Health IT goes to war
Getting the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care system successfully deployed to the troops on the firing lines in Iraq was the responsibility of Maj. Kevin Watts, MC4's assistant product manager. The mission was accomplished.
The business of IT intelligence
Intelligence is an imperfect science. Just ask the CIA or the 9/11 Commission.
Double-digit PCs may vanquish the digital divide
Much of the discussion in the last decade about the 'global digital divide' between the technology haves and have-nots has focused on ways to subsidize the cost of PCs for those in developing countries.
Does PC stand for 'pretty cheap?"
People have been predicting the PC's demise for a decade.
Authentication with a personal touch
Fingerprint scanners are accurate biometric identification tools'but they're not foolproof.
Show 'n tell
When you want to have people clearly understand the big picture, nothing helps like having a big, clear picture'literally'to show them.
Putting GIS on the map
Our nation has long had an association with maps. It got its name when a 16th-century cartographer created a world map and wrote the word 'America' on a section of South America visited by the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
Alternative browsers get a day in the sun
People scoffed when Microsoft Corp. officials said during the company's antitrust trial in 2002 that the IT market would provide all the necessary competition, so there was no need for federal intervention.
Personnel service
You won't find many state-of-the-art IT systems that are 30 years old.
Thompson takes Symantec well beyond its antivirus roots
Symantec Corp. built its name on its flagship Norton system maintenance and antivirus products.
Frame your choice with megapixels
Megapixels are like the clock speed on a computer.
Image makers
It's not just people in front of the camera who are smiling these days, it is also those taking the pictures.
On the horizon: Printing with a wave of the hand?
Next year could see a new, smaller mobile printing option.
Printing on the fly
Portable printers travel light, but you have to choose between weight and options.
Seven questions to ask before you switch your switch
The first step an agency should take toward adopting voice over IP is to assess its network, said Jeff Snyder, vice president of Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn.
Talk is cheap
Thin clients have made more than one comeback. Mainframes, once given up for dead, have returned to life. Now it is voice over IP's turn.
What to consider
<b>Contrast Ratio</b>. This is the figure showing how the blackest blacks compare with the whitest whites'the higher the contrast ratio, the clearer the image.
Lighten up with DLPs
Lightweight Digital Light Processing projectors, as little as 2 pounds and as thin as a laptop, make it easier to take visual presentations on the road. Prices have dropped along with the weight, with units now coming in at under $1,000.
All in one, but not one for all
When Captain Kirk and his crew visited a new planet, they always took along a tricorder'a device that would record pictures, sound and sensor readings, display information on its CRT screen, and link wirelessly to the mainframe on board the Enterprise.
Making the call between Windows and Linux
The question of whether to use Lindows can only be decided within the broader context of whether to use Windows or Linux on desktop PCs. 'Linux is usable and appropriate in certain cases. The question is, 'What is my migration cost to get there?' ' said Mike Silver, a vice president at Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn.
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