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GAO: C4I links imperil troops
Many of the Defense Department's computer systems that are used to coordinate command, control and intelligence information among the military services are incapable of sharing and exchanging data, an interoperability problem that could result in the possible 'loss of life, equipment or supplies' i
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New Intel BX chipsets scream on benchmarks
Intel Corp. last week unveiled the longawaited 440BX chipset and the fastest Pentium II processors to date. The new processors run at speeds of 350 MHz and 400 MHz and take advantage of the new chipset's support for a 100 MHz internal system bus, which significantly boosts overall performance. The
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New Federal Program to Respond to Mass-Destruction Threats
New Federal Program to Respond to MassDestruction Threats
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New Federal Program to Respond to Mass-Destruction Threats
New Federal Program to Respond to Mass Destruction Threats
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Interagency office to respond to weapons of mass destruction
With the fear of a terrorist detonating a biological or nuclear weapon in the United States or against U.S. troops abroad becoming more plausible, the Defense Department last month announced it plans to form a special office that would oversee efforts to defend against such attacks and to assist ci
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Marine Corps' Decker relies on IT to complete missions
Mike Decker, deputy assistant chief of staff for intelligence at Marine Corps headquarters, is not your typical cyberwarrior. He gleaned an appreciation for today's information technology from hard lessons learned in places such as Beirut and Saudi Arabia not nestled away in academia or at a job
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Pentium Upgrades: When Do They Make Sense?
Your agency probably has many older Pentium PCs bought two or three years ago when they were the fastest systems around. Now however these PCs are finding it difficult to handle today's complex Webbased and multimedia applications.
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Naval hospital launches network computer pilot project
In one of the federal government's first known experiments with network computers the Naval Medical Center in San Diego recently began to install 50 of the socalled NCs to test if the strippeddown computers can be used throughout the hospital. The medical center plans to install the NCs in the ob
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OSS, SRA team for 'virtual' support to intell community
Open Source Solutions Inc. has teamed with SRA International Inc. to provide 'virtual' intelligence support to the U.S. intelligence community and other federal agencies. The aim is to integrate SRA's information technology expertise with OSS' worldwide network of intelligence professionals and sub
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Sysorex redefines price/performance with new PC
FCW Test Center S ysorex Information Systems Inc. has targeted volume PC buyers with the addition of IBM Corp.'s PC 300XL system to its Army PC2 contract [FCW Aug. 4]. Recently we took the system into the FCW Test Center and put it through our rigorous testing procedures. What we found is that Sys
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Study: NATO must go high-tech
NATO must transform itself from a Cold War entity designed to counter the Soviet Union in Europe to a more expeditionary force equipped with stateoftheart computers and communications equipment, according to a new study by Rand Corp.
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