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HP To Build Linux Supercomputer
News Hewlett-Packard announced a high-profile contract Tuesday to build a Linux-powered supercomputer for the US Department of Energy. HP expects to have the supercomputer running at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in...
[April 17, 2002, 9:14]
Bush Names New US 'CIO'
News President Bush has picked US Department of Energy chief information officer Karen Evans to become administrator of information technology and e-government for the federal government. Before taking the Energy Department position, Evans ran the...
[September 4, 2003, 11:10]
US Agencies Demand Tighter Software Security
News Five federal agencies, led by the US Department of Energy, plan to discuss a new set of government contracting practices that hold software makers accountable for making their products more resistant to viruses and hackers.
[September 23, 2003, 11:14]
'Confidential US Security Documents' Flaunted Online
News According to the Web site hosting this information, the Department of Energy accidentally published the documents online. The administrators also wrote that a person claiming to be from the Department of Energy had telephoned them, asking that the...
[January 24, 2005, 15:45]
US Energy Dept Hands Out $20m For Tech Research
News The US Energy Department has decided to award IBM and Corning $20m (£11.9m) to develop high-speed connection hardware for next-generation supercomputers, Big Blue is expected to announce on Tuesday. The IBM-Corning work falls under the Energy...
[November 4, 2003, 11:25]
IBM's Low-powered PC Quest
News Overall, about 10 percent of the electricity consumed in North America goes to support information technology systems, according to a US Energy Department study cited by IBM. The company will also create tools for companies to analyze the energy...
[August 7, 2002, 10:25]
Gartner To CIOs: 'You're In Business, Not IT'
News Rising wage bills brought by a tight labour market and higher energy prices will decrease the productivity of all projects undertaken in the coming year, Sondergaard said. Peter Sondergaard, head of research at Gartner: "IT budgets will increase in...
[November 22, 2007, 9:18]
UK Teen Escapes Jail For Nuclear Hacking
News A University of Exeter student who hacked into US Department of Energy computers responsible for US energy supplies and for the integrity and safety of US nuclear weapons has been sentenced to 200 hours community service at Southwark Crown Court.
[February 3, 2004, 9:40]
US Government Failing On Cybersecurity
News Of the 24 departments on the scorecard, seven others, including Energy, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, State, and The US Department of Homeland Security earned failing marks in an annual computer security report card released on Thursday by a...
[March 17, 2006, 9:40]
International Cyberattack Drill Tests Nations' Responses
News Apart from governmental systems, the types of industry targeted in the exercise included chemical, financial, energy and telecommunications. The exercise, which began on 10 March, 2008, was designed to test the readiness of the US, the UK...
[April 10, 2008, 11:22]
'Green' IT: A Feasible Proposition?
News But Solar Data Centres is slowly carving out a niche, serving more than 300 customers, such as the US Department of Energy's million Solar Roofs programme and the Portland Oregon Visitors Association, which have a commitment to use renewable...
[September 27, 2004, 17:05]
US Congress Wades Into Internet Control Row
News The letter was signed by two Republicans and two Democrats, including Joe Barton, chairman of the House committee on energy and commerce, and Fred Upton, chairman of the subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet.
[October 10, 2005, 16:40]
SCO Takes On US Government Supercomputers
News SCO sent letters raising the prospect of legal action for using Linux to two Department of Energy facilities, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Centre (NERSC).
[March 22, 2004, 11:30]
Father Of Energy Efficiency To Get Fermi Award
News The Department of Energy has said the changes have saved more than $100bn over the past 30-plus years. Art Rosenfeld, a physicist who helped jump-start the push for energy-efficient appliances and homes, will receive the Fermi Award from the US...
[June 14, 2006, 10:30]
'Deceptive Duo' Suspects Hit In FBI Raid
News The hacked sites have included those of the Defense Department and the Sandia National Laboratories, which is associated with the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. If he walks away from the house, it sends a signal...
[May 16, 2002, 9:11]
US Names Cybersecurity Head
News Those were the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Centre, the Defense Department's National Communications System, the Commerce Department's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, an Energy Department analysis centre and the Federal...
[September 16, 2003, 9:05]
Tech Pros: Cyberbomb Is Ready To Go Off
News Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a vocal supporter of the Department of Homeland Security, said that legislators have only recently become aware of the dangers of computer attacks.
[July 25, 2002, 8:19]
US Budgets $1bn For Homeland Security IT
News The mission of the group, Alexander said, is to tap academia and industry players for innovative research projects that could help secure "critical infrastructure" such as energy plants and telecommunications lines.
[August 1, 2003, 8:50]
Linux To Enter Supercomputing Top Five
News Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a US Department of Energy lab operated by the University of California. It was founded in 1952 for designing nuclear weapons, and continues to focus on national security matters, as well as other issues...
[July 17, 2002, 13:10]
US Antispam Measure Heads For Legal Status
News In July, bickering erupted between the two major parties at a meeting of two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees. On Friday evening, the Justice Department and the Commerce Department praised CAN-SPAM as "establishing a framework of...
[November 24, 2003, 9:55]
