New York City is using a new data aggregation and real-time analytics tool to combat crime and terror threats in the city. The new Domain Awareness System (DAS), developed jointly by the New York Police Department and Microsoft, gives ...
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New visualization tool will search, analyze, and display tweets in the context of location and time LIDV Solutions today announced that a new Twitter visualization feature will be available for the forthcoming releases of its Visual ...
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The Democratic Party embraced its version of Internet freedom and called for new cybersecurity legislation in its platform released as the party begins its convention in Charlotte. The Democratic platform, released late Monday, calls for ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step Friday toward groundbreaking auctions of television spectrum to mobile carriers faced with skyrocketing bandwidth demands from their customers. The FCC approved a notice of ...
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Internet2 is nearing completion of its OpenFlow-enabled 100G Ethernet software-defined network for testing service delivery of applications for Big Data compilation and research,among others. At this week's Summer 2012 ESCC/Internet2 ...
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For three weeks per year, Katie Sweeney gets to put aside her duties as Glencoe's dog catcher and play Santa Claus. Sweeney is in her 21st year as the organizer behind a holiday toy and food drive that collects and distributes food and ...
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The Durabook D14RM to Be Used in Department Vehicles Features 14"HD Sunlight Readable Display,LED-Illuminated Keyboard,and an HDMI and Four USB Ports GARDEN GROVE,CA,August 10,2012/24-7PressRelease/--GammaTech Computer Corp.,a major ...
Smart-energy-focused research firm says that 95%of the municipalities in the US that have installed SSL street lights are satisfied with the results. Northeast Group has published a study entitled"United States smart infrastructure:LED ...
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TITUS,the leading provider of security and data governance solutions,has been selected for the second consecutive year as a finalist for the Microsoft Public Sector-Public Safety and National Security Partner of the Year Award. "We are ...
The Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) is a non-profit corporation, established in 1971 by manufacturers of safety glazing products, building code officials, and others concerned with public safety. SGCC maintains a program which ...
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The Gorman-Rupp Company reports that its Patterson Pump Company subsidiary has received a letter of intent to be the provider of pumps to a joint venture construction group for an important New Orleans, Louisiana flood control project. ...
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The Bay Area Climate Collaborative,Energy Solutions,the California Lighting Technology Center,and Public Financial Management have partnered to produce a guidebook for municipalities considering a transition to SSL roadway lighting. "Next ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted with water quality instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies of Yarmouth, ME, for the company's automated FlowCAM® particle imaging and analysis system. To be deployed in ...
We are going through a radical shift in the way people work and use computers. Increasing availability and affordability of wireless broadband is giving the global workforce true mobility, for the first time in history. Many of them will ...
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The Northeast Group has released a study titled “United States Smart Infrastructure: LED and Smart Street Lighting," based on a survey of over 100 cities that have implemented some form of LED streetlight initiative. According to ...
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