Interoperability is the goal for wireless network
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completed the first round of tests on a wireless emergency network.<br>
Tablet PCs go rugged
Itronix Corp. is unveiling its rugged GoBook Tablet PC running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.<br>
NIH launches online gene map
Finding a link between your diseases and your DNA has become a seconds-long task at a National Library of Medicine Web site tailored for the general public.<br>
Microsoft cuts product prices, plans to improve enterprise support
Microsoft Corp. today cut prices for its retail products and added services for licensed products.<br>
ATF gives new video network product a shot
A Justice Department bureau has tested a video streaming technology that bills itself as a low-cost and low-bandwidth alternative to videoconferencing equipment.<br>
Analytic tool is ally in war games
When the U.S. Joint Forces Command began planning a second multinational war games experiment this year, it used a software analysis tool that displays relationships among facts buried in separate files.
Agencies want safe apps, period
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Jonathan Schwartz says he hopes the government keeps its finger on the security hot button, which he called a primary feature of his company's servers, applications and operating environments.
Collaborative software connects Navy graduate students
The Naval Postgraduate School is deploying peer-to-peer software in some distance-learning, research and thesis classes, letting students miles apart from each other swap documents and messages instantly.<br>
Agriculture uses GPS to pinpoint easements
A Texas field office of the Agriculture Department is producing computer images of land easements via Global Positioning System technology.<br>
USPS lights its way to CRM
The Postal Service expects to save up to $137 million over a decade with an integrated customer care management network it expects to complete by the end of next year.
MPC throws its hat into the storage market
Desktop and notebook PC maker MPC Computers LLC, formerly MicronPC, last week entered the external storage market with the DataFrame 310fc RAID device for Fibre Channel environments and the DataFrame 310s hot-swap SCSI unit.
Agriculture signs a deal for digital radios
The Agriculture Department has purchased a digital radio system that will extend communications across a large geographic area and deliver voice over IP, eventually allowing for data applications.
IBM starts up new line of PCs
Taking its longtime NetVista desktop line a step further, IBM Corp. announced this evening a string of redesigned PCs.<br>
Storage market gains new entry from MPC
MPC Computers LLC has entered the external storage market, adding its wares to a government market lineup.<br>
Will feds do more than test waters on Server 2003?
Microsoft Corp. threw a launch party in Washington earlier this month for Windows Server 2003, but some federal users said government adoption of the new operating system will likely be slow.
Air Force base tests wireless job tracking
The Air Force Materiel Command at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is beta-testing a wireless environment for its logistics applications that track maintenance of F-16, A-10 and C-130 aircraft.
Agriculture signs a deal for digital radios
The Agriculture Department has purchased a digital radio system that will extend communications across a large geographic area and deliver voice over IP, allowing eventually for data applications. <br>
Postal Service merges customer care centers
The Postal Service expects to save up to $137 million over a decade with an integrated customer care management network that it plans to complete by the end of next year.<br>
Labor Department retools Web site, targets youth
In the next couple of months, the Labor Department plans to unveil new Web portals highlighting career and industry information for the younger generation, an audience that still needs attending to in the department's redesigned Web site.
Notebooks adopt Intel Centrino package
MPC Computers LLC has released a new model that incorporates Intel Corp.'s Centrino processor for high-speed mobile computing.<br>
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