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- 99ROCK WFRD Webstream (widget)
- Listen live to 99ROCK: the modern rock station from Hanover, Lebanon, and White River Junction, Vermont.
- Tags: Lebanon, Vermont
- Software downloads 2007-04-23
- Images: The next great iPod accessory?
- Contest at Macworld yields three prototypes for iPod accessories that a Vermont company aims to bring to market.
- Tags: Apple iPod, iPod Accessory, accessory, Vermont, Macworld
- Image galleries 2007-01-17
- Photo: Leahy warns of growing e-surveillance
- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy warns of growing electronic surveillance during a speech at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Washington.
- Tags: Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Sen., Washington, photograph, conference
- Image galleries 2006-05-05
- Photo: Leahy warns of growing e-surveillance
- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy warns of growing electronic surveillance during a speech at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Washington.
- Tags: Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Sen., Washington, photograph, conference
- Image galleries 2006-05-05
- State of Vermont Builds a Foundation for Success With PeopleSoft Financials
- Vermont has a population of 609,000, with 8,500 full-time government employees spread across 14 counties. Outdated legacy systems meant duplication of effort in data entry. Reports were difficult to obtain. Statewide reports took months of manual effort. Cash management, reconciliation, and forecasting were difficult to perform. In addition, it required...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Vermont, Information, Asset Management, Hardware Upgrade, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Hardware, Management
- Case studies
- Vermont Tourism Website Builds Business With Location Solution
- Vermont's Department of Tourism and Marketing is responsible for promoting statewide businesses by providing useful tools and information to visitors. Tourism is one of Vermont's key industries. Restrictions on billboards and roadside signs were not helping statewide businesses, many of which are rural and hard to find, link up with...
- Tags: Vermont, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Tourism, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Productivity, Internet
- Case studies
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- Why computers fail
- Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, chip, failure rate, hardware, software, United Parcel Service of America Inc., redundancy, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Commonwealth Fund finds wide disparities in kids' health care
- The non-partisan Commonwealth Health Fund, founded 90 years ago by Standard Oil heiress Anna M. Harkness, has a new study out on childrens' health care which makes great reading. The fund ranked all the states, and the District of Columbia, based on how kids make out on...
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Boost Mobile
- Editor's note:Because evaluating wireless coverage requires experience with the network in a wide variety of physical locations, CNET does not rate wireless carriers. We can, however, tell you everything you need to know about the major carriers. We invite your feedback and ratings in our user opinions section--the more input...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Boost Mobile, iDEN, CDMA
- Product reviews 2008-04-21
- News to know: AOL, Linux; Mac clones; Mobile Web
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing Robin Harris: 2.5" disks to become new standard in 2009 TechRepublic: 10 common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software Christopher Dawson: My kid hates...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mobile, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Open Source, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont
- Innovative model brings fiber to rural VermontDownside to living in the BooniesPeople who choose to live out in the middle of nowhere should expect limited utility services. It is expensive for Telcos and Cable Companies and other utilities to provide the infrastructure for their services to a smattering of...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, fiber, Innovative model, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont
- I recently moved even farther out in the sticks of rural Massachusetts. We're far enough out that DSL service to the area preceded our arrival by about 2 weeks. When we had DSL installed, the tech pointed out that I should actually be getting close to 3.5MBps since...
- Tags: Fiber, Network Technology, Networking, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- A HIX tax moves ahead in Vermont
- The Vermont House voted 119-19 last night to keep a tax on medical claims aimed at paying for computing systems in doctors' offices and an online network to trade the records. The fee would raise $33 million over the next 10 years and would allow all doctors...
- Tags: Fee, Electronic Health Record, Doctor, E-health, Healthcare, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- If you call someone a 'nerd' are you a moron? (Part 1)
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk examines what it means to be a nerd in part 1 of his review of David Anderegg's new book, "Nerds." Do you ever take an instant dislike to people, without ever really examining why that might be? In my...
- Tags: Dr., Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Football Chance (exe)
- Football Chance provides the complete software for a fundraising method where the outcome, of sports results, is used to decide winners. It is enjoyable for ticket buyers because it is sports-based, they win money, and they buy one ticket and can win money every week over the sports season. The...
- Tags: Software, Money, Football Chance, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-12-11
- Are Macs more blue than red?
- A look at browsers usage by state appears to track 2004 election results. Do Democrats and Republicans have a leaning towards certain computing platform? A chart and map posted on Tuesday on Net Application's Market Share site shows that there are more Mac users than average in...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Where's the big money in open source?
- Thanksgiving this year reminded me of a key Clue concerning open source. The big money in open source lies in making it special. (A 16x20 matted print of this special scene is $30 from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Vermont.) This is why open...
- Tags: Enterprise Computer System, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-23
- The sunmobile, is it coming toward us?
- There are companies out there working on solar-powered cars. A recent expo showed off some of them. And there's renewed, if not renewable, interest in these start-ups and test models from both VCs and car-buyers. Check it out. Some solar prototypes have been shown...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-17
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...
- Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Medsphere hires marketer as chief medical officer
- A technology company's choice for chief medical officer is important. If he's a celebrity, he can bring cache. If he's truly involved, he can aid in development. If he's highly ethical, he adds lustre. What if he's a marketer? Medsphere has hired a marketer...
- Tags: Billing, Physician, Open Source, Medsphere, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
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