68 Percent of School Districts Have Wi-Fi

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Texas school districts to get iBooks

Texas school districts to get iBooks 06/27/2004 05:42 PM
Floydada ISD is one of six school districts in Texas that will benefit from a technology immersion pilot grant that will include Apple iBooks...

School Districts On South Plains Receive
Computer Grants

School Districts On South Plains Receive
Computer Grants 06/26/2004 10:22 PM
The $350,000 grant will give each student and teacher at Floydada Junior High a laptop computer to use in the classroom. By KCBD (via MyAppleMenu)

Bladacci Urges Maine School Districts To
Rent Laptops

Bladacci Urges Maine School Districts To
Rent Laptops 07/01/2004 03:53 AM
By Victoria Wallack, Statehouse News Service (via MyAppleMenu)

School Districts can learn a lesson in
fraud prevention from Corporate America.

School Districts can learn a lesson in
fraud prevention from Corporate America. 07/15/2004 03:18 AM
Great River N.Y., July 15, 2004:The recent scandal in the Roslyn School District mirrors the scandals of Enron: neglected financial controls creating a climate that allowed a top management/officials to allegedly steal millions. [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

Financial districts in NYC, N.J. and
D.C. on high terror alert (USATODAY.com)

Financial districts in NYC, N.J. and
D.C. on high terror alert (USATODAY.com) 08/02/2004 06:23 AM
USATODAY.com - U.S. officials said Sunday that they had received extraordinarily detailed reports that terrorists were plotting to bomb symbolic financial institutions in New York City, Newark, N.J., and Washington, D.C., before the presidential election in November.

Rural Broadband Wireless with Public
Utility Districts

Rural Broadband Wireless with Public
Utility Districts 01/24/2004 11:26 AM
Washington State wireless broadband provider partners with rural PUDs to offer service: It's a natural match to let the PUDs further serve their farflung constituents, while providing the WISP with a much lower infrastructure cost, which in turn allows them to build a profitable footprint much more readily. Maverick Wireless, founded by a former T-Mobile data manager, is starting in rural Washington State, with plans to expand to the sparsely populated Eastern Oregon. He plans 20 networks by year's end through these PUD partnerships. The utility districts install what sounds like the tower (and electrical power) for the wireless stations. In the case described, the utility already has a fiber-optic loop for backhaul. Maverick handles customer issues, like customer premises installation and billing, and splits the revenue with the PUD. Although the article says the system uses Wi-Fi, I would guess it's a proprietary unlicensed system of the sort that will eventually migrate to WiMax. The article makes an implicit connection worth noting explicitly: they point out that the 1 Mbps speed that Maverick will offer is faster than most average cable modem and DSL speeds. Two items here: first, they should have noted that DSL and usually cable modems are totally unavailable in rural areas. Even in Seattle proper, if you go a certain distance outside the city (just a few miles, really), you're stuck at 128 Kbps iDSL (an ISDN-like version of DSL). If you don't have a cable line to your house already, it can cost thousands to get one brought in. A colleague of mine recently moved to the suburb/exurb boundary. When looking for a house, he and his wife did a lot of data surveying since he needs to move large files around for his freelance work. One good-looking house was scratched when DSL possibilities were low to non-existent for the central office serving the area, and installing cable would have cost $5,000 or more. And this is about 20 minutes from downtown Seattle by highway....

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." "

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." " 11/12/2003 02:57 PM

AT&T ups layoffs to 12 percent from 10
percent

AT&T ups layoffs to 12 percent from 10
percent 12/11/2003 09:41 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 11 2003 7:12PM ET

Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org

Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
The University of San Francisco 2004 International Business Plan Competition is one of the most competitive events of its kind, with over 150 graduate student entrepreneur team applications from 100 universities in 18 countries around the world. A Wharton School Team, MicroMRI, took first place, with a team from the Univ. of Georgia, ThruSkin Technologies, coming in second. Please find complete results at http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org. [PRWEB May 14, 2004]

Advice On A New-School Old-School BBS

Advice On A New-School Old-School BBS 06/14/2004 09:31 PM

91 percent of PCs are infected?

91 percent of PCs are infected? 02/05/2005 10:11 PM
Why Does Windows Still Suck?: “Are you using a PC? You probably have spyware. The McAfee site claims a whopping 91 percent of PCs are infected.”

I’m curious—is this even remotely, possibly true? I confess to being a bit sheltered here. (My one Windows box just won’t boot anymore. Well, actually, it boots into Linux fine.)

I2 to lay off 15 percent of workforce

I2 to lay off 15 percent of workforce 03/30/2005 09:21 PM
Supply chain software vendor i2 Technologies on Wednesday announced that it has begun a round of layoffs that will see as much as 15 percent of its 2,000 person workforce eliminated.

BMC to cut 12 percent of staff

BMC to cut 12 percent of staff 04/11/2005 11:39 PM
BMC Software will lay off between 825 and 875 employees, or around 12 percent of its global workforce, as part of a plan to reduce costs and improve its bottom line, the Houston maker of systems management software announced Monday.

EA to buy 20 percent of Ubi Soft

EA to buy 20 percent of Ubi Soft 12/22/2004 01:26 AM
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday announced it would buy nearly 20 percent of Ubi Soft Entertainment, feeding speculation that it might bid for a complete takeover. "It was very clear they were coming into the market one way or another, and we felt it was important that we own the shares," EA CEO Warren Jenson, told Reuters. According to analysts, EA has a market capitalization of $18 billion, sales of $2.9 billion and cash of $2.5 billion, and should easily be able to afford Ubi Soft, which has a market value of about $500 million.

[ The Seven Percent Solution ]

[ The Seven Percent Solution ] 12/31/2003 10:48 PM
that a 7% increase in pitch turns Morrissey into Debbie Harry .. (new window) .. U2 examples

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HP Q2 revenue up 12 percent

HP Q2 revenue up 12 percent 05/18/2004 05:52 PM
Spurred by strong sales in its personal systems and software groups, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported revenue of $20.1 billion and net earnings of $884 million for the second quarter of its fiscal 2004 year, which ended April 30.

VC funding up 20 percent in 4th quarter

VC funding up 20 percent in 4th quarter 02/15/2004 09:10 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 16 2004 1:09AM GMT

GameStop sales up 17 percent

GameStop sales up 17 percent 02/18/2004 04:09 PM
SiliconValley.com Feb 18 2004 7:09PM GMT

IDC: Apple UK sales up 36 percent

IDC: Apple UK sales up 36 percent 11/06/2003 11:17 AM
Analyst firm IDC says that Apple is continuing to see growth in the UK personal computer market, experiencing about 35 percent year-on-year overall market growth this quarter, Macwor ld UK reports. The company now has approximately 2.5 percent of the UK marketshare.

Cod Stocks Down More Than 90 Percent
Since 1850s

Cod Stocks Down More Than 90 Percent
Since 1850s 03/14/2005 05:40 PM

GameStop Sales Up 17 Percent (AP)

GameStop Sales Up 17 Percent (AP) 02/18/2004 05:21 PM
AP - GameStop Corp., the country's largest chain of video-game stores, recorded sales of about $1.58 billion in the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31, up 17 percent from the previous year.

Verizon to Buy 13.7 Percent Stake in MCI

Verizon to Buy 13.7 Percent Stake in MCI 04/09/2005 12:59 PM
Verizon says it has agreed to buy the 13.7 percent stake in MCI held by its largest shareholder, Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim Helu.

.Mac users get 10 percent off camcorders

.Mac users get 10 percent off camcorders 02/19/2004 11:33 AM
Subscribers to Apple's .Mac service can get 10 percent off the purchase of a camcorder at Apple Retail Stores, according to a promotion recently published on the .Mac home page.

HP Earnings Increase 30 Percent (AP)

HP Earnings Increase 30 Percent (AP) 02/19/2004 07:22 PM
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly earnings jumped 30 percent and met Wall Street expectations Thursday, but analysts remained cautious about the company's ability to outperform technology giants such as Dell Inc. and IBM Corp.

CVS reports profit up 17.7 percent in 2Q

CVS reports profit up 17.7 percent in 2Q 08/05/2004 01:35 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Wed Aug 4, 04:40 pm GMT

Apple climbs more than 5 percent

Apple climbs more than 5 percent 01/05/2004 01:32 PM
Shares of Apple are up US$1.09, or 5.12 percent, to $22.37 in trading currently...

Survey: 86 percent of spam from US

Survey: 86 percent of spam from US 08/11/2004 05:35 PM
WASHINGTON - Just under 86 percent of spam sent to 1,000 enterprises between May and July came from U.S. spammers, according to a survey by CipherTrust Inc.

Update: BMC to cut 12 percent of staff

Update: BMC to cut 12 percent of staff 04/12/2005 10:53 AM
BMC Software will lay off between 825 and 875 employees, or around 12 percent of its global workforce, as part of a plan to reduce costs and improve its bottom line, the Houston maker of systems management software announced Monday.

Verizon buys 13 percent of MCI

Verizon buys 13 percent of MCI 04/11/2005 06:17 AM
TechWorld Apr 11 2005 9:46AM GMT

U.S. broadband use jumps 38 percent

U.S. broadband use jumps 38 percent 12/24/2004 12:09 PM
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released statistics revealing that broadband usage had jumped 38 percent over the last year in the United States. At the end of June in 2003 there were 23.5 million broadband lines, compared to the 32.5 million in June of 2004, as stated in the semiannual report. The United States continues to trail behind other countries in the broadband subscriber rankings, to 13th place, according to rankings by the International Telecommunications Union.

Novellus Earnings Up 40 Percent

Novellus Earnings Up 40 Percent 04/12/2004 10:05 PM
Boston Globe Apr 13 2004 2:36AM GMT

"16 Percent Of Men Shave Their Privates"

"16 Percent Of Men Shave Their Privates" 06/19/2004 04:38 AM

Unemployment Drops to 5.4 Percent (AP)

Unemployment Drops to 5.4 Percent (AP) 09/04/2004 01:30 AM
AP - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull.

This Book's 100 Percent Hemp

This Book's 100 Percent Hemp 12/17/2004 06:26 PM
America's war on drugs won't end until the nation's drug czar hallucinates on Christmas Eve, according to A Drug War Carol, by Susan W. Wells and Scott Bieser.

Nortel to lay off 10 percent of staff

Nortel to lay off 10 percent of staff 08/19/2004 10:00 AM
Nortel Networks Corp. will cut 10 percent of its workforce, or around 3,500 jobs, to reduce costs.

SEVEN POINT TWO PERCENT GROWTH!

SEVEN POINT TWO PERCENT GROWTH! 10/31/2003 04:59 AM
Economy Grows at 7.2 Percent .. turning around

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Productivity Rises 3.8 Percent in 1Q
(AP)

Productivity Rises 3.8 Percent in 1Q
(AP) 06/03/2004 08:58 AM
AP - The productivity of America's workers in the opening quarter of 2004 grew at a brisk 3.8 percent annual rate, faster than previously thought. Labor costs moved up.

IBM Profits Rise 17 Percent in 2nd Qtr.
(AP)

IBM Profits Rise 17 Percent in 2nd Qtr.
(AP) 07/15/2004 05:29 PM
AP - Strong growth in computer hardware sales helped boost second-quarter profits nearly 17 percent at IBM Corp., beating Wall Street's forecast for the technology bellwether Thursday.

ATI revenue jumps 40 percent

ATI revenue jumps 40 percent 12/19/2003 01:10 PM
CNET Dec 19 2003 12:14PM ET
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