Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Rhines: Innovations Will Decrease Cost-Per-Function Post-Moore's Law. Moore's Law is more of an observation than an actual law, according to Mentor Graphics CEO Walden Rhines. Still, Rhines says, better design and manufacturing technology will continue to push the trend of more chip functions for less money. [InformationWeek RSS] 1:09:38 PM

Too Much Complexity? IT Manager, Heal Thyself. Technology vendors can only do so much to reduce hardware and software complexity. It's up to users to simplify their IT infrastructures, say top executives from IBM and Cisco Systems. [InformationWeek RSS] 10:35:14 AM

Policy office keeps shedding workers. Twenty-two workers at the Office of Governmentwide Policy have accepted buyouts. Forty-five have transferred to other GSA units. Twenty-five remain up in the air. [FCW.com RSS Feeds] 10:34:59 AM

Unions riled by Pentagon. Unions representing 100,000 workers withdrew from talks on the National Security Personnel System even as another union requested delays on base closures. [FCW.com RSS Feeds] 10:34:37 AM

AMBER Alerts Distribution Expands Across Wireless Telephone Networks. "Firsthand experience has shown us that tips from the public play a vital role in helping law enforcement locate and ultimately arrest child abductors" [GT News] 10:34:16 AM

U.S. House to debate new cybersecurity post. The House of Representatives is set to begin debate tomorrow on a bill that would create the post of assistant secretary for cybersecurity in the Department of Homeland Security. [Computerworld News] 10:34:01 AM

Vengeful Insiders Sabotage Networks. Enterprise insiders who sabotage networks and computer systems are almost always motivated by revenge, experts at the U.S. Secret Service and CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) said Tuesday after releasing a new report on the problem. [TechWeb] 10:33:30 AM

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