A home connection
Troops in Iraq receive free Internet access for Independence Day.
PDF now ISO standard
And Adobe Systems releases Version 9 of Adobe Reader.
FBI's billion-dollar biometric plan
The FBI launched a multibillion-dollar upgrade to its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System: Next Generation Identification project.
The FBI's expanding data center
The Criminal Justice Information Services division upgrades a 100,000-square-foot data center with thousands of miles of cables while providing around-the-clock services to its crime-fighting customers.
Databases of operation
GCN Lab review: Personal databases have never been particularly easy to use, but they are powerful tools that can help you make better use of your data. The Lab tests four products to see which are worth the steep learning curve.
Forecast for July: Mostly sunny, 100% chance of spam
Spam volumes have been on the decline, but they are still double what they were at this time last year.
Software automates help-desk requests
MicroMain Corp. has released MicroMain HelpDesk, new work request routing software used with the company's maintenance management program.
Data centers untangled
The cabling in data centers can grow like the worst kind of weed, clogging cooling systems and hindering network performance. Here are 13 practical tips for getting control over what lies beneath the floor.
Fewer cables in your future
As data centers become increasingly packed with servers and equipment, facilities managers can take comfort in knowing that at least some simplification is coming.
New mini drive from Ridata
Advanced Media Inc. announces availability of the Ridata Single Layer Cell 2.5-inch IDE Ultra-S.
Everybody's in pictures
As online video becomes increasingly popular for meetings, training sessions and otheruses, agencies look to video management systems to help them keep track of it all.
Ed Amoroso | The big picture of network security
GCN Interview: AT&T's chief security officer talks about the advantages of pushing security onto the network, where it can keep things such as spam traffic at bay.
Another View | A strategy for massive archives
Commentary: Managing vast amounts of data requires innovative strategies and information life cycle management tools.
Cybereye | Consumer, protect thyself
Commentary: You can make those who control your personal data aware that you expect them to keep it secure and confidential.
IPv6: Waiting for early adopters
OMB requires agencies only to be ready for IPv6. It does not say they have to use it. Apparently, there is not yet a compelling reason for them to turn it on.
Patch fixes antivirus glitch in XP
Hot fix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
Report: IE is least-patched browser
More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date securitypatches'and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits.
Data breaches up, but not in government sector
Reported data breaches increased sharply in 2008, but the percentage of breaches in the government sector has dropped steadily in the past three years.
Most network data sits untouched
We are too busy writing new data to go back over old data; organizations might consider moving old data to slower, less expensive storage units.
InfiniBand integrated into HP BladeSystem
Mellanox Technologies' 20-Gbps InfiniBand adapters and switch product technology now provides unified input/output (I/O) fabric in the Hewlett-Packard BladeSystem for Oracle Optimized Warehouse.
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