Computer leasing may be future for Burton
BY AMANDA DURISH 810-452-2645 ADURISH@MIHOMEPAPER.COM BURTON — City hall employees may soon be typing away on Dells and Macs leased to them in the same manner a Chevy Malibu would. In a presentation at the last council meeting, Deborah Swink of CSI Leasing in Troy proffered the benefits of leasing rather than buying technology in Burton offices. read more
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BCTI offering training courses
BCTI, a Microsoft Silver Learning Solutions Partner, offers a number of professional, instructor-led courses covering a wide variety of Microsoft applications and technologies, as well as hardware and software training for both new and expert computer users.
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Obama authorizes secret help for Libya rebels
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday, March 30.
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Report: No iPhone 5 Until Fall?
Apple generally updates its products annually. However, there is buzz that Apple won’t reveal the next iPhone in June as has been widely expected.
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World Powers: Gaddafi To Be Held Accountable
World powers and international institutions at today’s Libya Conference in London agreed that Muammar Gaddafi and his regime have “completely lost legitimacy and will be held accountable for their actions”.
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Rumor: Official Google Tablet in the Works, But Why?
After showing phone makers how it’s done with the Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones, Google may be moving on to a Nexus tablet. The Google-branded tablet would be manufactured by LG, CrunchGear’s John Biggs reports. However, the rumor says nothing about the hardware or software inside. Presumably, it would run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the [...]
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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 March 2011
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 27.
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Spring is time for puppies, and training
New puppies are fun and exciting and also a lot of work.
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Silicon Valley Web Filtering Products Linked To Censorship In Middle East
Software companies point out they have no control over how any customer – whether it is a business, individual, or a foreign government – ultimately uses a product.
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TN Channels Hit By Election Freebie Offers
The decision by DMK and AIADMK, Tamil Nadus leading political parties to distribute free laptops to students, if elected has raised concern among the local channel community
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PRINCETON AREA: Local Special Olympian pleased games to be nearby
The best part of the Special Olympics is the confidence the athletes gain from participating in organized sports and the friendships that form along the way.
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You can’t call ‘time out’ in Silicon Valley
One of the lessons we are seeing play out between the iPad and every other tablet on the market is that you bring to the battle the weapons that you have. I can’t imagine a fight where one army takes the field and the opposing general walks out and says, “Hey guys, we aren’t ready yet, we’ll be back in a year or so with better weapons and kick your butts then, I promise!” Oh wait, I can think of …
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Cloud storage expected to triple in 2011
share: digg facebook twitter While individuals are taking advantage of storing information in virtual servers or other hardware stored remotely, many businesses that have a large collection of sensitive data aren’t headed there just yet. In the same report, 36 percent of the more than 500 respondents said that they plan to implement could-based solutions this year, while 80 percent plan to use …
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Combination Sign Frame with Brochure Pocket
Braeside Displays has developed a unique curved panel sign frame to easily mount on the front fence of a standard shelf management system. This custom display incorporates a specially designed clip for securing the frame anywhere on the fence without the need for hardware. The unit also features a brochure pocket hidden behind the front sign panel to dispense product pamphlets or coupons …
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U.S. Stocks Rise Most in Almost Two Months as AT&T, Oracle Gain
U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its biggest weekly rally in almost two months, following corporate takeovers and higher-than- estimated profit forecasts as well as easing concern that Japan’s nuclear crisis will curb global economic growth.
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3/21/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Monday
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Nintendo 3DS may be hard to get your hands on for a while
Nintendo is looking to conjure up a little March Madness of its own: Its new Nintendo 3DS handheld system hits stores Sunday. The 0 successor to the seven-year-old Nintendo DS — the most popular portable game system ever, with nearly 145 million units sold — displays 3-D games and other content without the use of special glasses.That wow factor, making it the first consumer 3-D-without …
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Jaguars claim bronze at OFSAA
The St. Joseph’s Jaguars girls hockey team has made school history, becoming the first team to claim a medal at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations level. “We’re ecstatic,” Jaguars head coach Bruce Wakewich said following his team’s 2-1 win over Waterloo’s Sir John A.[...]
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RIM’s outlook disappoints, shares tumble
Blackberry maker Research In Motion on Thursday warned its earnings would slip as it spends heavily on the launch of its PlayBook tablet, sending its shares tumbling as much as 12 percent.
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Winning the world: Robotics team to compete for world championship
Some Camdenton High School students have a shot at being crowned best in the world when they compete in the world championship of robotics in April. The 31 students on Camdenton’s LASER team took top honors at a regional contest in St. Louis in mid-March and will compete in the FIRST Championship in late April, also in St. Louis. The students and their mentors from the professional sector …
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FSH wins Foster, Westgate second
FRANKLIN — At first, Westgate High boys track had the second place trophy from Franklin’s Foster-Perry Relays Friday. Then it was taken away. When point totals were announced Friday night after the meet, Westgate High had enough points to finish second behind Franklin.
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Pixel Power to Reveal New ChannelMaster(TM) Complete Broadcast Channel Playout Solution at NAB 2011
BURBANK, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, March 23 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Pixel Power, the leading supplier of broadcast graphics systems, today announced plans to reveal ChannelMaster–a new line of all-in-one playout systems for multi-channel broadcast operations– at NAB 2011, in Booth N2034 of the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 11-14. ChannelMaster systems deliver all the functionality needed to …
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Millions download latest Firefox
Mozilla celebrates more than five million downloads of its latest browser, although Firefox’s market share is declining.
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Blog – Location Privacy And Wireless Body Area Networks
Wireless Body Area Networks can broadcast your location to anybody bothering to listen. Now researchers have a new way to prevent that One of the factors that is rapidly changing the nature of healthcare is the increasing availability of wireless sensors that can monitor blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen levels and so on. These devices transmit their readings back to a hub, such as …
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Wireless MCUs Power sub-GHz mesh network modules
Silicon Laboratories is providing the wireless microcontroller technology for a new line of sub-GHz wireless mesh networking modules from California Eastern Laboratories (CEL). Powered by the Si10xx, the MeshConnect Sub-G modules are CEL’s first series in the sub-GHz ISM band targeting smart meters, home automation, security systems, remote keyless entry, irrigation control and weather stations.
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Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Level Art To ‘Awful’ Social Games
[In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including six reasons why (most) social games are "awful," and an interesting look at how design principles are applied to level art.] Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs — also highlighted weekly — are written by selected development …
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United States DoD contracts for March 22, 2010
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ASG Group takes IBM relationship into Cloud
Victorian-based IT services provider ASG Group (ASX: ASZ) has extended its relationship with IBM to support the service provider’s Cloud offerings.
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County employees mileage rate raised
The North Platte Telegraph Lincoln County employees will see an increase in their mileage reimbursement – by a penny.
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Sheetz Finds Simplicity, Reliability Are Ultimate Convenience in Choosing Stratus ftServer
MAYNARD, MA–(Marketwire – 03/22/11) – Convenience store chain pacesetter, Sheetz , Inc. has cut downtime risks to its point-of-sale payments system and new loyalty program with Stratus ftServer systems. In the process, the company has created an ultra-resilient disaster recovery system that ensures business continuity and protects against data loss in the event of catastrophe. Number 79 on the …
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