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Photos: When hackers get together to do the world a favour
Photo The impetus for Random Hacks of Kindness came last spring at the first-ever Crisis Camp in Washington, DC, which focused on the challenges that NGOs, governments, and first responders face during disasters. [27 Nov 2009]
Photos: Take a tour of Microsoft's self-contained datacentre
Photo This particular unit had been stationed outside Microsoft's datacentre in Washington. At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft gave attendees a close-up look at a self-contained... [24 Nov 2009]
The Role of Encryption in Data Protection
White Paper Cullinane is the former CISO for Washington Mutual Inc.and previous International President of the Information Systems Security Association. This PGP Webcast Summary is based on a presentation given in 2006 to Honeycomb... [13 Nov 2009]
Cloud Computing Challenges and Related Security Issues
White Paper The field of cloud computing is still in its infancy as far as implementation and usage, partly because it is heavily promoted by technology advancement and is so high resource dependent that researches in academic institutions have not... [12 Nov 2009]
Game Developer Improves Collaboration, Reduces Costs With New Software Solution
White Paper In order to improve its development process, the Kirkland, Washington, company wanted to find a way to better organize production materials during development and facilitate collaboration among team members. [02 Oct 2009]
Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power Defenses
White Paper The study analyzes the security and privacy properties of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). Introduced to the U.S.market in 2003, this model of ICD includes pacemaker technology and is designed to communicate wirelessly... [02 Oct 2009]
Defending Against Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks With Weight-Fair Router Throttling
White Paper A high profile internet server is always a target of denial-of-service attacks. This paper proposes a novel technique for protecting an internet server from distributed denial-of-service attacks. The defense mechanism is based on a... [02 Oct 2009]
Dr Robert Atkinson
AS Profile Dr Robert Atkinson and the influential Washington-based thinktank he leads are helping to shape national technology policy in the US. It's the first time the founder and president of the Information Technology and... [01 Oct 2009]
Vivek Kundra
AS Profile Before being appointed as CIO Kundra had served as CTO for Washington DC, where he was praised for making bureaucratic systems more efficient and transparent and drawing on applications from Google and Apple. [30 Sep 2009]
US ramps up probe into Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal
News After years of a largely hands-off approach toward intervening in mergers, the Justice Department is likely to increase its scrutiny of merger activity, said Donald Russell, a partner with Robbins Russell in Washington. [14 Sep 2009]
Judge upholds Microsoft infringement of date-picker patent
News The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, upheld a ruling that the patent at issue was valid and had been infringed on, but said there was not sufficient evidence to support the calculation of... [14 Sep 2009]
Data Management Solution Helps Bank Meet Compliance Requirements, Cut Costs
White Paper Founded in 1977 in The Dalles, Oregon, Columbia River Bank (CRB) is a community bank serving Oregon and Washington businesses and residents. CRB operates 21 branches and has more than 300 employees. CRB was having... [01 Sep 2009]
Data Analysis and Reduction Using Stationary Solutions of the NLS Equation
White Paper This paper demonstrates that the stationary solutions of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLS) can be used as an orthonormal basis for the square integrable functions with periodic boundary conditions. [29 Aug 2009]
Pacific Lutheran University Makes the Smart Choice: HP Integrity Servers to Run SunGard Banner
White Paper Today PLU (www.plu.edu/) in suburban Parkland, Washington offers more than 3,600 students a unique blend of academically rigorous liberal arts and professional programs that prepare them for a lifetime of success - both... [28 Aug 2009]
Users Freed From Manual e-Mail Archiving; Redundancy Reduces Risk of Data Loss for College#$#s ^Killer App^
White Paper Washington and Lee University (W&L), a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Va.has a pedigree that few U.S.colleges can match. W&L wanted to provide users with more a robust, user-friendly e-mail infrastructure. [28 Aug 2009]
