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Cybersecurity

Omni Hotels was hit by point-of-sale malware

July 11, 2016

Via: CIO

Omni Hotels & Resorts has reported that point-of-sale systems at some of its properties were hit by malware targeting payment card information. The attack on the systems of the luxury hotel chain follows similar breaches of point-of-sale systems at various […]


Tech

Texas goes big with 18-petaflop supercomputer

June 3, 2016

Via: CIO

The Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) has received $30 million in U.S. funding for a new supercomputer that will roughly double the performance of its existing 9-petaflop supercomputer. The new system, named Stampede 2 after its predecessor, is being funded […]


Tech

White House’s ConnectHome to expand public housing broadband

July 16, 2015

Via: Corinne Lestch

(iStockphoto.com) There’s the modernization of E-Rate, an upgrade to another Federal Communications Commission program called Lifeline, and the Obama administration’s ConnectED plan and Broadband Opportunity Council. These federally driven initiatives aim to get high-speed broadband access into the homes, schools […]


Uncategorized

Texas wants RadioShack to specify what customer information would be for sale

April 2, 2015

Via: itCurated

The dispute between U.S. states and RadioShack over the sale of customer information continues, with the state of Texas requesting a bankruptcy court to ask RadioShack to specify in any motion for sale what information would be included and the […]


Events

Microsoft’s ed CTO talks about data privacy at SXSWedu

March 10, 2015

Via: Corinne Lestch

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Cameron Evans has been the chief technology officer at Microsoft Education for the past six years, where his job, he said, is to “skate to where the puck is going,” find out what the next major conversation […]


State & Local

New online courses school policymakers on ed reform

March 10, 2015

Via: Corinne Lestch

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Education reformers can now get schooled in their own subject. The Foundation for Excellence in Education on Monday unveiled at SXSWedu a series of free, online courses designed for policymakers crafting decisions on education reform called EdPolicy Leaders Online. […]


Events

Indiana and Texas Announce Civic Hackathon Challenge

February 27, 2015

Via: Jessica Mulholland

On Jan. 22, Indiana and Texas jointly announced a new contest that will encourage residents of both states to create applications that support and inspire entrepreneurship and digital government innovation. The #hackINvTX Challenge, which will run from Jan. 31 through […]