Can the world’s fastest supercomputer combat health care waste?
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer has the capacity to process the government’s health care claims in real time, which computer scientist Andrew Loebl says could reduce waste and improve the quality of health care.
BlackBerry enters the app wars with winner for feds
The Presenter takes two things feds really love, BlackBerrys and PowerPoint, and combines them in an application that could not only make presentations easier, but could also let you leave your laptop PC at home.
Certifications: A false sense of security
FCW readers say a certification program is not the answer to the federal government's concerns about cybersecurity.
Cryptographic showdown, Round 2: NIST picks 14 hash algorithms
NIST has eliminated 37 algorithms that had been submitted in a contest to choose the next cryptographic hash. Now, 14 contenders remain.
Nexus One: All that and a trackball
Google ups the ante in the smart phone frenzy with the Nexus One, a smart phone running the Android OS.
Google launches Nexus One smart phone
Google unveils long-awaited smart phone to challenge Apple's iPhone.
CES 2010: Smart books, speeches and Spider-Man
The GCN Lab previews the Consumer Electronics Show and looks at smart books, display technologies and speeches by government officials and the elusive CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer.
NTIA three months behind on broadband grant distribution, GAO says
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is behind schedule in awarding the first round of broadband grants, according to the General Accountability Office.
Security issues to fear in the New Year
An increasingly complex and networked world poses new threats; cloud computing, social networking and mobile platforms claim the attention of security prognosticators for 2010.
NIST upgrades guidelines for cryptographic key management
NIST has released part 3 of its Recommendations for Key Management, providing guidelines for key management in specific cryptographic applications used by agencies.
Microsoft on high alert for Windows 7 security holes
So far so good with Windows 7, but what vulnerabilities lay ahead?
Why follow CES? Because these days, gadgets have cachet
The growth of mobile technologies and handheld gadgets and a greater emphasis on the availability of data has shifted a lot of the IT focus from the network to the end points. Networks are still essential, of course, but gadgets are increasingly part of the job.
2004 tsunami spurred development of NOAA warning system
When a tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, NOAA’s warning system was in its infancy. Today it has matured into an international network of sensors providing near-real-time data to sophisticated models to produce detailed forecasts and warnings.
About Schmidt: We finally have a cybersecurity coordinator. Now what?
The challenges facing Howard Schmidt as he takes on the job of coordinating the nation's cyber defenses might be equaled only by the opportunities.
The ’00 7: The decade’s most important tech advances
We select seven technologies that changed the game during the unofficial decade of 2000-2009.
Y2K 10 years later
According to J. Greg Hanson, the doomsday scenario of the Y2K bug never played out, thanks to many technology and business professionals who worked hard to make it a non-event. But while the predicted disaster wasn't significant, the effort to avert it certainly was, and we have been reaping the benefits ever since.
Browser exposure
Researchers have identified a critical Zero-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) 6 and IE 7 that hints at a larger problem, writes Kevin Coleman, a senior fellow with the Technolytics Institute.
6 security trends to watch in 2010
In 2010, we can expect to see six important security trends emerge as government agencies work to protect data and strengthen identification methods, writes Patricia Titus, CIO at Unisys Federal Systems.
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