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Virtualization: Another aspect of green IT

Virtualization can make a single physical resource, such as a server, operating system or storage device, appear to function as multiple resources. Or it can make multiple physical resources appear as a single resource.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Air Force Materi'l Command improves alert system

The command is implementing a standard for unified IP-based emergency notification nationwide, reducing the time to launch and manage a consistent alert across multiple independent systems.

  • By Kathleen Hickey

Analog video in, Web 2.0 out

New Optibase appliances convert analog video feeds into Flash, H.264 streams.

  • By Joab Jackson

NIST puts rescue robots through trials

Three dozen robots are tested to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate robotic rescue devices for homeland security.

  • By Patrick Marshall

Seargeant majors need higher (and lighter) technology

As new technologies reach troops on the battlefield, concerns are raised about the weight of the equipment, especially all the batteries needed to power high-tech devices.

  • By David F. Carr

Windows 7 beta debuts in January '09

Windows 7 will be available first as a beta, followed by the release candidate version and then release to manufacturing.

  • By Kurt Mackie

IT security outlook: Ominous

This year the IT industry reached an inflection point: More new malicious programs were created than useful ones, according to security vendor Symantec.

  • By Jabulani Leffall

Better privacy for better security

Government must do better at protecting privacy to achieve better security, experts tell Congress.

  • By William Jackson

ThinkPad PCs get built-in anti-theft tools

Select Lenovo ThinkPad T400 notebooks will come with Intel anti-theft technology that works with Computrace to provide better security, starting this month, Intel says.

  • By Trudy Walsh

Gen. Chiarelli on new IT: Handle with care

Army's vice chief of staff says today's Army must guard against relegating promising technologies to oblivion without giving them time to prove themselves.

  • By David F. Carr

Army emphasizes outcomes, 'human dimension'

Gen. William Wallace discusses the technology research areas he thinks can be translated into practical improvements on the battlefield during the next 10 years.

  • By David F. Carr

Microsoft is medium for ESP at I/ITSEC show

Microsoft unleashes new features of ESP immersive simulation software at I/ITSEC show in Orlando.

  • By Trudy Walsh

Internaut | Managing a flood of new data

Commentary: Being prepared and asking the right question is the key for anyone who is expected to handle new data generated by civil engineering projects.

  • By Shawn McCarthy

Microsoft upgrades data centers for cloud computing

Microsoft is initiating the fourth in a series of data center upgrades to enable its cloud computing services.

  • By Herb Torrens
Featured eBooks

Tomcat goes production-ready

In January, Java tool software provider SpringSource will release the SpringSource tc Server, a production-ready Tomcat application server.

  • By Joab Jackson

NetBeans no longer just for Java

New version includes support for PHP and, soon, Python.

  • By John K. Waters

NIST backs research at quantum measurement lab

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded a $10.98 million grant to UC Berkeley's Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement, which is doing reasearch on making precise measurements at the atomic scale .

  • By William Jackson

Older Linux kernel is updated

Patch brings updated support for SATA, USB and AMD embedded system processors

  • By Joab Jackson

Malware targets U.S. military computers

Pentagon officials acknowledged that the malware known as Agent.btz has infected some Defense Department computers, but did not say whether it could have affected critical systems.

  • By Dan Campbell

NIEM onboard for maritime use

Law enforcement and DOD maritime organizations will be able to share data about seafaring scofflaws via the National Information Exchange Model.

  • By Joab Jackson

Worm attacks unpatched systems

The problem stems from a worm dubbed "Win32/Conficker.A." that "propagate on random computers" in an affected Windows-based network.

  • By Jabulani Leffall