internet

Locations must have connectivity to be viable

... widens dramatically - particularly with broadband internet access - according to a major nationwide study. The annual State of the Regions report, commissioned by the Australian Local Government Association , has also recommended a shift in road funding from fuel taxes and registration fees to a "user pays"...

Is your business domain at risk?

...e trademark, the wider the berth of protection. An internet user seeing a domain name with Coca-Cola in it is likely to assume that the content on the website is associated with the owner of this famous brand name. Domain names that include Coca-Cola are thus prone to attack. This is especially true if the ...

Milwaukee could be wireless in 18 months

...nthly subscription services would be determined by internet service providers. "Other than we are looking for ...ve and therefore bring down prices." She said the internet service providers will be identified in a separate announcement. Based on the terms of its contrac...

Green Bay area businesses ramp up wireless access

Wireless internet access is popping up all over Green Bay, in traditional spots such as coffee shops, the airport and hotel rooms as well as a hair salon. But it's still an open question whether communities such as Green Bay will follow Madison and Milwaukee in makin...

Biotech flourishes in 2005 while Big Pharma is on the decline

...other industries such as the software/hardware and internet industries. For example, internet company Google went public in 2004, and whose value skyrocketed to a market cap of $123 billion at t...

The write stuff: marketing with articles

...ral advantage over competitors. Good Content Good internet articles attract and engage readers. They do this by recognizing that internet users arent readers when they arrive on a web page. Instead of reading web page content immediately...

Madison wireless deal goes forward with Cellnet

... administration of the customer end by third-party internet service providers. Under this model, Brandon has more confidence that an infrastructure provider like Cellnet could be pressured to expand by ISPs that see an investment strategy in serving certain communities that a monolithic provider might have o...

University Research Park forms ties with German tech center

...e directory" of companies in the parks, as well as internet and web site forums to facilitate international business relationships. Other exchanges of information on topics such as workforce development, technology transfer, venture capital and business incubator "best practices." Opened in July 2004, the ...

CoreComm slapped by AG for violating telecommunications laws

...CoreComm, a Delaware corporation, provides dial-up internet access and related services to Wisconsin customers...originally subscribed to ExecPC, a Wisconsin-based internet provider subsequently acquired by CoreComm. The lawsuit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court, alleg...

Madison - Wired and unplugged

... wireless hotspots. And many cell phones now offer internet connectivity that can extended to your computer. The AOL-SkyCable pullout of the Madison project might be viewed as an opportunity to re-evaluate whether such a broad, public-supported venture is necessary. In the meantime, the private sector seems ...

Silent partners: Selecting a web hosting company

...t provides you with the server space, database and internet connectivity you need to share a site with the world. Location, location, location From a customer's perspective, the geographic location of your web host provider isn't important. Whether it is located within 30 miles or 3,000 miles doesn't matt...

Building sustainable cities

...ng/biking trailways connecting the entire country, internet cafes on EVERY other corner, light rail, passenger rail, and the entire inner city of Dublin is a stroll district. The country has become so much more diverse since I was there in 2000 & 1998. I have to say it puts a huge smile on my face when I spea...

Discontent grows over Wisconsin's Internet taxes

...at a larger disadvantage." Doyle said Wisconsin's internet access tax is not so bad. "It has not disadvantag...nsen said. "AOL.com has not paid a dime, but local internet service providers get nailed by the department and they pay it. You have these small Mom-and-Pop int...

Phishing and pharming: Is your personal identity being harvested?

...ere warned by author J.K. Rowling to watch out for internet fraudsters claiming to sell copies of her latest w...nancial transactions. "Security issues related to internet transactions and a perceived lack of security is certainly keeping people away," said Dan Vaccaro, a...

Global Internet branding of technology companies

...en just behind the computers. Three challenges of internet branding Message: Technology corporations very often have their marketing messages twisted as they serve several groups of audiences and in this process customers, simply shut out. The reason is often award winning Web-site developers, and branding ...

Beware of trademark poachers in search-engine ads

... and send consumers on a pinball route through the internet when they attempt a search, they may come to associate your mark with nuisance and frustration. End of goodwill, end of equity in the mark. Finally, remember that the Geico v. Google decision is not yet complete, and that others like it are in the c...

Madison asks for wireless bids; airport, downtown would be first

...of local sites could be reached freely, while full internet access would cost a fee. Wireless access could come to downtown Madison and the Dane County Regional Airport by spring, with the airport being first on the list. Other sites would include the Alliant Energy Center and the Monona Terrace. The Uni...

Wisconsin introduces new state IT plan

...pened with a keynote address by Larry Landweber , internet pioneer and professor emeritus of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Landweber discussed how optical networking and grid computing are contributing to Wisconsins future. Grid computing is intended for efficiently processing ma...

Tech Digest: whats moving in the Midwest

...BC . SBC will implement services such as dedicated internet access and voice and data architecture. Home Health United provides nursing, rehabilitative therapies, immunizations, and home medical equipment. The addition of SBCs services is designed to create a communications network for the agency's employees...

Hacking tools are simple and widely available, security experts say

...andomly scan large numbers of computers across the internet looking for vulnerabilities, Adams said. He shared a list of Netlinks favorite sources of hacker attacks: the Vatican, the American Cancer Society and the Canadian Department of Defense. One of his companys problems, he said, is not being able to co...

Byron's laws of software

.... They thought of individuals selling stuff on the internet in one way. Then they expanded their user base and learned a lesson about user creativity and diversity. I usually see two types of reactions to this phenomenon. There are the folks who have the Way cool response, and there are the folks who have th...

Green Bay entrepreneur launches new message filtering solution

...company. He started Green Bay Online in 1994 as an internet service provider, Troup says that company debuted the first Web-based e-mail system in 1995. He sold it in 2002. In 1995 Troup also founded Digital Magic, now known as DM Interactive, a Web development company with high-profile clients including NFL...

Ashcroft announces first FBI raid on file-sharing network

FBI agents searched five homes and an internet service provider Wednesday morning as part of an effort to crack down on peer-to-peer Internet file sharing, Attorney General John Ashcroft said in a press conference later that day. The raids were conducted in Texas, New York and Wisconsin. The Wis...

A telecom person in an VoIP world

The switch from Telecom to VoIP (voice over internet protocol) has been a long time coming. For those of us who work with Telecom, we have been nervously looking over our shoulder as VoIP technology gains momentum. If you are like me, you may have first greeted it with a confident snicker or brash stat...

Waukesha to Offer Virtual High School

...ide registered students with a laptop computer and internet access, a broad online curriculum, and support from certified, subject-matter expert teachers. The program will also arrange to provide a range of school and community support programs. iQ Academies students can select from over 150 courses, includin...

Pabst Farms to Test SBCs Fiber-to-the-Premises Technology

...begin later this year. The initial FTTP broadband internet service will consist of high-speed Internet connections running at 3 Megabits per second (Mbps) upstream and downstream. SBC voice services will be available to Pabst Farms residents at tariffed rates. SBC will make high-speed DSL broadband available...

Romanian Student Leverages Burrill Competition to Accomplish Her Dream

... The pair considered all sorts of ideas, including internet auctions and image enhancing software. They even scanned the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF's) website for possibilities. But nothing appealed to them. After hours of unfruitful brainstorming, they caught a break. While venting her fr...

Parental Control - Options Vary for Internet Restrictions

...nternet usage, as well as other options offered by internet service providers. Its important to research all t...for Broadband service, which works with high-speed internet connections. The service has some parental controls, including its AOL Online Timer, which lets pare...

Hurricane Ups Weather Forecasting Attention For Madison Firm

...ather fanatic's fantasy come true. In addition to internet distribution for its software, the company is also targeting licensing relationship with major utilities and travel organizations where weather forecasting is critical to energy usage and tourism. The basic version of Weather Depot can be downloaded...

Romanian Student Leverages Burrill Competition to Accomplish Her Dream

... The pair considered all sorts of ideas, including internet auctions and image enhancing software. They even scanned the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF's) website for possibilities. But nothing appealed to them. After hours of unfruitful brainstorming, they caught a break. While venting her fr...

Flawed Routers Flood UW Server

...more specifically to vendors and the international internet community, he said. Plonka also points a finger at the IT press which he says have provided awards and favorable reviews for these products and yet there is no testing for these types of issues and the problem has not been revealed to their readers....

IT Spending to Increase in Second Half of 2003

... increase in technology investments supporting the internet enabling of our businesses in years 2000 through 2002, this year we have modestly scaled back on our IT spending. I have seen that same trend of increasing IT spending in the national CIO surveys I participate in and in the technology trade press. Wh...

Local Company Records Blackout with Web-Based Monitoring System

...sts from the press, Trungale said. A search of the internet show the company featured in articles in USA Today, ABC News and The New York Times. The Future of Power SoftSwitching recently developed the first portable hydrogen fuel cell-based UPS system in a partnership with Ballard Power Systems , Trungal...

Joint Venture Trains Minority Students for IT Careers

...nd it's really cool. We get a computer, a printer, internet access, and a scholarship to the UW Madison. We le...hardware. They also receive the use of a computer, internet connection, and a printer during the four years that they're in the program, so we're hoping to clos...

Romanian Student Leverages Burrill Competition to Accomplish Her Dream

... The pair considered all sorts of ideas, including internet auctions and image enhancing software. They even scanned the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF's) website for possibilities. But nothing appealed to them. After hours of unfruitful brainstorming, they caught a break. While venting her fr...

Growth: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

...ful art catalog/coffee table book business. As the internet exploded, the company realized the web could drama...ued employer with a unique service in the arts and internet communities. The lesson is that not every company needs massive growth capital to survive. Its qui...