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Software automates help-desk requests

07/02/08 -- 03:05 PM MicroMain Corp. has released MicroMain HelpDesk, new work request routing software used with the company’s maintenance management program.

Patch fixes antivirus glitch in XP

07/02/08 -- 10:57 AM Hot fix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.

Report: IE is least-patched browser

07/02/08 -- 10:44 AM More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches—and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits.

Data breaches up, but not in government sector

07/01/08 -- 03:54 PM Reported data breaches increased sharply in 2008, but the percentage of breaches in the government sector has dropped steadily in the past three years.

Most network data sits untouched

07/01/08 -- 03:45 PM We are too busy writing new data to go back over old data; organizations might consider moving old data to slower, less expensive storage units.

San Francisco tests intelligent transportation IT

07/01/08 -- 01:17 PM Partnership between federal, state transportation departments will test various technology apps designed to reduce gridlock and improve safety and service.

NIST math text gets digital makeover

07/01/08 -- 11:18 AM NIST rewrites one of its best-sellers, the “Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables,” and puts it into an interactive digital format.

Microsoft issues protocol documentation

07/01/08 -- 09:41 AM The update is part of Microsoft's effort to make it easier for developers to write applications that can work with Microsoft's products.

William Jackson | The FISMA paradigm

06/30/08 -- 09:09 AM Cybereye—commentary: Security policies remain a burden to federal IT managers, but they are producing results.

Symantec compliance suite offers end-to-end automation

06/27/08 -- 03:18 PM Control Compliance Suite 9.0 software is designed to help automate key IT governance, risk and compliance initiatives.

Indian Affairs Web site reconnected

06/27/08 -- 11:49 AM After years of litigation requiring its links to be disconnected, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Web page is available online.

MassHousing adds new MapInfo tool

06/27/08 -- 11:07 AM Massachusetts’ Housing Finance Agency is using the software to incorporate location analysis into its existing apps to monitor and analyze enterprise data.

Copyright Office opens Web portal for online registrations

06/26/08 -- 04:12 PM The U.S. Copyright Office is opening up a new online portal intended to help the office move from a paper-based to electronic processing environment.

VMware pioneers decoupled dynamic analysis

06/26/08 -- 04:06 PM Researchers at VMware have pioneered a novel technique in dynamic analysis, one that separates the running program from the analysis tool, by use of virtual containers.

FAA on TARGETS to speed aircraft departures

06/26/08 -- 12:06 PM Federal Aviation Administration uses Terminal Area Route Generation Evaluation and Traffic Simulation tool to decrease the time needed to publish Area Navigation procedures.

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