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AZ tries last-minute auditing of voting machines: Another state struggles to put some last-minute controls on electronic voting machines. Just days before the Sept. 12 primary, Arizona passed a law requiring hand-count verification of a certain number of electronic machines, the Arizona Capitol Times reports, but the Republican secretary of state says there may not be enough...; Tags: Hancock; Blog posts 2006-08-25
Hancock Extends E-Mail to 2,500 Agents With Microsoft Outlook Web Access: John Hancock's 2,500 independent agents were communicating with their customers by telephone and mail, while the customers increasingly wanted the ability to communicate with their agents by e-mail. But e-mail posed several challenges for the company. To solve its e-mail need, the company turned to Microsoft Outlook Web Access, the...; Tags: Agent, Server, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Hancock, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Real Estate, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Enterprise Software; Case studies

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UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?: News of Singularity, a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft, sparked my interest in OSes past and present. It got me thumbing though the back issues of MacWEEK for memories of OSes that were built from scratch and now forgotten. But in the research, I found some ironic gold regarding NeXTstep,...; Tags: Strategy, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, MacWeek, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTstep, Singularity OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-07
The Steve Jobs Apple Revival Show: It's been a busy day for the Apple tribe. Steve Jobs announced the thinnest notebook in the universe (I'm not sure that's what the universe needs, but he is at least pushing lowly competition to innovate more) and updates for the iTunes, iPhone, iTouch, AppleTV and Time Capsule wireless backup...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, MacBook Air, 3G, Notebooks, Blogging, Digital Music, Desktops, Digital Media, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-15

Guilt by association: it's called reputation: I've had domain specific languages on my mind recently, so when a Wired News article on Hancock, a DSL for data mining "communities of interest" crossed through my feedreader, I spent some time digging into it. The gist of the story is this: AT&T invented a language,...; Tags: Guilt, Fraudster, AT&T Corp., Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations, Phil Windley; Blog posts 2007-11-02
SOA 'architect' shortage? What about all those smart developers out there?: SOA 'architect' shortage? What about all those smart developers out there?The majority of developers can'tdo the job of an architect. No more than a good carpenter can design an award winning house.Sorry but IMHO they are two very different skill sets that overlap on occasion.Lacking knowledgeis often the result...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), developer, SOA, smart developer; Discussion threads 2007-01-25
Identify patterns and predict customer behavior with data mining features in Microsoft Analysis Services 2005: Many business problems call for the ability to spot patterns and trends across data sets that are far too large or complex for human analysis. Data mining can be used to explore your data and find these patterns, allowing you to begin to understand why things happen and to predict...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Addison-Wesley, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing; Book chapters 2006-10-11
Apple alums get into the chip business: Three veterans of Apple Computer have joined together to form a startup that acquired Newport Beach, CA-based Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Chairman and CEO Gil Amelio and former CTO Ellen Hancock got together to form Acquicor Technology, Inc. (AMEX:AQR) and their first move was...; Tags: Jazz, Steve Wozniak; Blog posts 2006-09-27
Novell faces delist, default on filing delay: Novell faces delist, default on filing delayKerash....Yeah, I can hear it hitting the bottom from clear over here.just a minor accounting issueit can happen to anyone and is as common as getting a speed ticket.This story is pure FUD spread by M$ agents to compromise a great Linux company.we dont...; Tags: Linux, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Novell Inc., Wells Fargo & Co.; Discussion threads 2006-09-21
Baking bread with hydrogen in Antarctica: According to the Australian Antarctic Division AAD, Mawson Station, one of their Antarctic field camps, will soon be partially powered by hydrogen produced locally. And as it's cold there at this time of the year -- temperatures oscillate between -10°C and -19°C -- the station workers will be able to...; Tags: hydrogen, Australian Antarctic Division, Mawson Station; Blog posts 2006-08-11
Student data systems going south: Student data systems - created to manage a wealth of data about students from grades to attendance logs - across the nation have gone "haywire," the New York Times reports. For instance, in North Carolina, the NC WISE system - nicknamed NC STUPID by teachers - is years...; Tags: network computer, NC WISE; Blog posts 2006-05-17
Failing Grades: Sam Dillon reports in the New York Times on states expensive efforts to implement new computerized record systems for tracking student grades, performance, attendance, and other data. These are complex and expensive systems, and many state education departments are seeing poor management result in many millions of dollars of...; Tags: Project failures, Government projects; Blog posts 2006-05-17
Designing safe guns... with pleasure: Even if firearms are tools, they're not ordinary ones. And the lack of standardization in their design often leads to unintended injury and even the death of their users. A special issue of Ergonomics in Design, "Human factors issues in firearms design and training," looked at how "the human factors/ergonomics...; Tags: hedonomic, Hedonomics; Blog posts 2006-03-07
D&MA Hancock SuDoku Solver (zip): SuDoku Solver will provide puzzles either randomly or entered from scratch. It prints a worksheet for a puzzle including the legal numbers that can be inserted in each cell of the grid. Windows XP look n feel with online help file. Assistance with solving in 2 levels. Either 1 section...; Tags: Puzzle, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Engineering, Microsoft Windows XP, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2005-08-16
Female bloggers pitch "Bloghercon" to gain visibility: Female bloggers pitch "Bloghercon" to gain visibilityFirst of all......we have to ask, what's significant about the fact that they're female instead of male? If they have something important and relevant to say, people will listen.Carl RapsonWhat is the big deal?I don't see no "men only" signs up anywhere.....Why is it...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Blogging, women, blog; Discussion threads 2005-03-11
Ellen Hancock to join EDS board: Ellen Hancock to join EDS boardShe is a crookShe should be in Jail....2-4 days before the collapse, of Exodus, she said the company was turning the corner,,,,that is when she probably sold her stock for two dollars a share, after her comments..then Exodus collapsed...She should be a director of a...; Tags: Corporate governance, EDS board, Ellen Hancock, Electronic Data Systems Corp., board; Discussion threads 2004-03-20
BlackBerry and mWholesaler Make Financial Sales Team More Competitive: Essex Corporation is one of the oldest national wholesalers of mutual funds, annuities and life insurance, and a division of John Hancock. To prepare for customer meetings and follow-up sales reports, Essex Corporation wholesalers used cell phones and laptops with cumbersome dial-up connections to access the company's CRM database. A...; Tags: Financial, Wholesaler, RIM BlackBerry, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies
Manulife Financial Implemented the CA Bilingual Support Automation Solution to Meet the Diverse Needs of Their Customers: Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers customers a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. In 2002, Manulife Financial began using the ASP-hosted...; Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., Manulife, Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Real Estate, Finance, Business Operations; Case studies

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Hancock Fabrics Inc.: Hancock Fabrics is a specialty retailer with a complete selection of fashion and home decorating textiles, sewing accessories, needlecraft supplies and sewing machines. As of...; Hancock Fabrics Inc. company page on BNET »