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Windows 7 and netbooks: A bad mix

The Lab tests Windows 7 on streamlined notebook computers, only to find that the new OS reduced performance benchmarks substantially.

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Microsoft investigates Windows 7 upgrade troubles

The complaints started late last week in the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows 7. Users appear to be experiencing two distinct problems: Windows 7's installation process cutting short at 62 percent completion and endless rebooting.

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DOJ to upgrade Victim Notification System

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Army Technology Live

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command plans to launch a blog on Nov. 2, the latest entry into the Army Live/Defense Department Live blogosphere.

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More detailed stimulus reports could end up creating more jobs

The new data, which showed 650,000 jobs created and status of projects, could support a budding industry that sells recovery-compliance tools.

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TSA not adequately testing airport screening systems, GAO says

The Transportation Security Administration still does not know whether its passenger screening systems at airports are effectively addressing the greatest threats to aviation, the Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday.

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Questions For VA Contract Award

ACS Federal won the contract that the Veterans Affairs Department <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091028_2433.php>announced</a> on Wednesday to pitch in, on a temporary basis, to help the department process GI bill benefit claims.

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20 must-follow contracts

We rank the top 20 biggest and most important contracts that will hit the market during the next 12 months.

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DHS Expands IdeaFactory

The Homeland Security Department is expanding the Transportation Security Administration's interactive <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/innovations/IdeaFactory/">IdeaFactory</a> across the entire department, an agency spokesman said Thursday. Larry Orluskie, a DHS spokesman and project manager for the departmentwide rollout of the IdeaFactory, told Wired Workplace that the new Web 2.0 platform will enable DHS' large and dispersed workforce to submit and collaborate on innovative ideas to improve the agency.

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Will Google's Android 2 be a smart-phone spoiler?

The release of the Motorola Droid by Verizon Wireless has many reviewers touting it as the biggest threat yet to the popular Apple iPhone. Many observers also believe that the once written-off Android could outsell devices based on the BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile and Palm Pre platforms.

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Upcoming FCW Feature

Update on topic and writer for upcoming FCW feature.

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5 signs procurement is ready for a revolution

Conditions are ripe for contracting shops to significantly change the way they do business.