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NYC to swap pay phones for touch-screen kiosks
New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications is preparing to swap out pay phones around town with a public communications system using touch-screen kiosks.
E-vote system picks cartoon robot for school board job
E-voting technology is intended to reduce the high cost typically associated with voting, but e-voting systems seem to attract controversy wherever they go. When Washington, D.C. recently tested a
Internet voting systems are inherently insecure
Internet voting systems are inherently insecure and shouldn't be used in the upcoming general elections, says David Jefferson, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
FTC hacks illustrate importance of contract provisions
Of the many lessons that might be learned from the recent hacks by Anonymous into Federal Trade Commission websites, a key one not to overlook is the significance of solid contracts with third party
Government employees jump on BYOD bandwagon
Mobility has become as important for workers in the federal government as in the private sector, reports Samuel Greengard at Baseline magazine. A full 99 percent of IT pros at federal agencies say
Public cloud spending to reach $73B in 2015, says IDC
Beyond the hype, cloud computing does look positioned to truly reshape IT in the years ahead. As reported on eWeek, a new IDC report is projecting that the rise of cloud computing will translate to
Transitioning to IPv6 in eight steps
If you work for a university, government agency, retailer or any other company with a content-heavy website, then your organization is probably considering when and how to make the site and
Does your BlackBerry stress you out?
It's time to admit that you are tied to your BlackBerry. You may be on vacation, but it's on. You may be taking a nap on a Saturday afternoon, yet it is still by your side. It's the reason that
Congress gets a 'D' on tech legislation
It was a very tough year for IT legislation in Congress. Only a few bills were passed to help the technology industry, and plenty of others never made it off of wishlists and into the halls of
Ban on Internet taxes
If you think the government is trying to reach into the pockets of every Internet user, think again. The U.S. House of Representatives took the first steps to extend an Internet tax moratorium for
