Technology
Rural teacher blogs about using technology in the classroom
Rural teacher blogs about using technology in the classroom GREENWOOD — A few times a week, Lee Briggs spends his time blogging before a national audience about online applications, programs and technology that works best in his class. Read more on Marshfield News Herald
SecurityMetrics Ranks #122 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, Logging 4-Year 892% Growth for PCI DSS Compliance Services
SecurityMetrics Ranks #122 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, Logging 4-Year 892% Growth for PCI DSS Compliance Services SecurityMetrics, a provider of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance services for safeguarding credit cardholder data, announced today that it placed No. 122 on Deloitte’s just-published 2010 Technology Fast 500⢠list of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America with a four-year sales growth of 892%. Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Ralink First to Offer Per-Packet Antenna Diversity Technology in World’s Smallest and Most Integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi …
Ralink First to Offer Per-Packet Antenna Diversity Technology in World’s Smallest and Most Integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi … CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ralink Technology Corporation (TAIEX 3534, Ralink), a leading developer of high performance wired and wireless networking solutions, today announced the world’s first 802.11n router-on-a-chip to include per-packet antenna diversity technology. With MIPS CPU, 5 port 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, PMU, radio, baseband and power amplifiers all contained on a single die … Read more on Business Wire
Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Parametric Technology Corp.
Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Parametric Technology Corp. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that its subsidiary, Software Restore Solutions LLC, has entered into a settlement agreement with Parametric Technology Corp. This agreement resolves patent litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Acacia … Read more on Business Wire
Android Gingerbread Arriving This Week?
Android Gingerbread Arriving This Week? Technology site V3.co.uk reports that this week Google could be releasing Gingerbread , the lastest version of it’s Android mobile operating system software, following a tweet from Alvaro Fuentes Vasquez, a member of the leadership team at the Open Handset Alliance concerned with Android. Click to read the rest of this post… Read more on Search Engine Watch
Sonian Appoints Jeff Dickerson as President and Chief Executive Officer
Sonian Appoints Jeff Dickerson as President and Chief Executive Officer Technology Industry Veteran Joins Management Team to Lead Cloud-Based Email Archiving Pioneer to Next Stage of Growth Read more on Marketwire
Innovative Environmental Technology from UNTHA Awarded with the Salzburg Business Prize 2010
Innovative Environmental Technology from UNTHA Awarded with the Salzburg Business Prize 2010 Kuchl – UNTHA shredding technology was awarded with the Salzburg Business Prize 2010 for the best innovation. In the category “Small and medium-sized businesses”, the shredder manufacturer was able to clearly outmatch the other competing companies. CEO Alois Kitzberger and the company’s head of development Christian Lanner accepted the coveted award in the course of a ceremony held in the … Read more on ThomasNet
Hutchinson Technology shares slump 8%
Hutchinson Technology shares slump 8% SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Hutchinson Technology Inc. shares fell as much as 8% Tuesday after the maker of hard-disk drive suspension assemblies reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results and gave a weak forecast for its fiscal first quarter. Analyst Mark Miller of Noble Financial Group cut his rating on Hutchinson’s stock to sell from hold following the company’s report. Market … Read more on Market Watch
Illinois Technology Association Welcomes Winners of the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards
Illinois Technology Association Welcomes Winners of the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – 11/03/10) – The winners of the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards are welcomed to the Illinois Technology Association (ITA). The ITA is driving the growth of the Illinois technology industry, developing a more collaborative and connected industry and a sponsor of the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards. Winners include: crowdSPRING: ITA member since 2008 Abbott Architect HIV … Read more on Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
A Technology-Free Cloud
A Technology-Free Cloud Why we need to make cloud computing easy to use. Read more on Forbes
TECHNOLOGY: Insurance Agents Say Downloads Have No Value
TECHNOLOGY: Insurance Agents Say Downloads Have No Value A carefully aquired digital music collection has no value if a home or apartment is burglarized or damaged according to most home insurance policies. In fact, just a quarter of home insurance policies in the UK even offer to cover digital music downloads, according to USwitch.com. Only 10% of policies cover downloads valued overA $3200.00… Read more on All About Jazz
Microsoft’s Kinect is a game-changing technology in search of a killer game
Microsoft’s Kinect is a game-changing technology in search of a killer game Today, Microsoft is launching the latest evolution in video game technology, Kinect, a motion-sensing camera and microphone add-on for the Xbox 360 Read more on National Post
Technology specialists spread thin in Bethlehem schools
Technology specialists spread thin in Bethlehem schools Tech department lost six positions in budget cuts the last two years. Two years of budget cuts have left the technology department scrambling in the Bethlehem Area School District. Read more on The Morning Call
Osteotech’s Plexur M® Technology Wins Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the New Jersey Research and Development …
Osteotech’s Plexur M® Technology Wins Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the New Jersey Research and Development … Osteotech, Inc. , a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, announced today that its patent supporting the innovative Plexur M® Technology has been selected to receive the Research and Development Council of New Jersey’s 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award in the medical category.  Osteotech was chosen from a broad field of nominees comprised of New Jersey … Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Ryan & Maniskas, LLP Announces Investigation of Art Technology Group Inc.
Ryan & Maniskas, LLP Announces Investigation of Art Technology Group Inc. Ryan & Maniskas, LLP is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Art Technology Group Inc. concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law related to the Company’s efforts to sell Art Technology Group to Oracle Corp. in a transaction with a value of approximately $1 billion. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Oracle Buys Art Technology Group for $1 Billion
Oracle Buys Art Technology Group for $1 Billion Yet another acquisition for Oracle. This morning the company said it will spend $1 billion to buy e-commerce software provider Art Technology Group [Details to follow ] Read more on AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance
Uganda: Mobile Technology Doubles HIV Treatment Rate in Babies
Uganda: Mobile Technology Doubles HIV Treatment Rate in Babies HIV-infected babies have had their diagnosis time cut from three months to two weeks thanks to a mobile phone-based technology. Read more on AllAfrica.com
Fixing cargo security system would cost billions
Fixing cargo security system would cost billions The technology exists to safeguard the world’s air transport system against threats like the Yemen-based mail bombs, but the cost may be too high to be practical. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
How Technology Gets the News Out of North Korea
How Technology Gets the News Out of North Korea itwbennett writes “Kim Dong-cheol is a North Korean with ‘a double life,’ writes the IDG News Service’s Martyn Williams in a story on ITworld. ‘In addition to his job as a driver for a company, Kim also works as a clandestine reporter for AsiaPress, a Japanese news agency that’s taken advantage of the digital electronics revolution to get reports from inside North Korea,’ says Williams. ‘When we … Read more on Slashdot
Province builds bio-tech centre
Province builds bio-tech centre The Centre for Bio-technology Research and Application complex now under construction in southern Dong Nai Province is expected to be one of the leading centres of its kind in Southeast Asia, according to Nguyen Quan, deputy minister of Science and Technology. Read more on Vi?t Nam News
