Grant Gross

Articles by Grant Gross

Library of Congress set to launch virtual access tours

The technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see will be provided by Microsoft the two organizations announced recently.

Colombian nabbed in ID theft scam

Man pleads guilty to installing keylogging software on public PCs to steal personal information.

Google brings AIM to Gmail users

The search engine giant integrates America Online's popular instant messaging service into its Web-based e-mail client, and will soon offer it in languages other than English

U.S. Congress lagging behind on tech issues in ’07

U.S. Congress have started to pass technology-related bills, but many experts argue it has a long way to go

What not to do: Data retention lessons from the CIA

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency can provide a good example for corporate CIOs on how to handle electronic records by not doing what the CIA had done. Recent reports that the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogations of two terrorist suspects may be a case in point and a timely reminder for CIOs tasked with electronic evidence preservation rules since last December.

Take 2: Coalition mounts new campaign for ‘white space’

Despite a counter-campaign by broadcasters and technical problems earlier in the year, supporters of unlicensed devices in TV's fallow spectra have a few legislators on board in the U.S.

Young government IT workers say tech is dated, says study

According to a recent focus-group report, young IT workers in the U.S. government believe that by the time technology is rolled out it's obsolete, and as a result they're concerned they aren't getting the experience they need because some functions are outsourced.

Internet capacity could run out in two years, says study

According to a recent study, consumer and corporate use of the Internet could overload the current capacity and lead to brown-outs in two years unless backbone providers invest billions of dollars in new infrastructure.

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