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Cutting a good figure
'Blade' CPU gives systems administrators new options for managing computers
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Defining nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures with a fundamentally new molecular organization.
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Science board mulls cyber infrastructure
The changing environment of academic research has prompted the National Science Board to consider a study of the cyber infrastructure needed to ensure continuing U.S. leadership in science and engineering.
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No full loaf for nanotechnology
The White House has laid the groundwork for a multiagency initiative to research ways to control materials as small as a single atom. But participating agencies are still waiting for a largescale commitment from Congress to fund the $495 million program in fiscal 2001.
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CIA uses technology to reform culture of distrust
Intelligence experts and critics argue that the Internet has turned the notion of 'central intelligence,' as in the Central Intelligence Agency, into an oxymoron.
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Giving the user better control
Rutgers University Multimodal Input Manager hardware:
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Microsoft shifts gears
Next month when manufacturers begin to sell powerful PC servers to run the new Windows 2000 Datacenter Server software, the event will mark a significant shift in the way Microsoft Corp. sells and supports its most sophisticated operating system.
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NTIS' continuing punishment
Here's a question for new Commerce secretary Norman Mineta: Why does the Commerce Department continue to punish the National Technical Information Service with a personnel hiring freeze?
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Letters to the Editor
I wish to vigorously disagree with your editorial [FCW, July 31], in which you called for federal programs and money to improve 'access' to science, engineering and technical education for women.
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DOT, airlines join to pressure Congress
The Transportation Department and airline industry stakeholders will join to seek funding to finish modernizing the air traffic control system
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University testing GPS interference
Tests aimed at learning whether ultrawideband signals interfere with the Global Positioning System are under way at Texas' Applied Research Laboratories
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State bills push tech firms toward feds
Fearing a slew of privacy legislation from state governments, a group of high-tech giants are signaling that they might be amenable to new federal laws
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A crib sheet for the transition team
FCW's Dot-Gov Thursday column presents an outline for new executives and managers entering the federal government with the next administration
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HP chief: Close industry/government gap
HewlettPackard's CEO has signaled her company's intent to forge a new dynamic between government and the IT industry
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Pa. streamlines vendor procedures
New policy enables technology vendors to apply for state business anytime, instead of just annually
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W.V. equipping elderly with computers
Government agencies in West Virginia join businesses and volunteer organizations in getting surplus computers into the hands of senior citizens
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