Management
How VA Is Using Big Data to Keep Patients Out of the Hospital
Doctors combine assessment tools and analytics to address high-risk cases early.
Digital Government
Congress Lops $35 Million Off Funding for NSA Supercomputer Center
White House had requested $431 million for the 28-acre data mining facility near Baltimore.
Digital Government
Congress Tells Energy Dept. to Develop 'Exascale' Computers in 10 Years
Devices will be 1,000 times faster than today’s record holder and help with nuclear and big data analysis.
Cybersecurity
18 Months in the Slammer for Energy Supercomputer Hacker
Pennsylvania man sold access to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory high-power machines.
Cybersecurity
NSA Spends $1 Billion on Crypto – A Fraction of Total Spy Budget, Researchers Say
Only 23 percent of the black intelligence budget goes to tech for bugging other IT systems worldwide.
Digital Government
The Future of Big Data
TIBCO CEO Vivek Ranadivé knows the evolution of data better than anyone. Here's where he thinks it's moving next.
Emerging Tech
When Will You Own Your Genetic Information?
The shuttering of a personal genome kit company raises questions about when access to DNA data will be broadened.
Modernization
Bidding Process Begins for Cancer-Curing Computer Clouds
National Cancer Institute pilot project will let researchers remotely analyze genomic data.
Modernization
Cash Is Dead. Are Credit Cards Next?
Tech start-ups across the country offer new ways for payment, which could make carrying credit cards a thing of the past.
Modernization
Supercomputer Watson Will Soon Be Available To Everyone
The initiative is IBM's attempt to get into cloud computing services to compete with the likes of Google and Amazon.
Cybersecurity
Big Data Is a Good Place for Hackers to Hide
In five to 10 years, expect attackers to game threat-detection analytics by creating bogus malicious activity.
Emerging Tech
FBI Seeks Video Recognition Technology to Automatically ID Suspects
Demonstrations of motion picture pattern-matching are set to start in December.
Modernization
Google Could Be Sending Its Data Out to Sea
Nerdy names and a patent suggest barges spotted off the U.S. coasts belong to the tech giant.
Modernization
This Time, Citizens Collect Feds’ Communications Metadata
A Verizon glitch exposed government officials' text message histories, researchers say.
Digital Government
New Technology Lets Doctors Watch Patients From Afar
Sensors gather a wealth of data for large-scale analysis.
Digital Government
The Case for Computer-Based Health Care
Doctors would still need to reassure and coach patients.
Emerging Tech
Get Ready For Data-Driven Romance
Or: How we’ll learn to stop worrying and let computers take the lead.
Digital Government
Hacked Data Brokers Could Spell Trouble for Obamacare
Health exchanges are expected to rely on information services vulnerable to identity thieves.
Modernization
IBM Calls Amazon Unprepared to Secure Intelligence Data
The companies are embroiled in a lawsuit over a $150 million contract to build a computer cloud for the CIA.
Emerging Tech