Control systems cited in unmanned aerial vehicle crashes
A series of mishaps involving unmanned aerial systems operating in Southwest Asia has Army and Air Force officials revisiting key operational procedures.
Windows 7: Not all that it's 'Cracked' up to be?
'Cracked' humor magazine reviews Windows 7, and is not impressed.
Will Windows 8 have a 128-bit version?
Microsoft's next operating system in development, Windows 8, might be designed to run on 128-bit hardware.
Air Force activates new cyberspace defense unit
Combat communications wing supports new Space Command
Up-front software costs a problem for government cloud providers
Server-huggers aren't the only ones wary of the lure of cloud computing. Software vendors also seem reluctant to hitch onto this latest trend.
Microsoft to release major patch update on Oct. 13
IT pros can expect a mammoth patch release for the month of October on Tuesday if Microsoft's advance notification is any indication.
Kylie, you forgot the GCN Lab!
It seems like almost every reviewer but the GCN Lab has made it into Kylie’s Windows 7 slideshow of bunnies and kittens.
My dinner with Windows 7
Windows 7 was much quicker to install than the GCN Lab had feared, but had a strange side effect in one respect: it was oddly silent.
5 key challenges to DOD's cybersecurity
Robert Lentz, DOD's chief security officer, who is retiring after nine years, highlights DOD's accomplishments in information assurance and cybersecurity, and lays out the five biggest challenges that remain.
Navy lays course for Second Fleet migration to NMCI
The Navy’s Second Fleet Commander will use the Navy Marine Corps Intranet to support its newly established Maritime Operations Center in a move to further collaboration and boost cybersecurity capabilities.
How to upgrade (relatively) painlessly to Windows 7
Transferring files with Windows Easy Transfer is a relative snap, relatively speaking, creating a clean canvass for the new OS.
Virtualization proves cost effective for some agencies
Capacity planning is a vital component data center managers need to implement in order to achieve power savings and other benefits from virtualization technology, according to IT managers representing two federal organizations.
Adobe offers new LiveCycle suite
Adobe debuts LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2, offering cloud computing features and better mobility.
How entity resolution can help agencies connect the dots in investigations
According to Scott Schumacher, entity resolution software can help agencies that are sharing information make connections that they might otherwise have missed.
Federal Register goes XML -- at last
Readers can now browse, reorganize, and electronically customize the Federal Register's contents.
Microsoft rolls out Windows phone
The Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system used in Windows phones represents an interim step in Microsoft's mobile OS plans.
States urged to create data catalogs
State and local governments should ramp up efforts to become more transparent, organization contends.
Interior developing cloud infrastructure services
Cloud computing will fundamentally change the shared services model, National Business Center director predicts.
Agencies face tough questions on how to deploy cloud computing
Security issues, data privacy, the acquisition process, standards and service level agreements were among the chief issues that feds grapple with.
Two cool ideas on assistive technology from IDEAS
The GCN Lab checks out the latest assistive devices: a 508-compliance document checker and a face-to-face communication device.
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