Tech
Watchdog alerts troops in Afghanistan to new IED dangers
Letter cites faulty reporting by Afghan contractors.
Modernization
Taiwan wants Apple to blur sensitive military images
The company’s mobile map app draws even more fire.
Cybersecurity
DHS urged to create reserve cadre of cyber experts
Specialists from government and industry would mobilize to address emergencies.
Digital Government
European defense giants call off merger talks
News spells relief to U.S. aerospace contractors.
Emerging Tech
New app posts president’s daily documents
Previous GPO apps included information on the federal budget and members of Congress.
Emerging Tech
What’s the next moon-shot challenge?
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks to identify grand projects that will inspire the public imagination.
Modernization
GOP lawmakers knock FCC broadband testing
Agency spent $1 million in stimulus funds on British firm to evaluate network.
Modernization
Do-not-track proposal headed off the tracks
Hopes dim for giving consumers Internet surfing privacy.
Modernization
HHS plan requires employees to outfit personal devices to agency standards
Strategy envisions stipends for some who bring their own smartphones and tablets.
Modernization
Experts: Mobile phones are vulnerable to cyber attacks
Wireless industry isn't doing enough to protect users, IT professionals say.
Cybersecurity
Chinese telecom giant blasts House report
Huawei denies accusations that Chinese companies undermine American security.
Cybersecurity
House Panel: Chinese telecom firms pose cyber threat
Companies dispute intelligence committee report's findings.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon invests in power-efficient embedded computing tech
SRI International and Reservoir Labs nab $15 million in funding.
Modernization
DISA acquires iPads and Samsung tablets for mobility test
Evaluation will include mobile device management software, applications store.
Digital Government
Quantum computing firm nabs funding from In-Q-Tel, Jeff Bezos
D-Wave Systems is developing tech to accelerate data-crunching.
Cybersecurity
Nation-state sponsors learn lesson of too-sophisticated cyber weapons
Only organized governments are capable of targeted system destruction and surveillance, so their handiwork is easier to identify.
Modernization
Op-ed: Encryption, not restriction, is the key to safe cloud computing
Requiring that government data be stored domestically and handled by U.S. citizens is counterproductive.
Digital Government
