Survey: Open source gaining traction in U.S. government
More than half of all U.S. government executives have rolled out open-source software at their agencies, and 71% believe their agency can benefit from open-source software, according to a survey.
Security architecture emerges for first responders
Princeton University researchers say they have come up with a new way to securely transmit crucial rescue information to first responders to situations such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
What does it take to manage virtual servers?
Virtualization can help IT managers allocate more resources with less hardware, but not without introducing a slew of management challenges.
Two charged with hacking PeopleSoft to fix grades
Two California men are facing 20 years in prison on charges they hacked into a California state university’s PeopleSoft system to change their grades.
Mozilla offers stability update to Firefox
It doesn’t include planned Leopard enhancements, but Firefox developers have released an update to their open-source software, fixing bugs that had been causing the browser to crash at startup, render Web pages improperly or disable add-ons for some users.
The robots we love to love
According to a new story, an AI researcher is predicting that advances in robotics will be so dramatic in the next 40 or so years, that humans will be marrying robots by 2050. While we have some reservations about this concept, we have some thoughts about the types of robots that we’d love to marry.
Everex to launch Linux notebooks under $300 next year
After introducing a $198 Linux desktop Wednesday, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year.
Security pros: Leopard needs to be fixed
The security features introduced in Apple’s Leopard operating system need work.
Mozilla, Microsoft drawing sabers over next JavaScript
Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich and Microsoft’s Chris Wilson are trading heated rhetoric over the proposed next version of ECMAScript, better known as JavaScript.
VoIP veteran shares lessons learned
Hitachi Consulting deployed VoIP technology from ShoreTel to provide IP telephony along with presence, mobility, conferencing and collaboration capabilities.
DARPA brings robotic race cars to city streets for $2M prize
The U.S. government is hoping that a 60-mile race among up to 20 driverless, self-guided vehicles will yield technological advances that can save lives on the battlefield.
LIVE CHAT
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VIDEO
Giving voice to the voiceless
At the DEMOFall conference, Michael Callahan of the University of Illinois gave a demonstration of technology that translates brain signals to speech.
VIDEO SPOOF
iPhone ad spoof: Jason “No Wireless”
If you watch any TV in prime time, you can’t miss the “real world” Apple iPhone commercials. Well, the real world is not always that easy. Check out Jason’s video, then get yourself 30 seconds of fame by uploading your own spoof now.
BLOGS
Buzzblog: Cell phone jamming on the rise
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone either, as the number of inconsiderate dolts who yammer away oblivious to the disruptions their yapping is causing those around them continues to rise. Pocket-sized cell jammers are becoming a hot item, while proprietors of restaurants and the like look to defend themselves as well. Yes it’s illegal, but given that the rudeness is pretty close to criminal as well, it’s unlikely to stop any time soon.
Today on Microsoft Subnet about the problem with Microsoft Office Communications Server. Plus, get your free tool for monitoring voice quality from Microsoft. Win one of 15 free just-published books, SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration.
Micronet sounds off
Today on Cisco Subnetvows to plow $16 billion in China. This will include a new green data center and funding for green technologies. Plus, Cisco, Google and the U.N. will (try) to stop world poverty. And Brad Reese discusses how Cisco partners will make a grab at $7 billion in managed services.
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Today on Layer 8 we’re not sure what’s scarier – actually flipping something as large as a Humvee or being trained to survive the flipping of a Humvee
The U.S. Army this week opened its latest Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer, or HEAT, a machine that simulates a Humvee rollover and helps soldiers practice escaping safely from an inverted vehicle.
