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DARPA awards contract for gigabit-speed mobile hot spots
Raytheon will develop ground and drone-mounted high-speed nodes.
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Political junkies beware: Obama, Romney apps track supporters’ locations
The software accesses user data without permission.
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Feds predict $16.6 billion in cloud savings, triple OMB’s estimates
Security remains the greatest barrier, survey respondents say.
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ACLU: Public safety network raises police surveillance concerns
Analyst voices concerns about police capabilities and possible privacy abuse.
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Undercover police used smartphones to keep tabs on protests in Tampa
Cell phones, tablets could be wave of future for police, firefighters.
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Sequestration could hurt cyber defense programs
Deep budget cuts will make it difficult for feds to press industry on cybersecurity.
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EPA to move email to the cloud by early 2013
Agency estimates $12 million in savings over four years.
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iPhone 5? Yawn. What will the 'phone' of 2022 look like?
A romp through the weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications.
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Military commanders want to choose their own battlefield apps
The DOD attributes a drop in Afghanistan casualties to better intelligence, but some military commanders want to choose their own systems to reduce losses further.
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FEC move on wireless campaign contributions could aid Democrats
AT&T is the only nationally unionized wireless carrier.
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Republicans question feasibility of spectrum sharing
Lawmakers want to reserve space exclusively for commercial firms.
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Chinese tech companies to Congress: We're not spies
‘One person’s bug is another’s back door,’ Rep. Mike Rogers says.
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Could DOD’s ambitious joint information environment lead to iPhone-wielding warriors?
Hopes are high that DOD's cloud-based architecture will make a real difference for deployed soldiers, but some challenges still remain to be solved.
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Study: On Facebook, voting is contagious
Large-scale study of more than 60 million users conducted during the November 2010 election finds social network has discernible effect on participation.
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Converged infrastructure: Is less really more?
IT shops across government are turning to standard technologies in pretested combinations to save time and money while still meeting expanding user demands.
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Government Printing Office adopts internal XML system
New format will make it easier to launch apps and e-books, CTO says.
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Feds work one month less per year than private sector peers, study shows
Data is based on a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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All the latest from Apple's big iPhone event
The bigger iPhone 5, prettier iTunes, and better iPods
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Pact sends highly sensitive spy agency data to the cloud
British Web firm will provide secure online collaboration services.
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