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Microsoft completes Windows 2000 family

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server can enable agencies looking to consolidate large server farms or mainframes into one box with a single point of contact

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Web stakeout

As unlikely as it may sound, lawyers and computer security experts agree on one thing: When it comes to determining what's legal and what's not on the information superhighway, there are more questions than answers.

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NOAA likes Linux for the Web

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chose to use Linux for its new NauticalCharts.gov Web site because it wanted a system that was reliable and had strong remote management capabilities.

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DOD, professors and the Net

At a social event in the Silicon Valley last spring, I was talking with a couple and as much to be ornery as anything else decided to share a comment I had read recently in a magazine: ?quot;Well, the Internet's great for buying sweaters, but a revolution? Puhleaze.?quot;

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The Circuit

Some information technology execs are grumbling about the new plan by Rep. Stephen Horn (RCalif.) to grade federal agencies on their information security programs.

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Who's who

Examples of ?quot;core?quot; and ?quot;expert users?quot;:

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Key laws for federal cyberdefenders

Key laws for federal cyberdefenders

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Taking bytes out of info

It's not just a fancy paper shredder. It's a ?quot;disintegrator?quot; designed to destroy paper and a variety of hightech media.

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Feds shape cyberwarning strategy

Under pressure from Congress, the National Security Council has developed a plan outlining roles and responsibilities for federal cybersecurity organizations.

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Sun Rays shine bright

Low price, good performance, access choices make these thin clients attractive to agencies

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A Linux wish list

Number one, far and away on the Linux wish list, is applications, said Al Gillen, research manager for systems software at International Data Corp. ?quot;Nine out of 10 killer apps that a user needs are not readily available on Linux, or are available but from a different company.?quot;

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A major stride in nanotechnology

The report and implementation plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative is a step toward a multiagency initiative to made advances in nanotechnology

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Linux seeks starring role

When a physicist at a leading federal research facility needed to modernize his lab's computer systems about five years ago, he knew that PC hardware had advanced enough to be a suitable replacement for his outdated machines, but the software situation was not as rosy.

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Carnivore study coming soon

University computer experts may get a chance later this month to review Carnivore, the FBI's controversial email snoop, Attorney General Janet Reno announced

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Software links delegates to 'grassroots'

An ASP is letting delegates to the Democratic National Convention use communication and collaboration software to plan convention events

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Rule: Keep chemical spill info off Web

Justice and the EPA have issued a final rule for keeping information about potentially deadly chemical spills at U.S. industrial plants off government Web pages

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Don't let inflation get you down

In FCW's Friday Financials column, Milt Zall quells fears about inflation and explains how to plan for it

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Judge stops Virginia Net content law

Similar legislation has been struck down as an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment right to free speech in Michigan, New York and New Mexico

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Chicago piloting smart transit

Commuters are trying out SmartCard, a 'touch-and-go' payment system for rail and bus travel

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Netscape, Microsoft probe security flaws

Security flaws have popped up in the use of Java in Netscape's browser, and Microsoft is investigating Trojanhorse intrusions involving Word files