What's hot at FOSE 2013
The annual conference and expo kicks off Tuesday, tackling the key challenges facing the public-sector IT community.
'Honeywords' can dupe password thieves
Decoys assigned to user accounts could tip off admins to attacks born of stolen passwords, Ari Juels and Ron Rivest say.
Nation's first smart grid goes online in Florida
Florida Power & Light's network ties together 4.6 million smart meters and 10,000 other devices.
Emerging protocol can help manage the Internet of Things
MQTT, proposed as an OASIS standard, can help agencies manage all the data generated by sensors, mobile devices and other machine-to-machine networks.
Medical service's Facebook experience a sign of social media's growth
The Air Force Medical Service finds, like some other agencies, that social media can be the best way to interact with their constituents.
Tiny chip provides precise GPS navigation without the GPS
DARPA has developed a prototype chip smaller than a dime that could provide precise navigation when GPS signals are jammed or otherwise unavailable.
What good's an Android that can't make calls? For NYPD, plenty.
Police are testing 400 customized, muted smart phones that give officers on the scene immediate access to deep databases of information.
Mobile devices run amok in the Army, report says
DOD's inspector general says the Army is "unaware" of some 14,000 smart phones and tablets, many of them unmanaged and unsecure.
Hotmail, indeed: Overheated servers take down Microsoft's e-mail service
A firmware upgrade at Microsoft's data center gave servers a fever, resulting in an outage for Hotmail and Outlook.com users that lasted, in some cases, up to 16 hours.
Amazon making virtual private clouds standard for customers
AWS is making access automatic for new users; existing customers, including many in the public sector, will have to start a new account or launch services in a new region.
Is that really broadband? A look at the technologies in play.
The FCC wants broadband access for just about every American. But broadband can come in many forms -- and speeds. Here's a look at how the various broadband technologies measure up.
Air Force project could 'transform' supercomputing
Virginia Tech team plans multidisciplinary approach to low-power computing in simulating tiny unmanned aircraft.
During snowstorm Nemo, cell-phone alert systems worked, sort of
The Commercial Mobile Alert System, designed to alert people in targeted areas of serious emergencies and pending disasters, got the message out, but only to users with the right phones.
DIY remote imaging system, courtesy of USGS
A team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists offer detailed advice in building an automated, solar-powered imaging and environmental sensor system.
LOC amasses Twitter Archive, but where's the data mining tech?
The library has collected 170 billion tweets made since 2006, but says archival search technologies aren't good enough to give researchers access.
Researchers: IE flaw being exploited by group behind Aurora attacks
Symantec finds similarities in recent IE exploits to other attacks by the Elderwood gang, whose activities in the past have been thought to be state-sponsored.
CBP using remote tech for unmanned border crossing with Mexico
The checkpoint at Big Bend National Park in a remote area of west Texas will use kiosks monitored by agents in El Paso and surveillance cameras to allow pedestrians to cross.
DARPA plans small satellites that can provide images on-demand
The agency's SeeMe program would send images directly to warfighters' handheld devices, representing another step in the evolution of satellite technology.
Fugitive McAfee exposed by basic geotagging feature
The IT pioneer, wanted for questioning in a shooting in Belize, has eluded police for weeks. Then an online magazine posted a photo of him.
DARPA targets supply-chain threats in hardware, firmware
The agency's VET program wants to develop large scale testing for backdoors and malware in IT products from smart phones to routers.
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