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A roundup of interesting products from the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show.
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Washington ferry goes wireless
The ferry system will officially launch Wi-Fi service Feb. 3 for its eight-mile-long Seattle-Bainbridge run.
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Census to spend $300M on handhelds
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to issue a request for proposals in the coming months for a contract that could be worth at least $300 million to equip between 500,000 and 600,000 census counters with handheld computers for the 2010 head count.
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Tracking Postal trucks
U.S. Postal Service officials have awarded a three-year contract to I.D. Systems to provide wireless location-tracking of USPS' vehicle fleet.
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Judge backs EDS protest
An administrative law judge recommended that North Carolina officials cancel the award of a Medicaid system contract.
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U.S. to add tsunami buoys
The United States will expand its tsunami detection system through a $37.5 million effort.
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SI to buy outsourcing firm
Shenandoah Electronic Intelligence will be acquired by SI International.
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Cisco to buy Airespace
$450 million deal will help company accelerate delivery of future wireless technology.
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Software AG to buy Sabratec
Software AG is buying a company that developed a legacy conversion tool that integrates apps written in legacy languages with contemporary, service-oriented architectures.
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Troux buys Computas
Troux Technologies is the new owner of Computas North America, the federal sector enterprise architecture software company.
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Battelle predicts $312B in 2005 R&D
It would be a 3.6 percent increase from the 2004 estimate for U.S. research and development funding.
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Intercepts
CIO overhaul, JNN fill up, NSPS guinea pigs, data heaven, budget trial balloon.
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Vermont lawmakers get Wi-Fi
A mesh network will provide wireless Internet access in the Vermont State House.
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NOAA bolsters tsunami warning system
Officials repair deep-ocean buoys in Pacific, but no sensors set in Atlantic
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California uses Microsoft CRM
California's Corporations Department retooled its customer call center.
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Getting permit data remotely
Accela Wireless will provide a system so Buncombe County, N.C., building inspectors can retrieve permit-related data via tablet PCs or handhelds.
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RFID to track SSA material
Radio frequency identification tags will help agency manage orders for pamphlets, forms.
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