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Managing on the fly
Most agencies find managing computers that are hardwired to their servers challenging enough without trying to handle tiny devices that users carry around with them. But as those portable devices become missioncritical, then managing them will also become critical.
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All Palms on deck
The Navy last month installed 32 infrared wireless communications ports and deployed 115 handheld computers aboard one of the most technologically advanced warships in its fleet as part of a pilot project that is changing the way sailors communicate at sea.
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Navy handheld pilot program
Capabilities: Sending and receiving e-mail, coordinating daily and weekly schedules, and consolidating and coordinating checklists and databases.
Digital Government
System requirements for the desktop platform
System requirements for the desktop platform
Digital Government
A PC in the hand
HP Jornada captures the spirit of the next generation of Pocket PCs
Digital Government
NOAA takes weather information wireless
A new software application makes the latest weather forecasts and news available on wireless handheld devices
Digital Government
Small firm to deliver news to desktop
A small company is preparing to offer agencies a satellitebased service that beams programming such as CSPAN and CNN to workers' computer screens, enabling them to monitor events without sacrificing computer performance
Digital Government
GPS augmentation funding mixed
Most of the Transportation Department's funding requests for augmentations to the Global Positioning System signal survived a House Appropriation Committee vote
Digital Government
Companies Will Reward GIS/GPS Project Ideas
Government agencies with great ideas for how to use Global Positioning Systems with geographic information systems could win help executing those programs in a contest sponsored by two companies.
Digital Government
An office in your pocket
Small computing made a big splash at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C., last week.
Digital Government
Bluetooth spec booming
Bluetooth, a global specification for wireless technology that lets devices communicate with each other, has become the fastestgrowing technology standard ever
Digital Government
Out of Africa
Redwing Satellite Solutions near London provides the wireless connectivity portion of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria. Among the components Redwing supplies are the ground-based satellite hardware, use of the company's ground station hub in the United Kingdom, backhaul to the Internet backbone and rental of the space segment.
Digital Government
Net access aids malaria study
New project speeds research results from remote parts of Africa
Digital Government
GPS users hope to forestall new tech
The latest threat to the much- embattled U.S. satellite-based navigation system may be another emerging technology that promises to revolutionize wireless communications and radar.
Digital Government
New radio system in works for Kentucky
$22.8 million Motorola system is expected to offer officer increased clarity, particularly in rural areas
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E-government unplugged
The promise of anytime/anywhere instant communication has been bandied about for some time, but thanks to recent breakthroughs in wireless technology, that promise is on the verge of becoming reality, albeit a still flawed one.
Digital Government
Pennsylvania microwave project cookin'
State awards a contract for a microwave system to link 22 public safety agencies with wireless communications
Digital Government
Bluetooth backers demo wireless PCs
A group of information technology companies this month demonstrated hardware and software that enable devices to communicate wirelessly, eliminating the need for the cables that typically connect PCs to printers and other peripherals.
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