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  Added on Thursday, July 02, 2009
15 years of FreeDOS
It was originally named PD-DOS (Public Domain DOS) and began after Microsoft announced that it would be dropping DOS in its next release of Windows, Windows 95. The current release, version 1.0, was released in early September of 2006 and is licensed under version 2.0 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2).

FreeDOS
FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system for IBM-PC compatible systems. FreeDOS is made of up many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project.

AuroraUX Project
AuroraUX is a Solaris-derived kernel- and user- land. The core of the project are its utilities written in Ada.

Dragonfly BSD and the Hammer Filesystem
Hammer is a fine-grained snapshot filesystem designed for large disks/media. Its sweet spot begins at 500GB, and it can handle up to 1 Exabyte of data. Hammer runs a snapshot every time the system syncs its mounts, in effect every 30-60 seconds. This history is retained and can easily be sifted through.

DragonFly BSD
The new 2.2 release includes Hammer, a filesystem that includes instant crash recovery, multi-volume file systems, data integrity checking, fine grained history retention, and the capability to mirror data to other volumes.

  Added on Friday, June 26, 2009
WSQ Fingerprint Image Compression
The WSQ Specification defines a class of encoders and a single decoder with sufficient generality to decode compressed image data produced by any compliant encoder.

  Added on Monday, June 22, 2009
CBEFF: Common Biometric Exchange File Format
CBEFF was developed under the umbrella of NIST and the BioAPI consortium. It has wide federal agency and private industry support.

  Added on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Knotice
Knotice is a provider of software and services that increase ROI by improving relevance, performance, and process of Direct Digital Marketing.

HeyButler.com Targets Visitors with Concentri
HeyButler.com, a savings search engine Web site, recently chose Knotice Ltd., as its direct digital marketing platform. HeyButler.com invested in Knotice's on-demand solution, Concentri, to improve the company�s Web site and e-mail experience for its rapidly growing subscriber base.

  Added on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Automated Biometric Identification System - IDENT (PDF)
IDENT was originally developed in 1994 as a biometrics collection and processing system for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Since that time, the INS, as well as numerous other organizations, were subsumed and reorganized into DHS.

BIOIDENTIFICATION
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about biometrics.

Office of Science and Technology
The Office of Science and Technology Policy advises the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.

  Added on Monday, June 08, 2009
Five Timely Tips for Holiday E-Mail Marketing
Now that Halloween is over and November is underway, it's time to reassess — and adjust — your holiday e-mail marketing plans.

Save with Do-It-Yourself E-Marketing
A look at GotMarketing's Campaigner tool for low-cost, self-service e-mail promotion. Campaigner includes a slew of templates for each.

How To: E-mail Mailing Lists 101
Helen Bradley explains why an e-mail mailing list is a must-have for your online store.