The industries with the stingiest tech budgets still manage to innovate with technology. Here's how the mining, plastics, and construction industries do it.
Are You Going To Comic-Con?
Comic-Con is more than just a comic-book convention. It's like Cannes for the geeky arts. It showcases comics, cult and science fiction movies and TV shows, and nerdy crafts. I'm sure there'll be at least a hundred different varieties of light sabers on sale in the dealer room. It even showcases books, for those of us who are still quaint enough to read print books anymore.
Repetitive Strain Injury -- What Do You Do?
How are you coping with BlackBerry thumb, keyboard-induced carpal tunnel syndrome, and Guitar Hero aches?
Loopt Trips Over Privacy
The location-based social networking service Loopt is trying to recover from a privacy fumble, as users accuse it of spewing text-message spam and disclosing user cell phone numbers and whereabouts without permission. The controversy is sure to be a forerunner of privacy battles to come, as GPS-enabled cell phones like the iPhone enable businesses to track -- and disclose -- where people are at any given moment.
Ads Come To Boarding Passes
There are many ways air travel could be improved. Putting ads on passengers' boarding passes isn't one of the ways that comes to mind.
Product "pipeline" application offers insight on brand introductions; standardizing business processes will help smooth supply chain.
The state consolidates its data centers and goes green in the process.
My Coke Rewards tracks visitors' interest in various prize categories, then uses that to keep them involved.
Coca-Cola Enterprises signs the largest deal yet for Microsoft's online collaboration and e-mail services.
A new book makes the case for a more tech-centric, individualized approach to teaching. Given the current product and the future stakes, we better start shaking the system up in some way.
Hiring non-IT talent from another part of the organization will pay benefits, both near-term and long range.
UCLA seeking Programmer/Analyst IV in Los Angeles, CA
Transportation Security Administration seeking CIO in Arlington, VA
Comcast seeking Tier 4 CRAN Network Engineer in Chelmsford, MA
SMDC Health System seeking Applications System Analyst 3 in Duluth, MN
ISES, Inc. seeking Techncial Support in Bridgewater, NJ
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