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

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

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.