In event of cyberattack, who's in charge?
Lawmakers say lines of authority over defending cyberspace aren't clearly defined, and that a formal plan for response is missing.
Energy aims to retake supercomputing lead from China
The Energy Department's next supercomputer, the IBM-built Mira, will greatly outperform the current generation of machines, and is expected to surpass China's current leader.
Army implements battlefield network strategy
Lessons learned from previous Army battlefield networking and technology programs are paving the way for the service's new network integration strategy.
Army expects to save a bundle with e-mail move
The Army will start moving user accounts to its new enterprise e-mail service this month and expects to finish the job for 1.6 million accounts by year's end.
DOD database would sift all network traffic for signs of attack
The vice commander of U.S. Cyber Command says participation in the joint database would be voluntary, but that it would produce a clearer view of cyber threats.
The new DISA: leaner, standardized and a bit more secretive
DISA CIO Henry Sienkiewicz describes how the agency is reinventing itself during its move to Fort Meade. Md.
Tiny lens on a chip promises bigger bandwidth
Luneburg lens on a chip offers possibility of higher bandwidth for fiber optics and faster microchips.
Scientists' plan for real-time virtual Earth would simulate...everything
The Living Earth Simulator will model all human and natural activity on the planet to predict future man-made and natural disasters.
$1B NSA 'spy' center underway in Utah
The cyber intelligence data center being built in Utah will gather and aggregate data on a variety of cyber threats and help defend Defense Department and civilian government networks.
DARPA seeks 'smart jammer' technology for combat
DARPA's BLADE program will put selective, software jammer/analyzers into soldier's gear.
Air Force to deploy 'all-seeing eye' surveillance system
This winter, Air Force UAVs will begin operating Gorgon Stare, a sensor-fed, nine-camera system that gives operators and soldiers a much wider view of the battlefield.
Cool military gear would make you an office superhero
A desk jockey's dream: See though doors, knock down walls... tweak PowerPoint slides on your wrist!
Do commercial electronics threaten military security?
The growing demand for handheld mobile devices, many of which are not up to military specifications, poses a dilemma for military users.
I'll take supercomputers on game shows for $1,000, Alex
IBM's Watson cognitive system will go head to head with "Jeopardy" champions in February.
PlayStations power Air Force's lean, green supercomputer
Cluster made of Sony PlayStation consoles gives Air Force green supercomputing on the cheap.
Army's plan to modernize intell rides on the cloud
The Army intends to push vast amounts of the intelligence data it collects to a cloud environment.
Supercomputing as a commodity, available on Amazon
The Elastic Compute Cloud uses clusters of Nvidia’s Tesla M2050 GPUs to provide the massive parallel processing for a variety computational heavy-lifting tasks. It’s also affordable, at $2.10 an hour for teraflop-level processing.
DOD creates fun and games for acquisition education
A new casual gaming site launched this week by the Defense Acquisition University lets users learn about logistics in a fun way.
DISA plans new supercomputer connections
New DREN contract will upgrade connections between researchers and supercomputing facilities.
Cleveland airport employees learn on the fly with SaaS system
The department responsible for running Cleveland's airports is increasing worker efficiency with a performance and learning management software system.
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