My Computer Dream - August 27th, 2006

Aug. 27th, 2006

01:49 am - Gift To Help Yale Preserve Its Maps

Gift To Help Yale Preserve Its Maps
Hartford Courant - Aug 17 5:48 AM
A rare books dealer who has been using Yale University's map collection since his undergraduate days has pledged to give his alma mater $100,000 to help bring the massive collection into the modern era. Save to My Web

DA candidates clash on wiretap strategy
The Sun Chronicle - Aug 04 9:46 PM
Wiretapping has headlined the news for months, with President Bush staunchly defending his warrantless surveillance program as integral to the fight against terrorism, despite charges that it is unconstitutional.Save to My Web

Data Storage of Tomorrow
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 9:09 AM
The data storage industry continues to develop better, faster, larger capacity hardware to archive critical digital data. Experts expect the trend to keep doubling storage capacity every 18 months or so. Meanwhile, software developers chase close behind with innovations designed to manage the ever-growing volumes of back-up data.Save to My Web

05:49 am - Emergency responders to get in-car computers

Emergency responders to get in-car computers
Bowling Green Daily News - Aug 24 7:44 AM
Law enforcement agencies throughout the area will purchase in-car computers with a $718,498.40 grant. Gov. Ernie Fletcher presented a check Tuesday to Bowling Green and Warren County officials. Fletcher arrived about 45 minutes late for the ceremony after a similar event nearby ran long.Save to My Web

Zimbabwe: South Korean Firm Pledges to Give UZ 100 Computers
AllAfrica.com - Aug 25 10:24 AM
A South Korean company has pledged to give the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) 100 state-of-the-art computers.Save to My Web

Laptop Owners Directed to Web
RedNova - Aug 25 5:04 PM
By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Aug. 25--Oklahomans who have computers affected by Apple Computer's recall of 1.1 million notebook batteries can find details about the replacement program at support.apple.com/batteryprogram, a spokeswoman said Thursday.Save to My Web

09:56 am - Weather Forecast Accuracy Gets Boost with New Computer Model

Weather Forecast Accuracy Gets Boost with New Computer Model
YubaNet - Prolonged and intense rainfall produced extensive flooding from Maryland to New York in late June. This image shows the 48-hour forecast of rainfall issued by the operational WRF model for the period June 26 to 28. The corridors of heaviest rain are

Michigan man sentenced for computer attacks
WOOD - NEWARK, N.J. A Michigan man who ran a Web business selling retro sports jerseys has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for recruiting a New Jersey teen to carry out computer attacks against competitors. Nineteen-year-old Jason Salah Arabo

Homework Helper
Wave 3 - This year, the key to getting A's on that home work assignment may be as close as a few simple keystrokes on the computer. As you may remember, for many students the excitement of returning to school with new supplies in hand and clothes in the closet

10:08 pm - VA to add encryption tools to all of its PCs

VA to add encryption tools to all of its PCs
Computerworld - " Fascinating (scary?) story from Government Computer News: A favorite target of hackers in China is the U.S. Department of " Read more " All aboard! It's IT Blogwatch, in which Apple joins the battery recall train. Not to mention a mysterious

New IT services schedule recommended
Washington Technology - The panel will meet again Aug. 10 to finish making recommendations and submit its entire report to OFPP in the fall. Jason Miller is an assistant managing editor with Government Computer News. He can be reached at jmiller@postnewsweektech.com. More

GMSI CEO Hilton Augustine, Jr. Claims Engineering and Business Awards
HispanicBusiness.com - It was a Computer Week Top-10 Minority Owned Firm in 2001 and also earned Government Computer News's Leadership and Performance Award in the same year. While an engineering student at Wisconsin, Augustine was instrumental in founding the Wisconsin

More dollars for DHS
Washington Technology - the United States are sovereign countries, but they are inextricably linked, and any impediment to travel is bad, he said. You raise the bridge, you dont lower the river. Wilson P. Dizard III is a senior writer with Government Computer News

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