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NASA's planet-hunting telescope is spinning out of control

NASA's Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for Earth-like planets, is now spinning uncontrollably in space.

By Sharon Gaudin | 15 May, 2013 21:57

Tags: Government IT, NASA, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems
Houston, we have a leak. Space station losing ammonia

NASA ground engineers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working together to fix an ammonia leak on the station.

By Sharon Gaudin | 10 May, 2013 10:45

Tags: Government IT, NASA, Emerging Technologies, Industries, hardware systems, government, Government/Industries
Breached dam data poses no threat to public, Army says

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today downplayed the significance of a recent incident of unauthorized access to a database containing potentially sensitive information on thousands of high hazard dams across the country.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 02 May, 2013 20:17

Tags: Government IT, Cybercrime and Hacking, U.S. Army, security
Massive citizen smartphone photo and video probe underway into Boston bombings

Following the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon, investigators mounted a massive investigation that includes close scrutiny of digital photos and videos taken about the time of the blasts from citizen smartphones and area surveillance cameras.

By Matt Hamblen | 16 April, 2013 15:17

Tags: Government IT, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, Industries, mobile, government, fbi, Government/Industries
Obama R&D spending plan doesn't beat inflation

President Barack Obama's federal budget, released Wednesday, calls for increases in federal research and development spending. The overall spending increase, though shows a decline when adjusted for inflation.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 April, 2013 20:01

Tags: Government IT, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Emerging Technologies, regulation, hardware systems, government

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Planck spacecraft offers clues to age, origin of universe

The Planck space mission has given scientists new information about the age, content and origin of the universe.

By Sharon Gaudin | 21 March, 2013 17:21

Tags: Government IT, NASA, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems
Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 March, 2013 11:08

Tags: Government IT, NASA, IBM, Swift, Red Hat, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, Hewlett-Packard, Kemp, Dell
The sequester will hurt tech nationally

The federal government's automatic budget cuts, due to begin Friday, may accelerate cost savings measures already in place. But there will be damage to IT spending, and a period of uncertainty as the government reacts to the cuts.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 01 March, 2013 11:08

Tags: Government IT, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, regulation, Kno, government, Forrester Research
Chicago CIO's IT revival plan includes the cloud

Chicago this month disclosed that it plans to use Microsoft's cloud services to deliver email and desktop applications to some 30,000 employees, part of a significant effort to improve the city's IT operations.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 14 January, 2013 11:04

Tags: Government IT, Configuration / maintenance, IDC, Google, Microsoft, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, CIO, internet
City living: There's an app for that

Inspired by the release of ever larger and more detailed sets of municipal data, citizen-developers are writing apps to ease every aspect of city living, from preschools to parking meters.

By Jason Slotkin | 11 January, 2013 12:13

Tags: Government IT, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, mobile, sage, mobile apps

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