GCN Lab Review: Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP
The Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP is a high-quality LCD with a ton of extras. In addition to a ton of extra inputs, the 2408WFP comes with one really nice feature: a moderate $679 price tag.
GCN Lab Review: NEC MultiSync LCD2470WNX-BK
The LCD2470WNX-BK is a good LCD that seems to emphasize the user experience, something lost in the design of most displays.
GCN Lab Review: Eizo FlexScan SX3031W
The 30-inch widescreen SX3031W pushes the definition of a personal display.
GCN Lab Review: NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi-BK
The LCD2690WUXI-BK is designed for specific uses common in government, but not for everyday use.
The digital LBJ
Archivists at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum take on the challenge of converting LBJ's recorded phone calls from Dictabelt to digital.
Audio preservation: Balancing the new with the tried and true
Archivists at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum face a daunting challenge'how to ensure that this historical resource remains available 20, 50 or 100 years from now.
Lost in transcription
The recorded phone calls of President Lyndon Johnson contain a wealth of historical information, but getting at it is not always easy.
Vets go the distance
A program at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to help prepare injured veterans for careers in information technology and technical support seemed to be a good opportunity to try an online approach.
Computer modeling confirms cause of 9/11 building collapse
A three-year NIST investigation concludes that it was fire and not explosives or impact from debris that caused the World Trade Center Building 7 building to fall.
Store more with less
Every agency faces a similar storage challenge: Store more data in a smaller space while keeping it easily accessible. Disk arrays provide one way to solve that puzzle.
Scott Vanstone | Cryptography thrown an elliptic curve
GCN Interview: One of the inventors of elliptic curve cryptography talks about ECC's emerging role in providing strong security for public-key infrastructures.
Another View | High-performance baselines
One of the constant tensions we face in technology is finding the right balance between supporting diverse individual talents and keeping in place a set of common team processes.
Cybereye | The threats ahead
Infrastructure networking technology figures to be the hot topic during the next year when it comes to researching vulnerabilities.
This GIS package layers open source, versatility
MapInfo Professional 9.5 offers powerful geographic information system capabilities with open source panache.
Wanted: Programmers willing to work for minimum wage
Layoffs, as well as a decree by California Gov. Schwarzenegger that all state employees'including IT workers'be paid a salary $6.55 per hour, has left the Golden State in a precarious position.
Cryptek offers security for multifunction devices
The Netgard MFD card-reader appliance uses two-factor authentication to manage secure access to multifunction devices that print, scan and copy documents.
NETCOM commander weighs in on security
Brig. Gen. Susan Lawrence, speaking at the 2008 LandWarNet Conference, said that data and network security concerns top the list of vulnerabilities the modern-day Army faces.
Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog
Col. Barry Hensley spoke at the 2008 LandWarNet Conference, regarding the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis.
General Dynamics to develop combat key generator
The CKG, a reprogrammable encryption-key generator, will work with existing and next-generation information assurance products and equipment used in military vehicles, aircraft and ships.
Convention to feature Microsoft tools
Democratic convention adds Microsoft tools to its IT platform.
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