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Oklahoma cops filing reports from patrol cars
The state is one of the most recent to outfit its patrol cars with IBM's FormRunner software
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University of Dallas adds online technology programs
Undergraduate and graduate students can enroll in online programs similar to traditional campus classes
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Java: Web standard deluxe
Years ago, an enterprising fellow named Larry Ellison became aware that IBM Corp. was developing a new way of interacting with database management systems. Rather than using database vendors' set of commands and application programming interface calls, IBM was developing a language for controlling database operations.
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Taking the line out of 'online'
If your department has remote users who need to connect to the Internet or your localarea network but aren't always in a location where a telephone jack is available, you'll want to take a look at the AirCard 300 by Sierra Wireless Inc.
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Y2K connects U.S. Virgin Islands
Wireless network will eventually link the islands with certain United States agencies
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Civilian GPS: Long on promise, short on funds
Despite the growth of GPS in the civilian market, there is still no national GPS infrastructure or budget in place to support it.
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AOL: Quiet neighbor
The world ? or at least, the World Wide Web ? is AOL's oyster. With the Internet service provider poised to merge with Time Warner Inc. to form the largest media company in history, it appears America Online Inc. has everything going for it: money, markets and growth.
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Industry pressures Hill to fund Customs system
A coalition of business and retail groups including automakers, Kmart Corp. and even McDonald's are banding together to pressure Congress to fund $1.2 billion to modernize the Customs Service's antiquated computer system. In an unusual alliance, the group of more than 400 trade organizations and companies say aging computers at every U.S. port are slowing the importation of goods, costing time and money.
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Oracle launches e-government initiative
Part of the company's strategy involves releasing a public sector version of e-Valuator
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Fedwire
The National Institute of Justice has entered the education arena, selecting Materials, Communications and Computers Inc. to create an interactive simulation training tool to help prevent school violence.
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Smokin! 800 MHz Athlon leaves Pentium III behind
While vendors are starting to ship systems using Intel Corp.'s 800 MHz Pentium III processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has announced shipment of its new pacesetter, the 850 GHz Athlon and the imminent release of a 1 GHz processor.
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OMB's double-edged security sword
CIOs welcome the clout OMB's ultimatum gives them. ... complying is another matter
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Reno: Arm cybercops
The Internet has complicated the lives of law enforcement officials, permitting anonymous criminals to infiltrate international borders to attack and then vanish into cyberspace.
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FAA plan clears air
Technology that will bring better information to pilots, air traffic controllers and airline passengers is a top priority in a plan announced March 10 by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater.
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