Air Force Awards Tablet PC Project
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If you've ever had a portable computer shut down because the battery went dead, you should know the Air Force shares your problem. And it's trying to solve it, too.
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The U.S. Air Force tomorrow plans to announce an enterprisewide Microsoft software initiative that some analysts see as a prime example of how users can leverage their spending power to force vendors to deliver more secure products.
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Microsoft Corp. has announced the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system, the successor to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition introduced in November 2002.
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Company is working on flexible display technologies.
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Airbus handout released shows a computer generated image of the Airbus A350 XWB.Comment
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Intel and Motion Computing design a tablet-like PC specifically for medical professionals.
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The United States Air Forces celebrates its 60th anniversary
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Microsoft Corp. on Friday said that together with Dell Inc. it will provide the Air Force with software and related support services to simplify the acquisition process in an agreement worth up to $500 million over six years.
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US space agency NASA unveiled a new computer yesterday that its creators claim is the fastest in the world. Project Columbia, named for the space shuttle that was destroyed early last year, cost $US50million
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The US Air Force has awarded a multiyear contract that calls for Microsoft to consolidate 38 various software license agreements and tighten security features.
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Triple alliance. Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) on Friday announced that it will join with Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) to furnish the US Air Force with software and related tech support
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Group seeks to make Web access for mobile device users as easy as it is for desktop users.
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By Jack Dorsey, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 23--SUFFOLK -- In a $35 million experiment that uses a computer game with 1,200 players, the military is studying the war of the future.
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(InfoWorld) - Promising to save doctors and nurses from as much as 60 minutes of paperwork per day, Motion Computing announced a tablet PC for hospital workers. The C5 is an MCAÂ (mobile clinical assistant) computer based on Intel's Centrino wireless notebook platform and Core Solo processor. The three-pound computer runs Microsoft's Vista or XP operating system and has built-in 802.11 wireless connectivity. It has five features added specifically for the medical market: it is disinfectable and rugged, and it has a barcode scanner, a digital camera, and an RFIDÂ reader for user log-on. Together, those functions will allow doctors, nurses, and clinicians to do less paperwork, see more patients, and make fewer errors, said Scott Eckert, CEO of Motion Computing, in Austin, Texas. "The basic thing they're looking for is more time spent with patients and less time spent with charts," Eckert said in a webcast Tuesday. Researchers from Motion Computing and Intel spent 18 months interviewing hospital workers as they tested prototypes of the tablet ranging from a wooden block to an early version code-named "Oak City," said Louis Burns, general manager of Intel's digital health group. Compared to the clipboard, scanner, and cart-mounted computer on wheels often used in hospitals today, the MCA is more compact, portable, and lightweight, allowing medical workers to match the barcode on each bottle of drugs to a patient's wrist band, Eckert said. Motion's other products include the LE1600 and LS800 tablet PCs, used in fields like health care, life sciences, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, education, and government. The company plans to launch an improved slate tablet called the LE1700 in late March. Intel contributed its Centrino mobility platform to the project as well as market research and technology ties with software providers. Intel sees the health market as a rich vein for future chip demand. Motion Computing will launch the C5 in 25 countries by May, selling it for $2,199. The basic unit has three to four hours battery life at full usage, and users can choose to buy designs with better batteries, faster processors or larger hard drives.
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Robot spyplanes deliver on Cingular US death-tech'n'airliners giant Boeing has carried out a spy-fi-esque demonstration of military surveillance technology.â¦
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N's   Space & Mission Systems business unit is being awarded a U.S.   Navy technical services contract worth up to $686.1 million to   support the U.S. Joint Forces Command's warfighting center, the   Defense Department said on Friday.
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As part of Windows XP Service Pack 2, which will make its full official debut today, Microsoft has upgraded the operating system for Tablet PCs. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 offers a redesgined input panel, in-place correction, better integration with Office System, and wireless improvements.