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Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps

We hear that the state of Rhode Island has signed a five-year deal with demand response technology company EnerNOC to manage electricity demand across city, town and government-related buildings. The idea is that government agencies will be encouraged to reduce their consumption during peak demand periods. Those...

Tags: Rhode Island, Taxes, Free Trade, Government, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-15

USA-RI [Rhode Island] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System 1.0.0 (Mobile)

USA-RI [Rhode Island] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System

Tags: Rhode Island, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-03-15

Map of Rhode Island (US State) (Mobile)

A map of the Rhode Island by VITO Technology. Good for intercity travels with SmartMap. SmartMap is a mobile device application which uses vector and raster maps. It is compatible with any NMEA protocol GPS receiver (Compact Flash socket, serial port, BlueTooth or sleeve). The program enables you to view...

Tags: Rhode Island, Map, Mobile, VITO Technology, SmartMap, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-02-15

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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

McCarran-Ferguson and a cross-state health market

Las Vegas?"But if you?re going to let New Yorkers buy from Vermont why not let them buy from Las Vegas?"Uh, because Las Vegas is NOT A STATE.We are the united states of america and not the united cities of america.I could have written Nevada, trueBut Las Vegas is funnier and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Vertical industries, Corporate governance, Insurance, Delaware, health care, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Understanding the importance of photo composition

The sample photo isn't that good...The interesting thing in this picture is the weed flower. (I've photographed such plants myself.) There is nothing to balance or offset the flower, so there's no point in placing it off-center.More to the point... The interesting thing about this plant is the seeds themselves...

Tags: photograph, photo composition

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.

American electric motorcycle maker, Brammo, has built in sound to its vehicle. The chips that manage the operation of this electric motorcycle will create sounds to let folks know you're there. There's a special sound for the acceleration from zero to 10 MPH. You can then customize your...

Tags: Cycle, Motorcycle, Brammo, Enertia, Valence, Chasis, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Engineering, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Overstock dumps affiliates, rants about tax-happy states

Overstock is joining Amazon and Blue Nile in the parade of e-commerce companies dumping affiliates in states that aim to slap a tax on Internet referrals. On Wednesday, Overstock said that it will drop its affiliate advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island---four states looking...

Tags: Overstock.com Inc., Amazon.com Inc., E-business, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Internet, Web Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-01

California not politically bankrupt

With more electoral votes and more voters than any other state in the U.S. California has won a big political victory in Washington. Along with more than a dozen other states like New York tagging along, California has just gotten permission to enforce its own, stricter fuel efficiency regs...

Tags: California, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win

Updated: Amazon is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. Amazon has pulled its Associates program, which allows Web site operators to drive sales to the e-tailer in exchange for commissions of...

Tags: Tax, Amazon.com Inc., State, States, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegal

Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegalproof reader anyone?Richard , what does the following mean?"since anyone searching on the word will the sponsored links of her competitors at the top of Google results page, The New York Times reports."Any chance of me working as your proof reader?RE: Class...

Tags: Sales strategy, sales, Google Inc., class action

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Atoms or electrons: How does Hasbro make money?

The global supply chain reaches all the way from Rhode Island to China and back.  Tonka trucks, GI Joe action figures and my Little Pony are all real products sold to real kids.  People who obsess about "good manufacturing jobs" fret about how nothing is made in the USA anymore, and toys...

Tags: Supply Chain, Hasbro Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, AMR Research

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Microsoft disbands its Live Labs group

Microsoft disbands its Live Labs groupWill this...have any effect on Windows Live Essentials?Um...who knew?Did anyone outside Microsoft even know about "LiveLabs"? Related to Microsoft's "Live" products? Or what? I mean, really...this company would compete well with the federal government for ability to blow money. The only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Live Labs, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent

Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patentThat was my first reaction tooBut then I saw this case went all the way back to 2003. I figure somewhere it would have been tossed in the six years hence. A lot of docs were sealed in the case file...

Tags: Piracy, anti-piracy patent, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent

A Rhode Island jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $388 million in damages for infringing on an anti-piracy patent owned by Uniloc, a company that makes software that ensures licensing rights and security. The jury decision almost ends a lawsuit that dates back to September 2003. The...

Tags: Algorithm, Patent, Data, Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Registration Number, Piracy, Engineering, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Polar meltdown both north and south

Arctic Ice Cover maps. Courtesy University of Washington/NOAA. That's the March ice cover on the left, September on the right. The top pair show current conditions, the bottom maps show thirty year model: ice free summers. The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled data confirming...

Tags: Earth, Meltdown, Glacier, Sea Level, Ice Sheet, Sea Ice, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-04

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail storesWhat's Microsoft going to sell?Windows 7. Office. Anything else? Oh. Mice. Anything else?Well.....by the time they set up displays of their eleventeen versions of Windows, there won't be much room left for anything else, will there?Maybe they could use one...

Tags: Retail, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., own family, retail company

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

ZDNet's Ultimate Tax Software Guide for 2008

It's tax time in the U.S. once again, and short of actually doing your taxes (you've got until April 15, right?), it's time to choose just how you'll do them. Say hello to tax preparation software. Instead of taking last...

Tags: Software, Extra, Return, TurboTax, Service, TaxCut, E-file, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-06

New auto emission regs could block some car sales

Detroit automakers and their wealthier Japanese competitors have one more obstacle to rebuilding car sales. They are about to face a spate of new state-level auto emissions restrictions across the United States. Some current and planned models may not make the cut. It's being leaked about D.C....

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Emission, California, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sales, Manufacturing, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-26

iNatureSounds 1.0 (Mobile)

All natural un-looped sounds of nature provide a peaceful backdrop for relaxing or meditating.iNatureSounds features 6 different 5-minute tracks of nature, including the magical sounds of birds at dawn, the hypnotic sounds of ocean waves, soothing relaxing fire.All sounds were recorded on our farm in upstate New York, and on...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Sound, Cody Rotwein, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-29