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As close as you want to get to jail
Tour takes Web surfers through Georgia corrections site in order to provide an 'unfiltered view' of prison
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School district learns about scaling directories
As it consolidates eight school districts into one, the Toronto District School Board is five months into a project that will enable the network to serve more than 300,000 users
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Missouri e-bidding system finished
The site allows vendors to submit bids and attachments for selected solicitations online
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Review: Web users will welcome new-look Netscape
With Netscape 6, Netscape Communications Corp. is taking a direct shot at reclaiming its former glory as the preferred interface to the World Wide Web
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Report slams DOE counterintelligence
The Energy Department's counterintelligence training and awareness program has 'failed dismally,' a panel of security experts concluded
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Online porn act ruled unconstitutional
Ruling hailed by civil libertarians as a major victory for free speech online
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Washington to buy online
State is the first to join Buysense, an online marketplace
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FAA buying runway warning system
The FAA will purchase a ground radar system in September that will alert controllers to impending collisions on or near runways
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NOAA takes weather information wireless
A new software application makes the latest weather forecasts and news available on wireless handheld devices
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Pennsylvania boosts security to Justice Network
Network, managed by VeriSign, allows complete integration of public safety information
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OMB counters 'cookies' with memo
Following the outcry over a White House Web site tracking users via 'cookies,' the OMB sent a reminder about privacy policies
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Technology cracks genetic code
Scientists have completed a rough map of the human genome a milestone using computer technology that is expected to pave the way for a new age in medicine
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SGI workstation has higher 'octane'
Silicon Graphics Inc. unveils today its Octane2 visual workstation, which offers up to three times the price performance of it predecessors
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DynaBase eases Web management
If you're trying to update multiple, large Web sites with content produced by multiple authors, you're going to need software to help you keep on top of things.
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Y2K lesson: Teamwork counts
As the Year 2000 Information Coordination Center officially closes its doors at the end of this month, Peter Kind, the ICC director, attributes much of the program's success to cooperation and teamwork.
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NASA builds a nose for bad news
While space shuttle astronauts are busy tending to their duties and scientific experiments, NASA can smell trouble 250 miles away.
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How to tighten cybersecurity
Recommendations for how the government can better prepare for and combat cyberattacks
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Are you a dinosaur?
There are several theories about what happened to the dinosaurs, which, for those who were sleeping in class, became extinct about 65 million years ago. One of the most common theories is that a large asteroid struck the Earth, creating a blanket of debris in the atmosphere that caused a catastrophic climatic change and killed off many living things.
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