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Broadband gap tied to income, study finds

A Connected Nation report says up to 17 million children don't have home broadband access.

Oracle releases platform for building health insurance exchanges

Oracle's health care reform system consists of a broad set of the software company's applications and technology that are designed to work together.

Georgia blocks e-mails protesting execution, claiming DDOS attack

Saying that 800 e-mails over a 12-hour stretch amounted to a denial-of-service attack, Georgia's parole board blocked a group's pleas to stay the execution of Troy Davis.

For police, wearable cameras are the new blue

Police around the country are using body cams to record encounters with the public, collect evidence and, in some cases, protect themselves against claims of misconduct.

Bottom line on whether health information exchanges can succeed

When grant money runs out, state-run HIEs need to ensure that revenues exceed costs, NASCIO says.

Do surveillance systems reduce crime?

An Urban Institute study finds that cameras have helped lower crime rates in some areas but not others. Why the different results?

Michigan merges physical, digital security functions

New organization predicted to be running by Oct. 1.

Microsoft is going back to high school

Microsoft's IT Academy Program is being used to support technology education from computer basics to programming skills in high school students in three states, the newsest of which is Virginia.

In emergency, university students can send video to dispatchers

Campus safety got a boost this week at the University of Maryland with the introduction of a new smart-phone app that allows instantaneous communication with campus police.

Back to the future: Texas cops fly a high-tech version of 1923 autogyro

The aircraft uses a propeller for speed and an unpowered rotor for lift.

Open-source app lets responders mesh from smart phones, laptops

LifeNet, developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, links smart phones and other portable devices in the field from a single device.

National Weather Service mobile site to get facelift

The National Weather Service will refresh its mobile website, Mobile.weather.gov, which offers weather forecasts by ZIP code.

Stanford Hospital patient records exposed on homework help site

Stanford Hospital officials are investigating how a spreadsheet with 20,000 medical records wound up on a site where students get help with homework.

4 'smart' lessons from the Great Southwestern Blackout

It can be surprisingly easy to shut down part of the power grid — and we don't need an enemy to do it — but there’s some good news, too.

Philly gets help for civic engagement app

Fellows with Code for America are helping Philadelphia develop the application and will work on the project next year.