Workers disciplined for e-mail use
Montana's Department of Corrections yesterday announced it was disciplining 74 Montana State Prison employees for misusing e-mail.
Wyatt Kash | The next horizons
Commentary: Were a Government Computer News reader of 25 years ago transported into the future, circa 2007, he'd marvel at the changes.
Edward Meagher | One network on the horizon
Commentary: There are some hopeful signs that the federal information technology community might be ready to join the 21st century soon
William Jackson | A cure for spam: Attack the cause, not the symptoms
Cybereye'commentary: The real problem is deceptive or downright unlawful activities being promoted through spam.
Sony PlayStation 3: It's not all fun and games
Studying gravitational radiation emitted by black holes as they engulf stars takes a lot of computing power. Physics professor Gaurav Khanna has turned to Sony's PlayStation 3 to build a supercomputer to help with the work.
DOT sees future with vehicle integration, hydrogen fuel
Intelligent transportation systems will be a large part of future innovations in highway travel. The Department of Transportation will release its Transportation Vision 2030 soon.
R. Fink | Trying to fill these gift lists could take another year
The Packet Rat'Commentary: Maybe it's because Microsoft has been naughty that Santa decided the whole software industry is getting coal this season.
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 updates
Microsoft announces the availability of Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1 in addition to a release candidate for Vista Service Pack 1.
Overseas electronic voting pilot project announced
Overseas voters registered in Okaloosa County, Fla., will have a chance to try an electronic absentee voting system in next year's general election.
Novell to release Silverlight clone for Linux
Silverlight is a platform for building rich Internet applications, and is considered to be Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash.
Slow growth ahead for state spending
New report predicts tighter fiscal conditions for 2008.
NSA certifies General Dynamics' VOIP phone
Company's Sectera vIPer Phone protects classified voice conversations carried on IP networks at the top-secret level and below.
NASA 5.0 launches
NASA wants to give Web surfers a more personal experience when they browse agency news. The agency launched NASA 5.0, the latest version of its Web site, Nov. 30.
DHS working to consolidate technology acquisition
In 2008, DHS plans to build a shared culture and foster interoperable systems across agencies to help bring its major technology projects to fruition, according to a new report.
Mitre pitches Microformats for Defense use
In its quest for net-centric operations, DOD might benefit by using an emerging technology known as Microformats, engineers from Mitre suggested.
LeftHand expands storage platform
LeftHand Networks has added a new member to its family of storage-area network offerings, giving organizations more flexibility as they deploy SANs.
Is a holiday Storm brewing?
Researchers at MX Logic's Threat Operation Center warn of a possible outbreak of new variants of the venerable Storm Worm.
Despite controversy, DHS continues use of data mining
Data mining is widely used in commerce, but it has been controversial in homeland security because of the fears of privacy loss and civil-rights violations.
COIs included in all major Defense IT projects
DOD is spearheading a movement to incorporate communities of interest in all phases of major IT projects.
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