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- Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax
- Since it now appears the Senate will go with mandating people buy coverage and using subsidized exchanges to cover gaps, Massachusetts has become the focus, because it instituted just such a plan in 2006. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Massachusetts, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Raytheon acquires BBN Technologies, firm that developed Internet, e-mail, VoIP
- Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor Raytheon said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based BBN Technologies, known for having developed ARPANET, forerunner to the Internet, and e-mail. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Internet E-mail, Raytheon Co., VoIP, Massachusetts, BBN Technologies, Internet, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- What is American?
- A recent post by Brian Sommer noted that H-1B visa holders might be in for a rough ride in 2009 as the weakening economy invites calls for special preferences for the accidental citizens of the United States of America (I say "accidental," as most of us were bestowed our rights...
- Tags: Massachusetts, H-1B, Productivity, Human Resources, Labor Relations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- US gains in math and science ed...Really?
- Results from the 2007 TIMSS, or Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, were released this week with many outlets touting US gains over our fairly dismal performance on the last survey in 2003. According to the New York Times, American fourth- and eighth-grade students...
- Tags: Student, Massachusetts, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- A robotic tuna for the Navy
- You might not know that the bluefin tuna is an ultra-efficient swimmer. But the U.S. Navy knows that this tuna can reach speeds of 50 mph. So it wants to build robotic bluefin tunas for submarine surveillance missions. The first prototypes, designed by Massachusetts engineers, should be available by the...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Massachusetts, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?
- Is Brown going to replace Harvard as America's premier medical school campus? Will Harvard and MIT faculty start fighting for visiting privileges there, in order to skirt the law and get more coffee mugs? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: business operations, corporate insurance, dana blankenhorn, finance, financial planning, insurance, management, massachusetts, strategy
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Dumbing down our math tests?
- The BBC is reporting on a trend in UK standardized math tests towards "easier, shallower and less demanding" examinations. Here in Massachusetts, I was working with our school psychologist to identify new interventions for special education students based on their standardized test scores. However, as she pointed out,...
- Tags: Massachusetts, Test, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reform
- A map of Massachusetts does look like a snub-nosed revolver pointed at the rest of the nation. (You can buy a flash version of this map for just $14.95 from Maps4.com.) In the case of health care reform that's an apt metaphor. Fact is...
- Tags: Massachusetts, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- USA-MA [Massachusetts] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System 1.0.0 (Mobile)
- USA-MA [Massachusetts] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System
- Tags: Mobile, Massachusetts, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-03-15
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- iBird Explorer North for iPhone 1.7 (Mobile)
- iBird Explorer North for iPhone is an innovative field guide to 376 birds of the northeastern states of North America. A self-contained ebook for the iPhone and iPod touch, iBird Explorer North for iPhone thousands of pages of expert birding information at your fingertips, and offers hand drawn illustrations, professional...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
- Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- More e-readers - more misconceptions
- my thoughts . . ."Like any good Massachusetts liberal, I?m a big fan of NPR."Well, do keep in mind some of us are conservative.Please?As much as I like ZDNet for tech news, it can be a tad disheartening when there's the occasional trip down political lane, and ZDNet does tend...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-books, open mind, NPR, Car Talk, education, e-reader, tax, misconception, British Broadcasting Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment
- ConsortiumInfo.org's Andy Updegrove urged President Obama to show more public support for free and open source software. In a blog featured on the site today, Updegrove said open source has made huge inroads in various government sectors, especially the Department of Defense, Â but it's high time that...
- Tags: Procurement, F/OSS, ConsortiumInfo.org, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax
- Obamacare ship is sinkingPeople saw the light with the failed socialist experiment in mASSachusetts, so liberal politicians like Barnie Frank can stuck their health care reform where the sun doesn't shine.Yeah, the ship is sinking, but it is Obama who's rearanging the chairs to give Pelosi and Reid front row...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Energy measurement to go: Onset intros portable energy logging system
- Onset, a company in Massachusetts that has sold more than 1 million data loggers since its start-up in 1981, has introduced a portable version of its technology called HOBO Measurement & Vertification System. The product comes in a rugged carrying case with magnetic feet for mounting, and...
- Tags: Energy, Construction, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop
- It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- RadioRocker 2.0.5 (Mac)
- RadioRocker is the simple way to listen to terrestrial radio on your Mac. This isn't a streamer for internet radio, RadioRocker contains over 5,000 stations from across the United States. Choose what state and choose the station and you're off and running. RadioRocker is perfect if you want to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Station, Radio, Whimsplucky Software, RadioRocker, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-17
- Will online education kill the university?
- More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...
- Tags: Harvard, education
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
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