NOAA expands warning system for storms
NOAA has constructed new digital elevation models to help emergency planners prepare for effects of tsunamis or other flooding driven by storms.
Microsoft gooses virtualization
Developers attending Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 workshop seemed to be impressed ' especially with the new server operating system's security improvements and enhanced modularity.
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 updates
Microsoft announces the availability of Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1 in addition to a release candidate for Vista Service Pack 1.
Google: Search risk is manageable
The company rebuts survey results that indicated government IT respondents were concerned that Google's Search Across Computers feature in Google's desktop search engine represents a security risk.
Taking Earth's temperature
TECH TRENDS: IT in space: New NASA projects promise more data on global warming.
Panasonic releases new line of 'business-rugged' portables
Panasonic Computer Solutions has introduced the Toughbook W7, T7 and Y7, which fit into a new category it calls 'business-rugged.'
Google delves into wireless
Google is going to enter the wireless telephone business ' not by developing a proprietary wireless handset but by focusing on developing software that the phones will use.
HP introduces secure network printing system
Hewlett-Packard has announced its new HP Secure Print Advantage, which promises to secure an often overlooked vulnerability in many networks.
Microsoft joins OGC
Microsoft has formally joined the Open Geospatial Consortium, a move that will make its geospatial applications conform to open standards.
NGA aims to get its maps in the fast lane
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency works on an electronic distribution system for its highly detailed intell maps.
Biometrics run ahead of biometric policies
GCN Insider: Federal policies are not keeping up with the emerging technologies.
Footime mouse: controlled by the feet
GCN Insider: The mouse moves from the desktop to the floor.
LOC, UNESCO move toward world digital library
The Library of Congress and UNESCO have made an agreement to cooperate in building a World Digital Library Web site.
AsusTek takes on $100 laptop
AsusTek Computer introduces the ultra-portable Eee PC for $300.
NGA taps Lockheed for geospatial intel
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's demand-based geospatial intelligence contract has been awarded to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Global Services.
Motorola challenges BlackBerry with secure messaging platform
Motorola is challenging Research in Motion's dominance of secure handheld messaging in the federal sector with the introduction today of its Good S/MIME platform.
Agency Award'NOAA | Mapping the laws
2007 GCN Award: NOAA's coastal mapping system puts vague legislation into sharp relief.
A surfeit of RFPs?
GCN Insider | Only seven products were submitted to TSA for evaluation for the agency's qualified products list. Why?
Nationalism vs. technology
GCN Insider | Politics bogs down the Galileo civil navigation system.
Autodesk moves more code to open source
Company is donating its coordinate conversion system and map projection technologies to the geospatial open-source community.
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