Another door closes on open government
The shutting of California's Reporting Transparency in Government site is the latest blow to a movement that was launched with fanfare at the beginning of the Obama administration.
'Socialbot' fools Facebook, and users give up their info
Researchers used bots to infiltrate Facebook on a large scale, friending and harvesting personal information from thousands of users, in what could become a common attack.
House bill would attack online piracy, 'rogue websites'
The Stop Online Piracy Act would make American service providers responsible for blocking access to foreign websites that are ruled in violation of U.S. copyright laws.
10 tricks of the social media trade
As agencies step up their social media presence, they should consider these lessons from fellow feds who have gone before them.
'Occupy Beijing'? Not so fast, says Chinese government
The Occupy Wall Street movement will likely have a hard time spreading to China since the Chinese government has banned Web search terms that could be tied to the demonstrations.
Stop me before I text and drive again!
Practically everyone agrees with laws against texting while driving, but many of them do it anyway, a new AAA survey finds.
New Urban Mechanics: Apps in the pipeline
Citizen Connect is one of the projects in a larger effort to work with civic entrepreneurs and explore new technologies to address urban issues.
Boston mobile app shrinks the distance between city and citizen
Boston's Citizen Connect program gives residents the power to report problems and to check on fixes -- all from an Android or iPhone smart phone.
Social media can spread disaster misinformation like a wild fire
Social media tools can get the news on a disaster out fast, but the possibiity of inaccurate information calls their usefulness into question.
No fairly tale: Virtual divorce rate soars past 75 percent.
Marriage in the real world is performing much better than in online, fantasy relationships.
8 tech dinosaurs: Which would you kill?
Every office has Mesozoic Era technologies that don't fit the Digital Age. Some are near extinction, some should be, but others continue to thrive, for good reason.
Unsafe at any speed? Cars ripe for hacking, report says.
The computer systems that saturate modern cars make them a likely target for cyberattacks, McAfee says.
Salesforce apps aim for the social enterprise
Salesforce.com unveiled a vision for the social enterprise that brings together social, mobile and open cloud technologies at the company's Dreamforce 2011 user conference.
Virus research goes viral with Facebook app
Videos or memes that gain wide popularity through social networking sites are said to have "gone viral." Now researchers are using a Facebook app to see how the same principle applies to actual viruses.
Intell agency's software would predict world events
The Open Source Indicators Program would extract and analyze public data to reveal patterns that precede global upheavals and generate warnings of such events.
How does your agency rank on Performance.gov?
The new online dashboard tracks how well managers get their jobs done in advancing the president's management programs, and makes the information open to the public.
Dubuque, IBM study ways to reduce energy use
The Smarter Energy Cloud gives residents access to information about their energy use and shares best practices through an electricity portal.
When disaster strikes, it’s up to users to preserve bandwidth
The FCC wants to prioritize 911 calls and the wireless industry wants more spectrum, but when an earthquake, hurricane or other emergency hits, users can help conserve precious bandwidth by using it judiciously.
What was the subject of the first video ever posted on YouTube?
a. A homemade animation b. Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" skit c. A trip to the zoo d. Kittens
During quake, social media was communication of choice
In a potentially disastrous earthquake, social media provided the connectivity people needed.
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