NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults
The National Archives and Records Administration unveiled a 9,000-square-foot interactive exhibit today to President Bush and other inaugural attendees.
New ThinkPad T43 layers on security
IBM Corp. is adding new security functions its ThinkPad T43 notebook design due out in April.
Sun Ray 170 pushes ultrathin-client computing
With the Dec. 10 release of the all-in-one Sun Ray 170 ultrathin-client system, Sun Microsystems Inc. claims it has reinvented the format.
Will Solaris make Sun rise?
Sun Microsystems Inc. has made sweeping claims about its new Solaris 10 operating system.
Military eyes virtual war on terror
Expert says the Defense Department is adjusting to a world where terrorists use technology against the U.S.
Google Mini will index 50,000 documents
Search company's new low-cost appliance can index documents from agencies' databases and intranets, as well as the Web.
WiFi hotspot in D.C. will channel inaugural news
A free WiFi hotspot on Washington's Pennsylvania Ave. will let observers send photos, e-mail and commentary about the presidential inaugural events.
Will new IPv6 devices drive 'New Internet'?
Networked cameras, voice over IPv6 wireless phones and other new peripherals could drive the need for more addressable space.
Digital archives look back, forward
Google.com has compiled 800 million Usenet messages into a 20-year archive of <a href="http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html">firsts</a> in computing history up to December 2001.
Lieberman calls for international tsunami warnings
The $30 million tsunami warning system would place several dozen deep-water sensor buoys in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
DOD pilots first commercial collaboration project
Commercial collaboration software has come a long way since Lotus Notes.
NOAA chief calls for global ocean sensing
In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami late last month, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that would integrate many governments' stovepiped sensors.
XML feeds data into crosshairs
XML was recently used in a real-time command and control exercise for testing remote control of unmanned aerial vehicles for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Computer makers clean up their manufacturing
Six computer and electronics companies today won plaudits for good environmental business practices from Portfolio 21, a mutual fund in Portland, Ore.
First TacSat launch delayed till March
The planned January debut of the Defense Department's first tactical microsatellite has been postponed at least a month.
What's that you say? Language researchers can't quite say yet
Accurate machine capture of content from spoken and text language is proceeding slowly under a four-year-old NIST program.
NOAA chief calls for global ocean sensing
After the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, the chief of NOAA is calling for a Global Ocean Observing System.
UAVs assist urban warfare exercise
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit this month conducted a two-week urban warfare exercise with streaming imagery and sensor data from two unmanned aerial vehicles.
A hit list of the year's top viruses
A malware hall of fame is the latest addition to the year's what's in and what's out lists. The Noomy.A worm nabbed the most sophisticated <i>honors</i> and the Zafi.D the most opportunistic.
DOD mobile satellite, radio communications will use 3G
Third-generation wireless chip designs and software for the Defense Department's narrowband satellite communications and joint tactical radios are on the way.
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