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Scouring jungles for helpful plants

Documentary follows researcher's journeyMontana State University's Gary Strobel is exploring the world's jungles looking for new and useful plants. This clip from the documentary "Jewels of the Jungle" shows him in Costa Rica.

Tags: documentary

Videos 2006-04-07

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Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?

The first question most people probably asked when this story broke last week was "Where the hell is Bozeman?" As it turns out, I was born in Bozeman, Montana. I didn't stay there long since my dad finished up his graduate work at Montana State University and moved us...

Tags: Job, Password, Bozeman, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-20

Space race or education?

The US space program costs billions and billions of dollars. Wikipedia puts the figure at $17.3 billion for fiscal year 2008 and that number climbs to $18.7 billion in FY10. The US Department of Education has a budget just south of $70 billion (saying nothing of the state...

Tags: Education, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

How health care dominates local economies

The Missoula, Montana Missoulian has launched a three-day series about the impact of health care on the western Montana economy. While we generally bemoan health care in terms of costs, fact is it's a primary driver for economic growth as well. In western Montana,...

Tags: Benefits, Dana Blankenhorn, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Resources, Software, Vertical Industries, Way Health Care, Wealth

Blog posts 2008-01-01

MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal law

MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal lawRealIDHomeland Security says a person without such a drivers license cannot board a COMMERCIAL flight, or enter a Federal building. If enough States reject this Real-ID law, then the COMMERCIAL Airlines will suffer. Now, how long will that last? When...

Tags: SECURITY, Semiconductors, RealID, anti-RealID, homeland security

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

I get mail

As regular readers know, I'm on holidays - but I'll be back this weekend and expect to spend considerable time wading through email and talkbacks. You all see the talkbacks, and it takes no imagination to understand what most of my junk mail looks like - it'll be filled with...

Tags: window

Blog posts 2006-02-03

Start-up to use genes to build better chips

Can food-poisoning bacteria E. coli make chips better than humans? Start-up says yes, but primordial soup will take time to steep. If start-up Cambrios is right, semiconductors and other computer parts in the future won't be built. They'll be bred. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based...

Tags: Researcher, Protein, Cambrios, Bacteria, Virus, Chip, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Michael Kanellos, Hardware

News items 2004-08-04

Music execs want Congress to back off of Napster debate

The music labels are asking lawmakers to stay out of the digital-music fight while they roll out their own competing online services. And, so far, it is working. WASHINGTON -- While Napster Inc. fights for its life in federal court against record companies looking to restrict Internet-music services, a...

Tags: Record Company, U.S. Congress, Music, Napster Inc., Music Label, Internet, Intellectual Property, Channel Management, Digital Media, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Anna Mathews, Technology News

News items 2001-03-08