Emerging Tech

The time of the 'social media' candidate is nigh

How social media can intersect with the lives of politicians and public figures and even bolster them.

Digital Government

Americans are so fat, we need bigger MRIs

Many hospitals don't have equipment strong enough to deal with their injured, obese patients

Modernization

Undercover police used smartphones to keep tabs on protests in Tampa

Cell phones, tablets could be wave of future for police, firefighters.

Digital Government

DHS defends acquisition plan for bioweapon detectors

Several auditors and lawmakers have urged the department to pause reassess its effort

Digital Government

Facebook knows how to trick you into voting

Peer-pressure on the social network drove 340,000 people to the polls in 2010, a new study has found.

Modernization

iPhone 5? Yawn. What will the 'phone' of 2022 look like?

A romp through the weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications.

Digital Government

Homeland Security pays $46 million for counter-IED tools

A-T Solutions clinched a contract to aid the public and private sectors in stopping domestic bombings.

Emerging Tech

Remember when John Kerry reached out to voters on Friendster?

Social media use in political campaigns has increased drastically in a few short years

Digital Government

State can’t track drone exports

Incomplete database risks releasing sensitive technology to adversaries.

Emerging Tech

Coalition launched to oppose Internet sales tax legislation

Online business are forming group to counter lobbying efforts.

Emerging Tech

Does the Federal CIO Shop Need Bold Vision or Implementation?

VanRoekel didn’t just stick with his predecessor’s plan, he added his own initiatives.

Modernization

All the latest from Apple's big iPhone event

The bigger iPhone 5, prettier iTunes, and better iPods

Emerging Tech

Why pilots can use iPads and you can't

The FAA has given American Airlines pilots permission to use iPads during all phases of flight

Emerging Tech

Video: Marine Corps brings back the cavalry with DARPA's 'robot horse'

The Legged Squad Support System is intended to act like a pack mule and think like a trained animal.

Emerging Tech

Swabbing and hoping: How NASA keeps germs from colonizing Mars

The agency tries to keep humans from inadvertently populating other planets.

Digital Government

A continental network to monitor how we're trashing the environment

The National Ecological Observatory Network will feature dozens of monitoring stations to document land use patterns and ecosystem changes.