Digital Government
Can Wikipedia foretell Romney's VP announcement?
Entries for Sarah Palin and Joe Biden both saw spikes in edits in the days before their selections.
Modernization
House Dems battle for social media supremacy
Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado took home MVP, compiling 31,578 new Facebook fans, Twitter followers and YouTube subscribers combined.
Modernization
In-Q-Tel enters venture with UK firm to develop transceiver technology
Goal is to boost data-sharing between companies, agencies.
Emerging Tech
NASA is the government's one true viral hit factory
There are reasons the space agency is so popular on the Internet.
Emerging Tech
TSA seeks friendly avatars to help travelers through security checkpoints
Presumably, patience is a key requirement for employment.
Emerging Tech
Live-tweeting Curiosity's landing from Earth
Thanks to NASA, the world was able to follow the Mars rover's landing Monday morning.
Emerging Tech
NASA announces $1.1 billion in human space flight contracts
SpaceX won a NASA contract worth $440 million to develop the next generation of space transportation vehicles.
Emerging Tech
Video: NASA scientist discusses Curiosity with Colbert
The latest mission to Mars is set to touch down on the red planet early Monday morning.
Emerging Tech
Air Force seeks smart concrete for explosives testing
‘Ultra-high performance concrete’ generates increasing buzz.
Digital Government
Pentagon wants bio-inspired, bug-like sensor systems
Satellite imagery tech could be built with tips from nature’s book.
Emerging Tech
Companies see opportunity as U.S. airspace opens to unmanned aircraft
Advanced Defense Technologies and Aerospy team up on drone ‘sense-and-avoid’ system.
Emerging Tech
Twitter will gauge voter sentiment in new venture
The social network says it will draw from the nearly 2 million weekly posts on the site about both presidential candidates.
Modernization
Pentagon shutters Joint Tactical Radio System program office
After 15 years and $15 billion, the program failed to deliver radios to the battlefield.
Digital Government
Google forgot to delete France's street view data, too
France's privacy protection agency plans to investigate the data.
Emerging Tech
Photo Gallery: Curiosity approaches Mars
Rover will inspect Mars' environment for minerals, gases and water.
Emerging Tech
Nudge, nudge: Can software prod us into being more civil?
Maybe the answer for making online comments more thoughtful isn't in people, but in code.
Digital Government
A day in the life of a U.S. drone operator
The New York Times offers a look inside at drone operations at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base.
Emerging Tech
Tribes want input on online gambling legislation
Committee will examine proposals' impact on current gaming operations offered by Indian tribes.
Emerging Tech
Inside the weird world of tracking gangs on social media
As gang members take to Twitter and Facebook, rivalries intensify and law enforcement must develop new ways of tracking activity.
Emerging Tech