ICANN plays the name game with domain names

ICANN boots up controversy with a new program that introduces an unlimited number of Internet addresses.

• By Juliana Gruenwald
• February 29, 2012

GSA using StumbleUpon to bring visitors to federal websites

Federal Computer Week

• February 29, 2012

Harris Executive Tapped to Head Defense/VA Program Office

• By Bob Brewin
• February 28, 2012

PTSD v. Cell Phones. Game On.

• By John Pulley
• February 28, 2012

Cybersecurity and partisan politics: Let's not go there

Cybersecurity is too important an issue to become a victim of partisan bickering.

• By John Stein Monroe, FCW
• February 28, 2012

Cyber Pro Shortage Extends to Private Sector

• By Brittany Ballenstedt
• February 28, 2012

Air Mobility Command to adopt paperless charts by December

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency developed an iPad flight app, and it plans for Android and Windows versions.

• By Bob Brewin
• February 28, 2012

LightSquared CEO resigns after FCC torpedoes network

LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned after the Federal Communications Commission turned down the company's plan to build a nationwide wireless network, the company said.

• By Josh Smith
• February 28, 2012

IBM busts record for 'superconducting' quantum computer

Wired

• February 28, 2012

Steven Chu puts clean energy faster learning curve

Cnet

• February 28, 2012

Google offers $1 million reward to hackers who exploit Chrome

Ars Technica

• February 28, 2012

Go Mobile, Gain Productivity

• By Brittany Ballenstedt
• February 27, 2012

Google privacy policy could hurt government agencies, AGs fear

GOogle's new privacy policy is raising concerns for government agencies, according to a group of state attorney generals.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

VA CIO sheds light on search for Microsoft alternative

The Veterans Affairs Department is one of several federal agencies looking for alternatives to MS Office, says CIO Roger Baker.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

Prediction: 5 trends for federal mobility

Will 2012 be the tipping point?

• By Camille Tuutti, FCW
• February 27, 2012

BYOD is either a hit or a flop at most agencies, survey shows

MeriTalk released a new survey of federal IT managers indicating several trends with the use of mobile devices in the federal workplace.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• February 27, 2012

Commentary: Agencies spend billions on IT, but many can't track their software

Anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent of the federal government's software expenditures could be eliminated through better software asset management. The legislation I introduced in the House to rein in software spending at the Homeland Security Department is as good a place as any to start eliminating that waste.

• By Joe Walsh
• February 27, 2012

Video: NASA designs a new spacesuit for new missions

NASA astronauts have a closet full of suits, but nothing to wear for potential future missions.

• By Caitlin Fairchild
• February 27, 2012

FTC: Google offers 'brutal choice' on privacy policies

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said on Sunday that Google was giving consumers a "binary and somewhat brutal" choice on whether they want to go along with the changes to the company's privacy policies set to go into effect next week.

• By Juliana Gruenwald
• February 27, 2012

In attack on Vatican website, a glimpse of hackers' tactics

New York Times

• February 27, 2012