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- NIST
- (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies...
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- Absolute Time Corrector 7.5 (Windows)
- Absolute Time Corrector is a Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/2003 program, designed to provide the exact time to local and network computers based on the time standard set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. Absolute Time Corrector queries NIST timeservers using the Internet and then compares NIST time to...
- Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Computer, Flexiblesoft, Productivity, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-18
- Report details action plan for smart grid standards
- It shouldn't surprise you to hear that the 90-page smart grid standards document released in late September by the U.S. Commerce Department lists no fewer than 80 standards that are vying for some role in the nation's smart grid infrastructure. The analysis ("NIST Framework and Roadmap for...
- Tags: Action Plan, Standards, NIST, Quality, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Getting smarter about the smart grid. Standards group to tackle interoperability.
- OASIS aka the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards is forming a new committee that will focus on creating Web services models for things such as exchanging dynamic pricing, reliability and emergency signal alerts across the smart grid. The group is called the OASIS Energy...
- Tags: The Group Inc., Interoperability, Grid, OASIS, Standards, NIST, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Got some opinions about smart grid technology? U.S. Commerce Department seeks feedback
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, part of the U.S. Commerce Department of Commerce, has published a lengthy report detailing its notions about what should be included in the U.S. smart grid. Here's a quick excerpt from the summary: "The greatest benefit from the smart...
- Tags: Innovation, Grid Computing, Diversity, U.S. Department Of Commerce, Grid, Standards, NIST, Quality, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Basic transistor flaw could hobble chip design
- Basic transistor flaw could hobble chip designNist?Since when does an acronym become a word? The article throughout uses "Nist" instead of "NIST" and that just seems wrong.RE: Basic transistor flaw could hobble chip designObviously the diametric flow of the transistors' compulsion modules are being chopped into negative intervals, thereby reversing...
- Tags: Semiconductors, transistor flaw, transistor, chip design, NIST, chip
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- New atomic clock loses only a second every 300 million years
- The quest to create the perfect scientific timepiece has led to the development of an atomic clock that researchers from JILA claim to be fifty percent more accurate than results reported last year. JILA, is a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST...
- Tags: Clock, Atom, NIST, JILA, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Facial recognition systems for border security
- Facial recognition systems are used around the world to check very quickly if an individual's photo appears in a database of known or suspected criminals. Unfortunately, the systems often acquire poor facial images in real-world environments such as airports. Now, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology...
- Tags: Facial Recognition, Border Security, Image, Camera, NIST, Facial Recognition System, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- xbasics Ulinzi 1 (Windows)
- xbasics Ulinzi is a new Information Assurance tool focusing exclusively on FISMA. It implements the first two major steps needed to be accomplished for any successful FISMA Information Assurance effort: the Security Categorization of the given information system and the analysis and development of a compliant set of Security Controls...
- Tags: FISMA, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Xbasics
- Software downloads 2008-06-02
- Global Time Synchronizer 2.0.0.2 (Windows)
- Global Time Synchronizer is a timekeeping tool with many features including the ability to modify the look of your standard desktop clock and an easy-to-use, convenient interface that uses skins. It's extremely accurate because it synchronizes with the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST atomic timeservers. Version 2.0.0.2 is...
- Tags: Magneto Software, NIST, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-02-20
- Can government-funded open source make Coverity obsolete?
- Some government-funded open source offers an alternative bug-fixing approach to that used by Coverity, whom we wrote about yesterday. The NIST, working with researchers at UT-Arlington, plan to release open source code for what they call automated "combinatorial" testing. While Coverity's software tests lines...
- Tags: Coverity, NIST, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- Lasers to guide your car?
- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have developed a laser-based system to improve the performance of car collision warning systems. The U.S. Department of Transportation DOT also worked on this project. And the automotive industry will be able to use this technology to 'accelerate the development...
- Tags: Laser, NIST, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Clock Player 1.4 (Windows)
- This desktop clock changes shape, comes with dozens of schemes, has alarms, post-it notes, and NIST time sync. As an added bonus, it also tells time. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: NIST, Tim Hamlett, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- ClockWatch Star Sync 4.1 (Windows)
- ClockWatch Star Sync is a tool that provides the total solution for enterprise-wide time synchronization over the network. The ClockWatch Star Sync acquires precise time from GPS, NIST, or a dial-up time service and makes the correct time available over the local network using the Network Time Protocol NTP. The...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Beagle Software, ClockWatch Star Sync, GPS, Networking, Handhelds, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-27
- New nanotechnology fabrication techniques
- A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes an important advance toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices (scroll down to item #4). With this new technique, 'zinc oxide nanowires are grown in the exact positions where nanodevices later will be fabricated, in a way that involves a minimum number of...
- Tags: Technique, Method, American Chemical Society, Nanotechnology, NIST, NW, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- HS TimeSync 1.6 (Windows)
- TimeSync will get the current time from a NIST server and adjusts the PC clock if necessary with an accuracy that is within a few seconds. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Accuracy, NIST, Horst Schaeffer, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-13
- QuickTime-Java 'attack vector' reported: now can affect all browsers
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology reported earlier this week about some incompatibilities between Apples Quicktime player shown above and Apples Safari browser.But thats not all. The latest about this bug is that the QT incompatibilities are not limited to Safari, but to Windows OS browsers as...
- Tags: Security, General, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- Why we banned Windows Vista
- Why we banned Windows VistaIt's about time IMOMicrosoft has gotten off relatively lightly in the past.It's OS/software releases have normally been "oohed and aahed" over with little real scrutiny or criticism in the general press (and it's many legal problems usually ignored for the most part).That hasn't been the case...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, NIST, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- NIST bans Vista in major blow to Microsoft
- NIST bans Vista in major blow to MicrosoftBanned Isn't the Word You Should Use?Plenty of companies forbid the installation of OS's. Why would this be any different. Fact is a major piece of software that they use may not work with it. Probably a custom peice of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, NIST
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- NIST bans Vista in major blow to Microsoft
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology isnt just another federal agency - it sets the standards for federal computing. And NIST doesnt like Vista. In fact it has banned it from its internal networks, according to document obtained by InformationWeek. IW obtained a copy of the formal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., NIST, Microsoft Windows Vista, FAA
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Establishing Wireless Robust Security Networks: A Guide to IEEE 802.11i
- A Wireless Local Area Network WLAN enables access to computing resources for devices that are not physically connected to a network. WLANs typically operate over a fairly limited range, such as an office building or building campus, and usually are implemented as extensions to existing wired local area networks to...
- Tags: Network, WLAN, IEEE 802.11i, NIST, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-01
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