Vista-related opportunities loom large on horizon

Microsoft Vista might officially go on sale Monday at midnight, but for many government customers the transition to the new operating system began about a year ago.

Hot topics for the New Year

Politics, must-have technologies and major new contracts are front and center in 2007. Permeating these issues is the continuing war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On the edge

The new version of Insightix Ltd.'s network access control solution offers a straightforward approach for implementing a complete and real-time network access control policy across the enterprise network.

Good call

Voice technologies trim costs and improve service for the Postal Service's help desk.

Welcome to the new WT

In your hands, you are holding a year's worth of planning, discussions, debates and arguments. (A few tears are in there, too.)

CDC surveillance IT grants to improve health info sharing

Some $3.7 million in grants are being awarded by the CDC in an effort to improve health information sharing to detect and respond to emerging public health threats, and, ultimately, adopt a nationwide health care surveillance system.

At CES, a call for more fiber in nation's diet

Emerging applications like interactive video require more bandwidth than is often available today, said Michael Dell today at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Google, NASA to explore space together

Space exploration data and images will be made readily available on the Internet through an agreement between Google Inc. and NASA.

Sen. Clinton calls for full review of passport card

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for a "rigorous and comprehensive" review of the proposed border-crossing identification card that is an integral part of the Bush Administration's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

On the Edge: In brief

Have security, will travel ... A lush new fabric ... Better safe than sorry.

Air Force discovers versatile mapping tool

A new application gives a clearer view of an incident.

Get the record straight

Satisfying storage demands is becoming more complex.

Agents of misfortune

Old and new issues loom large as IPv6 enters the cybersecurity fray.

BAE captures United Kingdom UAV deal

BAE Systems Plc won a $224 million contract to develop the an unmanned aerial vehicle demonstration project known as Taranis for the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

USPS receives approval on sorting technology expansion

The U.S. Postal Service has announced two new technology contracts and approval it has received to expand mail-sorting technology to flats from only envelopes.

Verified Identity Pass moves to front of line

The Homeland Security Department has authorized a subsidiary of Verified Identity Pass Inc. as the first entity eligible to offer Registered Traveler services at airports nationwide.

Lockheed Martin gains altitude with Army surveillance deal

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s tethered aerostat surveillance systems offer the Army and its soldiers a birds-eye view of warfighting action in real-time.

Chertoff: Interoperability on fast track in cities

Forty-six U.S. cities should have interoperable communications in place for first responders by the end of 2007, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday.

National lab looks to encryption to secure mobile devices

Encryption extends security into the field.

Command to go

Improved technology, better birds fuel satellite growth.