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TECHNOLOGY News, Aug 22, 2011


Federal Push for 'Cloud' Technology Faces Skepticism
New York Times
By SEAN COLLINS WALSH WASHINGTON — Before cost-cutting became fashionable in Washington, Vivek Kundra, the White House's chief information officer, was working to shrink the federal government's enormous budget for information technology. ...
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It's a love-hate relationship with technology
USA Today
But dip your toe into the vast national tub of tech users, thinkers and analysts, and one senses both excitement and concern — often expressed by the same people — about how technology has fast become the furious love of our lives. ...
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USA Today
Ocean Power Technologies Deploys Autonomous PowerBuoy for US Navy Maritime ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"This is a significant achievement for Ocean Power Technologies in the development and commercialization of its technology," said Charles F. Dunleavy, Chief Executive Officer of OPT. "Today's news marks the deployment of our first grid-independent, ...
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Windflow Technology sells off spare parts
Stuff.co.nz
Cash-strapped Christchurch turbine maker Windflow Technology is selling off spare parts and setting up a subsidiary maintenance services company in case it becomes insolvent. WindflowTechnology has set up a subsidiary service company called Te Rere ...
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Motorola's Identity Crisis
New York Times
Heightening the uncertainty is that the companies involved, both of which declined to comment, are in some ways as different as two technology companies can be. Google makes Internet services and software, thrives on high profit margins and distributes ...
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New York Times
21st Century technology enhancing local classrooms
Middletown Journal
Staff photo by Samantha Grier By Gin A. Ando, Staff Writer 10:47 PM Sunday, August 21, 2011 With the help of touchscreen tablets, interactive whiteboards and innovative technology, curriculums are being augmented at local schools with activities that ...
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Medicare Local one month on: the technology behind Brisbane's first facility
Computerworld Australia
She said the technology systems were a cornerstone of the organisation's success. “We have a wide range of stakeholder organisations and health services providers and our key role is to communicate with them.” Partnering with Australian vendor ...
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Assistive Technology Broadens Its Range
Education Week News
By Mary Catherine O'Connor If you've ever felt the vibration of a cellphone, or used Google's voice-based search function to look up a recipe instead of touching your keyboard with wet fingers, you've enjoyed the benefits of assistive technology. ...
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Gov't okays Google Street View to start mapping Israel
Ha'aretz
The ministry's Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority will allow Google to deploy special photography equipment to the streets in Israel, and to post photographs on its map service. A Google employee riding a bike with a Street View camera ...
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Ha'aretz
Two-year pilot for Hawk-Eye as hurling league gets revamp
Irish Independent
By Martin Breheny THE GAA has bought time by opting to trial Hawk-Eye technology on a pilot basis for the next two years in Croke Park before deciding whether it will become a permanent feature for score detection at all county grounds. ...
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Samsung revolutionizes the photo imaging industry with the latest in 2 view ...
Al-Bawaba
Taking dual screen technology to the next level the new ST700, PL170 and PL120 cameras will offer a unique combination of high image quality, fun and engaging special features, all brought together with Samsung's innovative dual screen technology ...
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AMD introduces Quad Buffer SDK for HD3D technology
TMC Net
Aug 22, 2011 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, has introduced the AMD Quad Buffer SDK for AMD HD3D technology, delivering a tool to developers engaged in building stereo 3D capabilities into upcoming game titles. ...
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Librarians adapt to new technology
Quad City Times
With the technology students use to learn constantly changing, Bettendorf Middle School librarian Deb Temperly said keeping up can be a challenge. A former classroom teacher who has been a librarian for five years, Temperly said changing technology is ...
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Today first day of school; students will find more focus on technology
Beckley Register-Herald
Students may also find this school year holds more of a focus on technology usage than ever. New to the students this year will be a “Cell Phone Usage Policy” that aims to both restrict disruptive usage of cell phones and pave the way for teachers to ...
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An iPad 2 for every student; WACS seeks to integrate technology
Winona Daily News
"This technology is incredible," Bowlin said. "It has great potential, not just for fifth and sixth grade." WACS has made an initial purchase of 100 iPad 2s, Bowlin said. Of these, 87 will be distributed to students, 6 to their teachers and the ...
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Nuclear Technology Boosting Guatemalan Agriculture
Occupational Health & Safety
IAEA deployed it with the Food and Agriculture Organization deployed sterile insect technology to help curb the fruit fly population by sterilizing insects en masse. Higher sales of tomatoes, bell peppers, and papaya resulted, increasing pest control ...
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New technology is pushing us to extremes
Sydney Morning Herald
And it seems technology may be at least partially to blame. There was a time when our understanding of the world was shaped by the morning newspaper and the six o'clock news bulletin. When listening to the radio meant tuning the wireless with your...
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Sydney Morning Herald
New E-Learning Funding Tactics Seen as Necessary
Education Week News
By Michelle R. Davis Over the past few years, the 10500-student Bonneville Joint School District 93 has grown by about 400 students a year, and Superintendent Charles J. Shackett invested heavily intechnology to attract new students. ...
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Think HP is going to be able to license WebOS? Think again
The Guardian
"PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in." Two months later, Steve Jobs launched the iPhone. Just under five years later, Palm is effectively dead. Technology is a brutal world.
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The Guardian
Technology's Human Potential
New York Times
The British company is one of a wave of recent enterprises that look for means to help people engage with technology. The founders of Berg, Jack Schulze, left, and Matt Webb. Last month, the company released ''SVK,'' detail shown, an "augmented ...
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Lung doctor returns to Erie with new technology
GoErie.com
Part of the reward is using cutting-edge technology to help detect lung cancer at an earlier and more treatable stage. It's called electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy, and it's a new way to view, biopsy and potentially treat suspicious growths deep ...
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Long-time MUSD teachers witness changes in students, technology
InMaricopa.com
Both Bandin and Sturr agreed technology has made an important influence in the education system. Sturr believes Maricopa Unified has always been ahead of the curve, or “right there,” when it came to computers. “Even then we had the computer lab and ...
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InMaricopa.com
LISD school buses now equipped with GPS technology
KCBD-TV
"So, we'll be able to track the bus throughout the day and will know exactly where it's at," Burton said. The technology, which is paid for by Durham School Services, will be on board all of the Lubbock ISD buses in their fleet this school year.
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Tri-State Technology Warehouse repairs and recycles
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Then Tri-State Technology Warehouse may be the place to go for help. "There was a need for a warehouse that provided hard-to- find, fast parts and at affordable prices," said Tyler Lafler, manager of the store at 902 Oak St. in Burlington. ...
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Banks told to enhance technology
IBNLive.com
KOCHI: Inaugurating the seminar on ‘The role of the banks in the development of Kochi’, Ernakulam District Collector PI Sheik Pareeth has asked the banks to strengthen their technologyfor the speedy approval of funds to meet the growing needs of ...
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Evergreen Healthcare Deploys Electronic Information Technology Solutions
TMC Net
Aug 22, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Evergreen Healthcare announced that it will implement a suite of healthcare information technology solutions that will enable the organization to securely share patient information in real-time across its ...
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Shop and Scan: QR codes latest in marketing technology
MyWebTimes.com
Quick Response or QR codes are the latest wave in technology that businesses are using to attract busy customers. The codes are square patterns that can be quickly scanned using smart phone applications that are downloadable for free. ...
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Sci-Fi Anthology Launched As Part Of Intel's 'Tomorrow Project'
RedOrbit
Intel has recruited a quartet of science-fiction writers to compose short stories predicting future uses for the company's technology. As part of what they have dubbed The Tomorrow Project, electronics firm and chip manufacturer Intel has recruited a ...
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RedOrbit
NIT Silchar to get unique sports complex soon
Times of India
SILCHAR: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar director PK Bose has laid foundation for a Rs 40.13-crore sports complex at the deemed university's sprawling sports ground on Friday afternoon. While addressing a gathering on the occasion Bose ...
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5 Oversold Technology Stocks With Return Profit Opportunity
Seeking Alpha
Nearly all sectors have been affected by this widespread panic but I believe that technology has been hit among the hardest with several great companies offering a bargain price. Below are 5 companies within the technology sector that have experienced ...
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Life-saving technology unveiled in Bourton
Tewkesbury ADMAG
LIFE-SAVING technology has been unveiled in Bourton making the village better prepared to cope in the case of emergency. Charity, “Shocking Now!” secured National Lottery Funding to launch a publicly-accessible defibrillator (heart-starting machine) in ...
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Statesville Christian puts technology in students' hands
Statesville Record & Landmark
Statesville Christian School is supplying its elementary students with new technology -- including iPads and Kindles. Elementary teachers are hoping the gadgets will enhancing instruction and help meet students at their different learning levels. ...
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Adviser technology: Integration still elusive
InvestmentNews
By Davis D. Janowski Despite dissatisfaction with the level of integration among the products they use, most financial advisers are satisfied with their technology. Even though advisers have complained about their technology for years, analysts were ...
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Technology, innovation can bolster education
The Desert Sun
We are intrigued by creative use of new technology and by innovations such as the new ideas at Painted Hills Middle School in Desert Hot Springs. This is the time of year for new backpacks, optimism and dogged determination to excel no matter the odds. ...
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How can technology be harnessed to help young people & “mental wealth”?
Crikey (blog)
It's not surprising that efforts to harness technology for youth health are using young people as the teachers and experts, as was outlined in an event at the National Press Club last week. Below is an edited version of an address given by Associate ...
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Experts worry that the family photo album is being lost to technology
Wisconsin State Journal
The whole exchange got me to thinking about the value photos bring to our lives and how digitaltechnology and online social networking have changed the way we hang onto them. The sad truth is, we don't. Not really. We keep our pictures on our ...
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Social Customer Care: It's a Way of Thinking Not a Technology
Power Retail
To effectively use social to drive customer relationships, businesses must focus less on thetechnology and more on their mindset, writes Guy Stephens. So your organisation wants to use Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Yammer, Posterous, wikis, ...
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HP does a 180 -- Now it's Apotheker's company
IT-Director.com
To be an enterprise provider, technology providers must demonstrate that they have a consistent strategy and staying power because enterprise clients don't want to be left with orphaned technologies. To its credit, today's announcements show the ...
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Back to the future: Florida Tech reverting to FIT- 11:45 pm
Florida Today
1:34 pm Florida Institute of Technology will bring back its old acronym. / For FLORIDA TODAY MELBOURNE — Get out the old T-shirts. Revive the cheer you used to shout. "Florida Tech" is "FIT" once again. Florida Institute of Technology will revert to ...
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A list worth watching
Boston Globe
I first met the founder in 2001, and ever since, I've been eager to see a demo and learn what sorts of electronics Lilliputian's technology will work with. ■ Longwood Founders Fund. This is the new life-sciences-focused venture capital fund from Rich ...
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New Google Sign-In Page - gHacks Technology News
By Martin Brinkmann
Google users who want to sign in with their Google account on the Google website see currently a highlighted announcement on the page. The announcement reads.
gHacks Technology News | Latest...
Verizon workers return to work, without a deal (Technology News ...
By admin
Technology News - Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.
AnexTek - Technology Blog, Tech...
Apple gets with the wireless revolution — Mobile Technology News
By Morten Grauballe
Apple's latest transformation is complete. By delivering its first firmware over-the-air (FOTA) iOS 5 beta update in July, Apple freed its wireless consumers from being tethered to a PC or Mac to receive firmware updates.
GigaOM — Tech News, Analysis...
GeekBeat.TV Coverage from IFA in Berlin, Germany | Geek Beat ...
By Cali Lewis
John P and I are headed off to Berlin, Germany to bring you coverage from one of the largesttechnology expos in the world, IFA. You'll see lots of great.
Geek Beat Technology News
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HP Tablet Sale: Is the Discounted TouchPad a... | Gather - Technology
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Where did webOS go wrong? | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News
Read 'Where did webOS go wrong?' from our blog Technology News Blog on Yahoo! News. When the Palm Pre smartphone first introduced us to the webOS operating ...
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Giveaway: Win a Drobo! | Geek Beat Technology News
Guess what?!? We've got our hands on a whole batch of shiny new Drobos, and Cali and John will be giving one away each week over the next few weeks! So,
www.geekbeat.tv/drobocontest
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