DOE lines up plans for its Science Grid
The Energy Department and IBM Corp. are de-veloping a high-performance computing grid for research in global climate change and other data-intensive topics.
XML group challenges GAO report
The General Accounting Office this month said the lack of uniform, government-specific data structures could dim the Extensible Markup Language's promise of easily searchable, reusable content.
Take a RISC'or Pentium'on an IntelliStation system
Four new IntelliStations from IBM Corp. have different processor architectures'one RISC and three Intel Pentium'but the same brand name.
Cobalt Qube 3: little big server
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s compact Cobalt Qube 3 server appliance is sized for small offices but can handle 250 to 300 users, said Peder Ulander, the division's marketing director.
Police Web site briefly redirects traffic to porn page
A municipal police department in central Massachusetts yesterday halted the automatic redirection of its Web site visitors to a pornography site.
General Accounting Office warns of XML pitfalls
Incomplete standards for using Extensible Markup Language and the lack of uniform, government-specific data structures are some potential pitfalls awaiting agencies that want to use XML, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
Army security expert emphasizes vigilance and training
A computer scientist from the National Infrastructure Protection Center yesterday urged agency officials to return to the basics of security and guard against cyberattacks by IT insiders.
Mobility and security share focus at FOSE
Since Sept. 11, agency network administrators are more willing to support users' mobile devices. And users are finding new ways to connect, in effect constructing a new, mobile e-government platform on the fly.
SANs get mil-spec ruggedized
Two storage area network products from Dot Hill Systems Corp. have received certification for a ruggedized military standard, Mil-Std-810F.
What say you? In-Q-Tel wants to know about it
The CIA's venture capital arm has teamed up with a search-engine company to develop a multilanguage system for intelligence gathering.
Agencies take bitty steps toward Itanium
Despite a dearth of 64-bit applications and the abundance of cheap 32-bit servers, vendors haven't given up on finding a market for Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium platform.
IBM outsources PCs, thin clients
IBM Corp., inventor of the PC, will continue to develop its NetVista line and to support its PC customers, but the company has turned over its PC manufacturing to Sanmina-SCI Corp. of San Jose, Calif., under a three-year, $5 billion outsourcing agreement.
Custom Publishing
The Census Bureau's Generalized Instrument Design System is using Extensible Markup Language to speed the layout and assembly of economic census forms that will go to millions of businesses this December.
NTIS makes sci-tech resources searchable in one spot
The Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service is developing an online catalog of the leading government Web resources on science and technology. The <a href="http://www.scitechresources.gov">www.scitechresources.gov</a> site has a database of about 1,000 sites selected by NTIS staff.
Energy and IBM construct a scientific computing grid
An Energy Department laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., is joining with IBM Corp. to develop a high-performance computing grid for research in global climate change and other areas that use large data sets.
Intel exec: Moore's law keeps going and going
Intel Corp.'s chief technology officer today predicted the exponential growth of chip transistor density will continue at least another decade. <b>Pat Gelsinger</b>, the first keynote speaker at the FOSE 2002 trade show in Washington, said Moore's Law, the 1960s-era prediction by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that transistor density would double every 18 to 24 months, has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
USDA takes HR to new level
About 40 percent of Agriculture Department employees nationwide now tap into human resources services remotely through the Combined Administrative Management System.
Sun seeks open-source ideas
Sun Microsystems Inc. is leading an effort to do for peer-to-peer computing what the Hypertext Transfer Protocol and HTML did for the Web.
USGS lab's system is good to the last drop
A customized commercial laboratory application is keeping test results in order at a Geological Survey water quality lab in Denver. USGS officials hope it will bring in more fee revenue by increasing sample loads.
Want to boost online user satisfaction? Try these tools
Agencies that want to improve customer satisfaction with their Web sites can take advantage of a Bureau of Labor Statistics laboratory and, soon, a pop-up software survey tool.
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