Modernization
How Zombie Phones Could Create a Gigantic, Mobile Botnet
Android operating system is most vulnerable.
Emerging Tech
Labor Does More With Less on Streaming Data
The agency has a single Application Programming Interface that connects to 175 data sets.
Modernization
DISA Plans $450 Million Commercial Cloud Buy
Agency pursues five-year storage, Web, database and application hosting deal.
Modernization
Say Hello to Solar-Paneled Clothing That Charges Your Phone
This "Wearable Solar" clothing allegedly can restore half of a phone's power when worn in bright sunlight.
Digital Government
The Government’s Data Center Count Has Doubled Since 2011
There are now about 6,000 in OMB’s official tally.
Modernization
Not so Fast, Google: the FTC Wants to Review That Waze Deal
The New York Post reported the FTC will be scrutinizing the deal.
Modernization
You Know Who Else 'Inadvertently' Gathered Your Electronic Data?
Google and NSA may be doing similar things. Why should only one be held accountable?
Digital Government
United States Dominates in Social Diplomacy
More than 6.4 million people “like” U.S. embassy Facebook pages, Canadian analysis finds.
Modernization
Energy-saving data center contract languishes under OMB hold
OMB put the brakes on a contract between the Energy Department and Lockheed Martin in March and has yet to explain its reasons, according to the affected parties.
Cybersecurity
Facebook's Former Security Chief Now Works for the NSA
The Chief Security Officer at a tech company is primarily concerned with keeping its information inside the company.
Modernization
What the NSA Does With the Data It Isn't Allowed to Keep
The rules surrounding what information must be destroyed remain shrouded in secrecy. By what right?
Modernization
Pentagon to Wireless Industry: We Need Our Spectrum
Defense CIO says the military must retain exclusive access to some frequency bands.
Modernization
Ford Gives up on Turning its Cars Into Smartphones
Ford saw a future in which every surface is a touchscreen, but its customers didn’t share in that vision.
Modernization
How Mobile Payments Might Be the Global Money-Laundering Machine Criminals Have Dreamed About
Millions of people now use their mobile phones to do their banking, especially in the developing world.
Cybersecurity
How NSA Surveillance Jeopardizes Obama's G-8 Trip to Europe
Obama's task in Europe this week has been made even more challenging by the recent disclosures of American surveillance in allied countries.
Digital Government
Apple: <span>i</span>Message and FaceTime Are Safe From the NSA's Prying Eyes
The company adds that the government asked for data on up to 10,000 user accounts in the past 6 months.
Modernization
Bitcoin Lovers: This Is What It Looks Like When the US Wants to Destroy a Currency
Last week the U.S. Treasury placed a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's currency.
Modernization
CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal
Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.
Digital Government
House Backs IT Buying Overhaul
Reforms added to a major defense policy bill would give agency CIOs authority over all IT spending.
Modernization