The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing Oct 28, 2009
Software provided online is upgraded and maintained by the provider, so the small business owner does not have to purchase the newest version of a software program or download fixes and patches. Not having to buy a program outright but entering into a monthly or annual contract (the "SaaS" or model) is also appealing, as is the fact that many applications are offered for free. (BusinessWeek)
National Science Center to focus on mission Oct 25, 2009
The organization's outreach programs include: Fast Track Science, summer camps held throughout the country focused on the science of racing; distance learning, live video broadcast programs covering topics such as physical science, health, chemistry and math; and Learning Logic, a computer software program used for teaching pre-algebra and Algebra I.. The two mobile discovery centers are its most popular programs, Mr. Dennis said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Twittering The Tyrants: New Media's Role In Authoritarian Regimes Oct 25, 2009
Frietas helped create something called "Twitter Vote Report," an open-source software program that merges Internet-based data with reports from election poll monitors to produce a real-time report of where and when fraud might be happening. It was used in the 2008 U.S. elections, and since then, in India and Afghanistan. (EurasiaNet.org)
Blueprint: Young owners of firm going places Oct 24, 2009
They lost the top prize to another student company called Krasidy, which earned thousands of dollars selling a low-cost software program that allows users to record and sound-engineer their own voices over instrumental music tracks. Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, October 24, 2009. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Polling places to use precinct atlas for election Oct 24, 2009
COUNTY - Shelby County Auditor and Election Commissioner Marsha Carter announced today that the county will join many counties across the state in using a new Precinct Atlas software program in its polling places, to assist precinct election officials during the Nov. 3 city elections. The program, called "The Precinct Atlas," is an electronic poll book which will help precinct election officials effectively and consistently process voters on election day. (Harlan Tribune, IA)
Organizing photos isn't always a chore Oct 24, 2009
When you've completed sorting by sub-folders, obtain a quality batch file renaming software program and rename the photos in each sub-folder. Either with the name of the sub-folder or telling descriptions. (The News-Press -- Business)
Nerd a Vacation?: Travel with The Geek Atlas Oct 24, 2009
And he became a supergeek with his previous book, published in 2008, a guide to the software program GNU Make. That s right, Graham-Cumming is the author of GNU Make Unleashed, which, he notes, saturated its target market of 100 readers. (Scientific American)
Once again, church bell in Bridgewater will sound call to worship Oct 23, 2009
But in 2007, the dated device went on the fritz, giving way to a used Dell computer and a customized software program. It was an ingenious and surprsingly sweet-sounding solution, many churchgoers and local residents in this bedroom community south of Boston agreed. (Boston Globe)
Living Wills: Planning for the inevitable Oct 22, 2009
You can purchase it as a downloadable software program for $44, or you can get it on a CD for $50. Savvy Tips: To insure your final wishes are followed, be very thorough when you create your living will and medical power of attorney documents and give copies to your family and doctor. (Human Events Online)
Somerville resident wins videography award Oct 22, 2009
This upbeat video promotes an eco-friendly and secure software program developed at MIT for a nationwide high school competition. Miranda Elmorsi, also of Somerville, did additional camera work and assisted with editing the video. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Scientists Build First Worldwide Earthquake Alert System Oct 22, 2009
GEM will then take those volumes of information and using a complex software program create a worldwide picture of the planet's stress-prone areas, the risks to life and structures in vulnerable areas, and the ways to reduce that risk, including better building techniques and emergency preparedness. In other words, a very comprehensive database of historical information, as well as data on faults and geology, should help predict the likelihood of future earthquakes. (Fox News)
Ask an Expert Oct 20, 2009
Search hundreds of franchises and business opportunities to find the one that is right for you. Quick Request Form: Request information from your favorite franchises and business opportunities. (USA Today -- Money)
Bay Area money man with social conscience Oct 19, 2009
During visits to The Chronicle, he's always been eager to show off his latest company's Web site or a new software program he's written. Benjamin wasn't always a techie. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In-App Feature Could Keep More Apps on iPhone Oct 18, 2009
There's much more agreement around the notion that the in-app upgrades will save time and resources for developers by of creating free "lite" and non-free "full" editions of the same software program. If either of these possible benefits for developers actually pans out, iPhone users could win, too, by continuing to be the first to get interesting new software apps. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Job matchmakers get new arrow Oct 17, 2009
The software program cost the Labor Department a little over $100,000 for a one-year pilot effort, Duffy said. The available jobs are contained in the Labor Department's database. (Albany Times Union)
County approves plat for proposed airpark Oct 16, 2009
Milam County is one of 50 counties statewide that are working to develop a county-government specific software program. A team from the software development group will visit Milam and seven other counties to learn what is needed in county government operations. (Cameron Herald, TX)
Good employees work toward their strengths Oct 15, 2009
In the same way, learning a new software program is a skill; it can be taught. Best practice leadership includes helping people identify, own and reinforce their core strengths and talents. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
New Method Reveals All You Need To Know About 'Waveforms' Oct 13, 2009
The mathematics-intensive method is laborious and currently is performed only at NIST (which has more than 750 oscilloscopes), but the developers plan to write a software program that will automate the technique and make it transferable to other users. The new method offers NIST calibration customers, including major manufacturers and the military, more comprehensive characterization of a greater variety of waveforms, and helps to meet current and future demands for measurements at ever-higher... (Science Daily)
Somerset spends money, saves money Oct 13, 2009
The board voted Monday to purchase Compass Learning s Odyssey package. According to business manager Rick Whipkey, the program will help students prepare for state-mandated testing. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Fed stimulus money trickling in Oct 11, 2009
" Stimulus money also went into a federal law enforcement grant program that has delivered $41,667 to Milford, $13,057 to Ashland and $81,188 to Framingham, according to federal records. Framingham Police Lt. Paul Shastany said the funding went to everything from operation center upgrades to a better prisoner transport vehicle to a software program for police computers. "This is going to a good use," he said. A handful of local institutions have seen a boost from stimulus funding. The Framingham... (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
* World Business Quick Take Oct 9, 2009
A Japanese high court yesterday acquitted the creator of a popular file-sharing software program of copyright violations, overturning an earlier conviction. It was a very fair judgment, Isamu Kaneko, the 39-year-old developer of the Winny peer-to-peer program, told reporters after the Osaka High Court handed down the verdict. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Traditions Fade As China Settles Nomads In Towns Oct 7, 2009
The linguist is developing a Roman alphabet for the language and a software program for its use on computers and mobile phones. "We have to use modernized and high-tech methods to preserve our ethnic languages and ethnic cultures," Dular said, taking out his mobile phone and sending an Ewenki text message to a friend in Inner Mongolia as a demonstration. (CBS News -- World)
Slacker radio app lets users create stations on BlackBerrys Oct 7, 2009
Slacker was born from the ashes of Musicmatch, an early (pre-iTunes) software program for managing music collections, that expanded into personalized radio. bought Musicmatch in 2004 for $165 million and has since shut it down. (USA Today -- Tech)
Buried under the layers Oct 6, 2009
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition, meanwhile, has released a software program called Comparative Packaging Assessment (or Compass) that helps designers and companies weigh the environmental impact of their packaging. These green steps, however, are few and far in between. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
JP parents able to monitor students' diet through pre-paid meal cards Oct 6, 2009
A software program in the Jefferson Parish Public School System is making life a little easier for parents and their children. And since it allows parents to monitor what children are eating, it could also make them healthier. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Computers drag down state's aid for jobless Oct 4, 2009
For example, the software program that determines whether a person is eligible to receive unemployment money, and how much, debuted in 1989 ... A few years ago, Arizona joined a consortium of states and a technology unit of the Labor Department to develop the software program, which was supposed to make it easier to manage problem cases. (AZCentral -- News)
Prosecutor, sheriff say they hit ground running Oct 3, 2009
Humphries says his deputies are working harder, and his office has gone back to a software program that enables better record keeping. Hillman has restarted an aggressive drug enforcement program in the county, and he and Detectives Bart Quayle and Joe Powell work with a tri-county sheriff s task force in intercepting drug sales, the news release says. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Push marketing to grow sales Oct 3, 2009
The UIU software program allows a single Windows PC image or clone to be deployed to any business class laptop or desktop regardless of hardware, according to Big Bang. The product is used by large businesses that have more than 100 work stations. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
MakeMusic Updates Finale NotePad and Finale Reader Oct 2, 2009
Both music notation software packages support current operating systems and provide compatibility with files created with , MakeMusic's world-standard music notation software program. Related Quotes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
County receives “clean” audit Oct 2, 2009
Gayle Latham from the Texas Association of Counties, made a presentation to the commissioners about a statewide, county-cooperative software program that s being developed by McLane Advanced Technologies. Milam County is one of 50 counties statewide that are working to develop a county-government specific software program. (Cameron Herald, TX)
MercuryNews: Penguin helps raise math scores Oct 1, 2009
So 11 years ago, the trio, headed by Matthew Peterson, created a computer software program with animated diagrams. JiJi was born. (KGO, CA)
Spy software, then police, swoop on child porn file sharers Oct 1, 2009
Detectives expect to make hundreds of arrests, having used a breakthrough software program to spy on files held in private computers. Designed in the US to pinpoint computers holding known child pornographic images, the software has been used in Queensland for six months. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
•Software brings students' concepts to life Sep 30, 2009
Teacher Travis East uses a software program, Alice 2. 2, to teach students how to bring the world around them to life virtually. (The Daily Journal)
Stimulus-funded university research addressing issues from climate change to cancer, creating jobs and training a new generation of scientists Sep 30, 2009
The grant from the National Science Foundation will enable the software program to be updated based on Web services, online mapping and integration with other natural history software applications. Using GEOLocate, a researcher can input general label information on where a specimen was found such as "Mississippi River at Hwy. 190 Baton Rouge" and receive the precise longitude and latitude coordinates of its location. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
New Iowan Center hosts open house to celebrate Sep 26, 2009
All the New Iowan services are free and include language lessons with the Rosetta Stone computer software program; assistance in finding work and becoming a U.S. citizen; online learning programs and community outreach education. The Center s staff also educates individuals and business representatives on immigration issues including work force development, cultural diversity and small business programs. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Truancy crackdown swings to S.F. parents, teens Sep 26, 2009
Garcia said a new software program at every school allows principals to see in real time the students who aren't in class and those racking up unexcused absences. A pending online system will allow parents constant access to their child's school records to check attendance and performance. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
'Gaydar' on Facebook: Can Friends Out You? Sep 23, 2009
Using a software program they created called "Gaydar," Carter Jernigan and Behram Mistree (who have since graduated) analyzed the gender and sexuality of a person's friends to predict that person's. They weren't able to verify all of the software's predictions, but based on what they knew about their classmates' offline lives, they found that the program seemed to accurately identify the sexual orientation of male users, in a sense indirectly "outing" them by analyzing the characteristics of... (ABC News)
'Intelligent Car' Able To Learn From Owner’s Driving And Warn In Case Of Accident Hazard Sep 23, 2009
In future, a new software program will enable cars to coordinate maneuvers. . (Science Daily)
Project ‘Gaydar’: An MIT experiment raises new questions about online privacy Sep 20, 2009
They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. The two students had no way of checking all of their predictions, but based on their own knowledge outside the Facebook world, their computer program appeared quite accurate for men, they said. (Boston Globe)
Artificial intelligence helps diagnose cardiac infections Sep 13, 2009
The software program is called an "artificial neural network" (ANN) because it mimics the brain's cognitive function and reacts differently to situations depending on its accumulated knowledge. That knowledge or training is provided by researchers, similar to how a person would "train" a computer to play chess, by introducing it to as many situations as possible. (EurekAlert!)
Find Local Rideshares Quickly Via Mobile Phone Sep 13, 2009
This information together with the current position is transmitted wirelessly to a server, where a special software program continuously compares offers with requests for rides. Matching offers are displayed in real time on the cellphone with the message Driver found , stating the name and the probable pickup and travel time. (Science Daily)
On the calendar in Somerville: Sept. 10-16 Sep 12, 2009
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS NETWORK Volunteers can provide hardware/software troubleshooting, assist centers with technology expansion plans, teach software program, and more to under-served people in centers around Boston. For information, call 617-354-0825, ext. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Cincinnati entrepreneurs DotLoop software being tested by Realtors Sep 12, 2009
He s gearing up for the national launch of a negotiation-management software program aimed at Realtors. This article is for Paid Subscribers ONLY.. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Oracle Has Customers Over a Barrel Sep 11, 2009
The issue: Sun owns MySQL, the leading open-source database software program, which is emerging as a competitor to Oracle's world-leading database. If Oracle buys Sun, it could cripple or kill the rival product. (BusinessWeek)
WORK EFFICIENTLY Sep 11, 2009
She found a software program with a social-media component that lets customers address each other's issues. When a service representative answers a question or resolves an issue for a client, the information becomes part of a database other customers can search. (AZCentral -- Business)
Entrepreneurs real estate software connects the dots Sep 11, 2009
He s gearing up for the national launch of a negotiation-management software program aimed at Realtors ... That s their time to shine, said Moninger, who develops Web sites for Realtors and ranks as one of the nation s largest resellers of Top Producer, a contact-management software program designed for Realtors. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Air subsidy extended Sep 10, 2009
He is working together with state officials and airlines on a software program that will better serve passengers and provide more information about flights beyond Portland and San Francisco that may require service on an airline other than United. The long-term solution may cause more passengers to fly direct into Klamath Falls instead of nearby airports, like Medford. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Task force to choose degree audit system Sep 9, 2009
"There is a preferred software program, but negotiations are still ongoing with the vendor," Lenn said, adding that the first rollout of the system will only include undergraduate students. "We've decided we will focus initially only on undergraduates because the graduates are just so complex.". (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Flash! Movie tips from your robot overlords Sep 9, 2009
com or rented a movie from Netflix, you ve interacted with a software program that owes its existence to over half a century of research into artificial intelligence ... Or just a superaccurate data-crunching software program. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Missing Lehman Lesson of Global Shakeout Means Too Big Banks Prone to Fail Sep 8, 2009
The process involves sending the trades to an outside vendor, running them through a software program, reviewing the results and deciding which ones to settle. It couldnt be done, at least not before trading began in Asia on Monday morning, the person said. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
County using new software in Tuesday election Sep 7, 2009
WATERLOO --- Black Hawk County will use a new software program in some polling places to assist precinct officials during Tuesday's school board election. The program, Precinct Atlas, is an electronic poll book designed to help process voters effectively and consistently. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
School district pledges better money oversight Sep 6, 2009
"The district will now make coaches and advisors of any student groups raising money keep accurate accounting of funds coming in. They will have to collect the money, turn it in and get receipts as part of the change, Fishbough said.Previously, some student groups have turned in money to the student body without getting receipts for the amount of money turned in, Fishbough said.The district office will also get involved by verifying the records of the Associated Student Body and by advisors and... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Beginning Genealogy - Definitions Sep 6, 2009
A software program could export a file in GEDCOM format, which could then be imported into a different program. Most genealogy software today supports GEDCOM imports and exports, and family history files can be shared no matter what program an individual uses. (Suite101.com)
Their circle was broken Sep 5, 2009
Next I received an urgent e-mail from the clerk who handles the classified advertisement for the NI. Her computer, which has a very specific and expensive software program, melted down and she could not work. This I quickly put into the hands of our trusty tech-savvy graphic designer, who, as usual, took ownership of the problem and soon had it resolved. (Nogales International, AZ)
High-tech systems safeguard drugs Sep 4, 2009
These reports, created by a software program called Pandora, can identify misuse, she says. has a similar program to dispense its average of 11,000 drug doses per day. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
County test scores hover near state Sep 3, 2009
Carnaggio said she and other district leaders believe the Saxon Math software program helped to raise math scores, which in previous years had lagged. She said the Saxon Language program had been piloted last year at Vardaman Elementary, and would be expanded to the rest of the county this year in light of the scores produced by Vardaman students. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
How Will Boise State Fare This Year? Sep 2, 2009
E/A Sports releases a computer software program called NCAA Football that is eagerly anticipated by gamers around the country for its realistic play, images and simulations. It has been a computer sports software staple for years; we noticed something very striking beginning in 2002. (BroncoCountry.com)
NIGHTLINE: McAfee's Millions Lost, Life Gained Sep 2, 2009
Falling From $100 Million Peak, John McAfee Says: 'I Feel a Sense of Freedom" By CHRIS BURY and MARY MARSHSept. 1, 2009 John McAfee knows about risk. A mathematician by training, in the late 1980s he developed the antivirus computer software program that has become a household name. In the 1990s he pioneered instant-messaging. In both cases, he grew bored and cashed out. At his peak, he was reportedly worth about $100 million. John McAfee lost nearly 90 percent of his antivirus software fortune... (ABC News)
Montana software company offers easy ag record-keeping software (36) Aug 31, 2009
Margheim said that the reports generated by the Field Advantage Software program work for data entry in completing the FSA-578 report ... Another main issue Noyes addressed was making sure the software program had easy to navigate screens. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
New rules for busing Georgetown students Aug 29, 2009
We are currently working closely with the bus company to review all routes using a software program that will assist us in identifying the optimal routes for students who qualify under this policy, Wiggin wrote in the letter. He added this week, We are still tweaking because there are still registrations coming in and we don t want people to feel like, especially if they re new to town, they can t register. (Georgetown Record, MA)
WFEE grants keep school funding steady Aug 29, 2009
For instance, the Muraco Elementary School was awarded a grant to purchase Kidspiration, a software program designed to help kids who are visual learners exceed in the classroom. The $7,000 grant will provide not only the software, but six LCD projectors for an optimal classroom display. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Strictly Ballroom Analysis: Computers Get To Know Their Rumba From Their Cha-cha-cha Aug 29, 2009
(June 2, 2009) Researchers in Spain have developed Inmamusys, a computer software program that can create music in response to emotions that arise in the listener. By using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. (Science Daily)
• Blaine teachers ready for school year Aug 29, 2009
District schools will also begin to use a new Milepost software program developed by the school's technology department, which will track students to identify better teaching methods for them. The district has also hired a high school college counselor, along with a special education parent liaison, thanks to a donation by a parent, to help the parents of special education children more fully participate in decisions involving their children. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Cheap and here Aug 28, 2009
A software program mimics river water flows in bright reds and oranges and yellows. Natural gas] is a good bridge technology, but it's not the be-all-and-end-all of energy generation. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cooperative Cybercars: A Question Of Priorities Aug 28, 2009
In future, a new software program will enable cars to coordinate maneuvers. (Feb. (Science Daily)
