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- Bangladesh to be poster child of rising ocean levels
- Map courtesy of CIA and U.S. taxpayers. Welcome to ground zero of climate change. Or zero elevation which is the same thing. Bangladesh is a flat, low-lying country with dense population, little money and big problems. Here's a report from a reporter's recent visit...
- Tags: Bangladesh, Iowa, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Politics of energy and autos
- Two more leaked cabinet choices from the incoming Obama Administration. Both will have influence on energy, land use and green tech subsidies. Interior Secretary nominee: Sen. Ken Salazar (Colorado-D). Here's what his official website says about his enviornmental credo: "He...
- Tags: Nominee, Iowa, Federal Government, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Haves vs. haves: corn and cows and the men who love them
- We urbanites are sitting in the bleachers for what portends to be a helluva gladiatorial battle. Corn. Cows. And it's all being fought over energy and centers, as all fine money matters in "cleantech," around the EPA. Here's what's up: Texas is a...
- Tags: Biofuel, Texas, Corn, Iowa, Generation Biofuel Folk, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- County Government Office Takes Charge of Network With Test Server, Increases TCO $5K
- Butler County government offices of Allison, Iowa, strive to serve residents in an efficient and effective manner. Butler County government offices of Allison, Iowa, strive to serve residents in an efficient and effective manner. Ideally, it wanted a basic server environment on which to test all government-specific software, and a...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Office, Server, TCO, Iowa, Government, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Roi/Tco, Vertical Industries, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software
- Case studies 2008-04-15
- IBM and the Systems House Enable a Start-Up to Gain Firm Footing
- Heartland Medical Supply, LLC, a sales and distribution company in Iowa City, Iowa, serving hospitals, pharmacies and physicians' offices in all of Iowa, plus western Illinois. In 2001, Heartland started with just eight employees, but is now up to 16. Heartland Medical Supply wanted to permit a small business to...
- Tags: Iowa, IBM Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, Romney
- Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, RomneyHow could there Possibly be any sign of Ron Paul?When he isn't included in market? Ron Paul isn't listed on either the intrade or the IEM boards. A "field" listing isn't the same thing, as it doesn't differentiate between Paul and Hunter (for...
- Tags: Iowa, Iowa Electronic, Iowa Electronic Markets, Romney
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
- Pigs Might Fly in Iowa
- According to the Hawk Eye, Iowa has the distinction of joining Nevada and Wisconsin on our list of recent state government project failures. In this case, A.T. Kearney was hired for $3.4 million and saved the state $2.9 million. From the article: “When [the project] started, the payment to...
- Tags: A.T. Kearney, Iowa, Operational Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Google announces new data center in Iowa
- Google announces new data center in IowaWhat a machine. How many Google data centers are completed every year???Their ability to scale out cheaper and faster than their competitors is a HUGE advantage. And, give that between 1,000 and 2,000 new businesses are signing up for Google Docs every DAY, they...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Google Inc., data center, Iowa
- Discussion threads 2007-07-07
- IowaDoppler 1 (Windows)
- Keep a bird's eye view of your local weather on your desktop. View Doppler radar images for the state of Iowa from a selection of Iowa news stations. Access to local television station Websites, resizable Doppler images up to 1400x1600, flexible automated refresh periods, animated map display, add your own...
- Tags: Web Site, Iowa, Brendan Bellina, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-25
- An iPod tax? Iowa Republicans can't believe their ears
- An iPod tax? Iowa Republicans can't believe their earsUh, what?Who thought up of this?
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Digital music, Digital media, iPod tax, Iowa, tax, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- An iPod tax? Iowa Republicans can't believe their ears
- If the powerful trade group the Recording Industry Association of America has trouble tracking down thousands of people who illegally download audio files from the Internet, no one told the Iowa state legislature. The Quad City Times reports that the Iowa Senate recently approved an "iPod tax," which would...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-20
- ID wants new crimes to punish indecent webcam exposure to kids
- An age-old crime goes high tech. It didnt take long for people who have a predilection to expose themselves to figure out that Web cameras could be used for exchanging sexual images or to do live sexual touching or masturbation in view of a digital camera. Iowan lawmakers worry...
- Tags: Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Iowa politicians dip toes in YouTube waters
- The political battlefield is slowly shifting its sights from television to YouTube, reports the Omaha World Herald. Iowa legislators posted videos of State Sen. Jack Kibbie, president of the Iowa Senate, as he introduced a resolution opposing the troop surge in Iraq. That may be pretty exciting stuff for...
- Tags: Iowa, U.S. Senate, YouTube Inc., video
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Reminder from AT&T: Your AT&T/Cingular-provisioned cell phone is not for conference calls
- Reminder from AT&T: Your AT&T/Cingular-provisioned cell phone is not for conference callsYou're not getting the point here...What has happened is quite simply this:The 712 exchange was caught in a loophole that was used before in the 809 area code (can't recall the country right now). Either way it works...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, loophole, Reminder, AT&T Corp., Iowa, Ars Technica, phone, Cingular Wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-03-20
- USA-IA [Iowa] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System 1.0.0 (Mobile)
- USA-IA [Iowa] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System
- Tags: Mobile, Iowa, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-03-15
- John Edwards on DVD: Greatest hit in Iowa?
- Edition number 30 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Are Amazon, Netflix, Columbia House shipping thousands of DVDs to Iowans? Perhaps. The DVD retailers and renters, however, are facing competition this week, not-for-profit DVD competition, from the John Edwards...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, HEALTHCARE, DVD, John Edwards, Iowa, Digital Markets, health care, health
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Iowa takes strong stance against net hunts
- Iowa takes strong stance against net huntsInternet HuntingHey, the US government should start a program like that for terrorists. Yeah, get them in the old viewfinder or scope and send them to Allah whom I truly doubt they will meet.Government already doing thatBest known example is when they were...
- Tags: Iowa
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Iowa takes strong stance against net hunts
- If there is one thing that Iowan lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree on its a ban on Internet hunting. The ability to shoot animals such a turkeys and deer remotely by clicking a computer mouse is so unsportsmanlike that it has inspired a bill to...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Microsoft settles Iowa class action suit
- Microsoft settles Iowa class action suitNot surprisedThis trial was producing way too much bad publicity for MS for them to allow it to continue.HTF??[b]Businesses and individuals residing in Iowa who have proof that they purchased certain Microsoft operating systems, or Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel or Office, between May...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Corporate law, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Iowa, software, operating system, class action
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- In Iowa, camera tickets deemed illegal
- In Iowa, camera tickets deemed illegalCa. Drivers need lawyers like these!Ca. drivers are being routinely deprived of due process in18 of 40 police depts. who allow the citing officer touse the Notice of Correction to change one violation toanother.This practice has remained unchallenged in Ca.Courts as a class action suit....
- Tags: camera ticket, due process, Iowa, camera
- Discussion threads 2007-01-31
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