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The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?

The NRDC has come out with a provocative ranking of American states. They say it's based on how independent or addicted the state's residents are to petroleum-dependent transportation. And which states are most or least vulnerable to the next oil price shock. The NRDC's ten most oil-vulnerable...

Tags: Mississippi, NRDC, Transportation, Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Ridgeland, Mississippi Discovers How to More Effectively Utilize Its IT Budget and Save Funding From Being Spent Inefficiently

The City of Ridgeland, Mississippi is situated halfway between Memphis and New Orleans. The city needed to gain greater insight and understanding into both software and hardware assets to ensure effective budget utilization and prepare for future growth. After gaining and understanding of the city's unique needs, the Dell Software...

Tags: IT Budget, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Mississippi, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management

Case studies 2009-06-25

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing

Ina Fried at News.com reports that Microsoft has settled with the state of Mississippi over the price of Office and Windows. Microsoft will pay the state $40 million and provide $60 million in vouchers to consumers and local governments. Consumers and businesses that bought Windows 95, Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Mississippi, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-11

MacTopos Mississippi 2.0 (Mac)

Horseback ride, hike, and backpack in Natchez Trace National Historical Park. Mark the spot where you caught that prize-winning catfish in the Delta Region. With MacTopos, enjoy Mississippi at its best! James Associates, Inc., producer of MacGPS Pro software, now offers MacTopos Mississippi for the ultimate topographic digital map solution.One...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mississippi, James Associates, GPS, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2008-09-25

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Swaddled in air-conditioned comfort, sipping a Diet Coke I hardly noticed the late afternoon thunderstorm that blew in last Friday. They're a common occurrence in central North Carolina in the summer time; so I continued with my work secure in my technological web. In the background I could hear the...

Tags: Lightning, Tree, Mississippi, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-18

USA-MS [Mississippi] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System 1.0.0 (Mobile)

USA-MS [Mississippi] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System

Tags: Mobile, Mississippi, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-03-15

The Mark Twain Collection (Mobile)

Untitled DocumentSpend a couple of hours sitting on the mossy bank and dipping your toes into the cool water of the Mississippi with The Mark Twain Collection. The collection includes twelve of Twain's most famous works, including: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Innocents...

Tags: Mobile, Mississippi, Detective Twain, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-17

Photos: Helping out in Mississippi

Burning Man vets camp out in Pearlington, Miss., where they are helping with the town's reconstruction.

Tags: photograph, Mississippi

Image galleries 2006-03-01

Photos: Helping out in Mississippi

Burning Man vets camp out in Pearlington, Miss., where they are helping with the town's reconstruction.

Tags: photograph, Mississippi

Image galleries 2006-03-01

Images: Deadly Katrina hits Gulf Coast

The hurricane hit land in Louisiana but changed direction to miss New Orleans--but spread devastation into Mississippi instead.

Tags: Mississippi, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, New Orleans

Image galleries 2005-08-29

Images: Deadly Katrina hits Gulf Coast

The hurricane hit land in Louisiana but changed direction to miss New Orleans--but spread devastation into Mississippi instead.

Tags: Mississippi, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, New Orleans

Image galleries 2005-08-29

Additional Resources

iBird Explorer South 1.7 (Mobile)

iBird Explorer South is an innovative field guide to 679 birds of the southern states of North America. A self-contained ebook for the iPhone and iPod touch, iBird South puts thousands of pages of expert birding information at your fingertips, and offers hand drawn illustrations, professional photographs, range maps, playable...

Tags: Mobile, iBird Explorer South, E-books, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-09-28

California's burning: greentech solution?

NatureI don't think it's human arrogance that we live on this planet - you can thank God or Evolution for us being here....take your choice. Your first paragraph was unnecessary and juvenile - name me a spot on earth that is not subject to the extreme forces of nature...

Tags: Liberalism

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

University to publish energy metrics via social networking

This one is sort of in-your-face: the University of Mississippi aka Ole Miss is working with smart grid technology company SmartSynch to create real time updates of its energy consumption reduction process for Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds. You can be sure that students, at least, will...

Tags: Network, University Corp., SmartSynch Inc., Social Networking, RSS, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Blackjack Gold 1.3.2 (Windows)

Blackjack Gold is a casino style blackjack game loaded with options that let you simulate virtually any casino. Blackjack strategy tutor teaches you any strategy, animations, a genuine blackjack dealer's voice, keyboard shortcuts, over 80 different card back images, king and queen faces include leaders from many different countries, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Gypsy King Software, Blackjack Gold, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-28

Blackjack Gold 1.3.2 (Mac)

If you're looking for a true casino blackjack game, Blackjack Gold is for you. Don't take our word for it, try it for yourself. Folks who've tried the free versions versus the most comprehensive blackjack game available for under $20 choose Blackjack Gold hands down. Download it for yourself before...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gypsy King Software, Blackjack Gold, Blackjack Payout, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-13

To the Moon: Boeing, the Rocket Foundry

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Boeing Co., S-IC, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-10

MSU Cowbell 1.1 (Mobile)

For decades Mississippi State sports fans have been ringing cowbells at MSU sporting events. Using MSU Cowbell, MSU fans can play the Hail State fight song and ring their cowbell on the iPhone.

Tags: Fan, Song, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Oops, seems we're trashing our own seacoast, still

The U.S. Geological Survey could be accused of piling on. Just as NOAA was warnign us of climatic and climactic disasters in our future, USGS reminds us we're destroying life in the Gulf of Mexico. Isn't there a greentech solution to trapping all that fertlizier washing off the...

Tags: Gulf Of Mexico, Nutrient, USGS, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricingWhat a huge waste of moneyI cannot believe that the state of Mississippi spent the $ necessary to get some of it's residents a few dollars refund. We'll never know but I bet after factoring in the cost per taxpayer for the lawyers fees...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Investment, Personal finance, Microsoft Corp., software pricing, software, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-06-12