Savings is latest feature of multifunction printers

Consolidation is an architecture strategy popular with government IT shops.

Army re-ups General Dynamic for robotics work

General Dynamics Corp. won a three-year, $28 million contract extension to continue its work with the Army Research Laboratory's Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance.

Section rules drive useful tools for computer users

Computers can be a pain to use in general, but for users with handicaps, they're even more difficult.

'The time of robotics has arrived'

Rumbling along a dusty road in the Iraq desert, two dozen trucks are loaded with food and water for soldiers stationed in a remote town.

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Tech success: Mobile unit eases communications in Big Easy

When first responders began arriving in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest coordination problems they faced was communicating with one another.

Feds to screen first responder radios for interoperability

First responders are getting help from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Homeland Security Department's Safecom program to assess whether new two-way radio equipment and systems available on the market meet the industry's interoperability standards, known as Project 25 (P25).

Tech Success: New York fights crime with super help desk

When New York City detectives respond to a homicide, any piece of information can be critical to solving the crime. And not only do detectives rely on the information, they need it fast.

Bush mandates direct financial apps spending

Recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios.

JUST LIKE BEING THERE

At some point, you're not just working, you're working with others. Ideally, your colleagues are wherever you are, whenever you need them, with access to all the materials and resources needed for the task at hand.

Tech Success: What's the password?

With about 125 of its 600 employees deployed across the United States, computer password problems and lockouts were a major issue for the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

ON THE EDGE

Locution Systems Inc. has introduced CADVoice ZoneTracker, a device that lets firefighters and paramedics use a wireless touchpad to access a fire station's alert system and update their location, said officials from the Golden, Colo., company.

ON THE EDGE

Locution Systems Inc. has introduced CADVoice ZoneTracker, a device that lets firefighters and paramedics use a wireless touchpad to access a fire station's alert system and update their location, said officials from the Golden, Colo., company.

Grid computing gets NSF grant boost

Grid computing is getting a boost in the United States and in Britain through recently announced grants from the National Science Foundation.

VBrick Systems wins digital video R&D grant

VBrick Systems Inc. won a National Science Foundation grant to develop new technology for digital video applications.

Big weather needs big computers

Using wind tunnels to test airframe designs was a pivotal scientific breakthrough. Moving from wind tunnels to computer modeling was another leap.

Security in a box

Greater security needs place a proportionally greater burden on agency IT managers.

Northcom selects new interoperable technologies

The Pentagon's Northern Command is recommending technologies produced by Boeing and Communications-Applied Technology for additional testing and funding.

Tech success: Lights, camera, NASA

No sooner had NASA officials begun in-vestigating the space shuttle Columbia accident in 2003 when they met an obstacle: problems with the film and video that recorded foam insulation breaking off the fuel tank and smashing into the craft.