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Cloud computing: 20 percent savings in five years?
The U.K. has high hopes for cloud computing (and open-source software and voice over IP, for that matter).
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Legislation that would lead to better understanding of spectrum allocation takes first step in Congress
Two bills call for a national inventory of radio spectrum as a first step toward meeting the growing demand for bandwidth for mobile communications and computing devices.
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NASA projects could speed transmissions from the final frontier
Faster network speeds, new network technologies could increase the ability of astronauts and probes to send images, data.
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PlayStations power Air Force 'supercomputer'
The Air Force Research Laboratory has built a supercomputer that is driven in part by several hundred Sony PlayStation 3 consoles.
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A call for critical thinking about securing our electric grid
The nation’s electric power grid is a vital part of our critical infrastructure, but it might not be as vulnerable and fragile as it appears. One expert says it is more resilient than we give it credit for.
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NASA plans Tweetup event for Space Shuttle mission
A small group of followers of NASA's Twitter feeds will participate in a Tweetup event where they will get a behind-the-scenes look at a Space Shuttle mission.
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2020 vision: 10 things you'll see on the Web in the next 10 years
By 2020, you'll have one device for all uses, proximity networking will take hold, and spam just might be brought under control, says IDC senior analyst Shawn McCarthy.
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Health data standard could be key to better informed patients
The new rules for achieving "meaningful use" of electronic health records could be advanced through adoption of a technical standard for delivering health information to patients, according to a new white paper.
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FBI aging technique led to bin Laden mug mixup, IT professor says
New technology that uses physics, science of plastic surgery and computer graphics portrays how a person naturally ages, providing a more accurate portrayal.
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White House bars agencies from posting some statistics
Privacy and other concerns prompt administration officials to pull several submissions to the transparency Web site Data.gov.
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The Army's Five Year Afghanistan Plan
The United States has operated in Afghanistan for nine years and based on a FedBizOpps notice last week, at least one part of the Army plans for another five years.
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In cybersecurity, our greatest enemy may be...
In many cases, the greatest cybersecurity threat comes from a deliberately designed weakness in software.
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Intel Wants Cyber, IT Experts
The federal intelligence community will hold a virtual job fair on March 16, and the community is seeking culturally diverse and technically savvy applicants for a number of jobs, including cybersecurity, engineering, information technology and intelligence analysis. The virtual job fair will enable job seekers to connect to the IC via their computer to explore career opportunities, visit virtual booths, chat with recruiters, network with other job seekers and apply for job openings.
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