Portable projectors that carry the load
The GCN Lab tested seven portable projectors for brightness, color accuracy, features and portability.
Toshiba TLP-X150U
GCN LAB REVIEW: The TLP-X150U is a good value at $899. It won’t blow you away with its performance but won’t disappoint you either.
ViewSonic PJ260D
GCN LAB REVIEW: ViewSonic’s PJ260D is a great projector if you don’t know what kind of lighting conditions you’ll have to deal with.
Warren Suss | The high-stakes game of information exchange
Improved federal information exchange has the power to cure our nation’s ills. But it will only happen if we keep our focus on high-stakes results.
Does a lack of security stifle innovation?
Americans appear to be all too ready to adopt innovative technologies before they have been secured.
GAO: Better use of IT could help DHS reduce backlog of FOIA requests
GAO found that despite a 24 percent reduction in its backlog of freedom of information requests, DHS still leads the government in overdue requests.
Mitsubishi XD95U
GCN LAB REVIEW: If you are looking for an inexpensive projector that will work well in most situations, you won’t find a better value than the XD95U.
Revised cybersecurity guidelines target training
NIST is revising one of its publications to distinguish between training for user awareness and formal training for IT security professionals.
Sharp PG-F255W
GCN LAB REVIEW: If you want to hook up your projector to a high-end desktop PC using a DVI cable to maximize the display properties, the PG-F255W is the only game in town.
Agencies establish stimulus-focused sites
While the Obama administration and Congress have started tackling the economic issues facing this country, agency Web teams have been setting up sites that help carry out the goals of this stimulus work.
OASIS ratifies open standard for accessing unstructured information
The Unstructured Information Management Architecture originally was developed by IBM, and became an open source project of the Apache Software Foundation as well as an OASIS standard.
NASA releases spherical movie about frozen Earth
NASA's hologram-like movie uses NOAA's Science On a Sphere projection system, which uses computers and four projectors to display images on a six-foot-diameter sphere.
Group publishes specification for improving interoperability of IP video surveillance
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance wants to promote interoperability of IP-enabled physical security products
FAA shifts focus for Next Generation air traffic control to near-term possibilities
The Federal Aviation Administration still faces challenges in technology, organization, budget and manpower to field satellite-based air traffic control technology.
Air Force team provides flight tests for military apps
The Air Force's 46th Test Wing helps keep military programs on time and budget by monitoring and analyzing the behavior of applications before they take the field.
Stephen Coggeshall: Behavioral analytics could extend identity management security
GCN INTERVIEW: Stephen Coggeshall, chief technology officer at ID Analytics and a proponent of advanced mathematical analytics, talks about how ID cards and biometrics can fall short as identification tools.
VA's security lessons learned
The loss of millions of records at a cost of millions of dollars — along with some congressional oversight — has caused the Veterans Affairs Department to upgrade its incident response program and put tighter controls on sensitive data.
NASA applies GIS to its inner spaces
The geographic information systems team at NASA's Langley Research Center is using geospatial tools to find more efficient ways to allocate space at the research facility.
Polycom tool manages mixed videoconferencing systems
The company has introduced software administrators can use to manage all endpoints from one Web console.
RFID vendors form alliance to push interoperability
A group of vendors, with three Energy Department laboratories in advisory roles, is looking to establish interoperability standards for radio frequency identification equipment.
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