Obama administration said to consider military cybercommand
April 23, 2009The Obama administration is considering a new military cybercommand to protect Defense Department networks and develop offensive cyberwarfare capabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal.
With six-core chips and a roadmap, AMD preps for stimulus money fight
April 23, 2009With the federal government moving quickly to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the U.S. economy, chip makers AMD and Intel both want a piece of the action. And they're rolling out chips to try and get a competitive advantage.
We don't want to run U.S. cybersecurity efforts, NSA chief says
April 21, 2009Speaking at the RSA security conference, the head of the National Security Agency today downplayed concerns about the spy agency's role in national cybersecurity affairs.
Report: Hackers break into Pentagon's fighter jet project
April 21, 2009Hackers broke into U.S. Department of Defense computers and downloaded terabytes of data containing design information about the Joint Strike Fighter, a $300 billion stealth fighter currently under development, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tech groups praise Obama pick for CTO
April 20, 2009Tech vendors and trade groups have praised U.S. President Barack Obama's appointment of Virginia's secretary of technology as the U.S. government's CTO, saying that Aneesh Chopra has strong experience using technology to make government more responsive to citizens.
Naughty workers, spam pollutes, Skype spin off
April 18, 2009A whole lot of employees keep "inappropriate" photos, videos and browser cache links on their work laptops, a survey found. (Honestly, how difficult is it to at least clean out the cache?) As if that's not enough, the spam that clogs our computers is spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to McAfee. And eBay plans to spin off Skype after figuring out what many observers said a while ago, which is that they just do not seem to have much in common.
Federal cybersecurity review drawing to a close
April 16, 2009A 60-day review of federal cybersecurity efforts that President Obama ordered in February is scheduled to end this week, although it's unclear when the findings will be publicly released.
SGI asset sale completes unraveling of Silicon Valley icon
April 16, 2009The deal earlier this month to sell the assets of Silicon Graphics to Rackable Systems for just $25 million leaves SGI customers — including the Department of Defense — in limbo.
NetApp agrees to $128M gov't contracting fine
April 16, 2009Network Appliance agrees to pay $128 million to settle charges of U.S. government contracting fraud.
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Obama touts plan for lifetime military e-health records
April 10, 2009The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are jointly working on a new electronic medical records system that will seamlessly share administrative and health information on military personnel from the time they enter service to retirement.
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