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Wisconsin Needs More Investment Capital

MADISON Practical ideas for spurring capital investment are included in economic development plans released this week by Gov. Jim Doyle and state Senate Republicans, said Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. The Grow Wisconsin plan unveiled by the Governor and the package released by the Senate Republicans show there is bipartisan agreement on the need to create new...

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RNAi: The Controls You Need

Ambion scientists use and recommend a number of different controls for siRNA experiments. Most of these coincide with the suggested controls detailed in an editorial published in Nature Cell Biology [1]. Here we outline these various controls and discuss the importance of each in RNAi experiments....

To be a player in the "Knowledge Economy," Wisconsin needs more tech workers

Wisconsin's assets in the 21st century knowledge economy are impressive when compared with other states of its size. But its weaknesses are intimidating, especially when it comes to training and retaining a skill...

States need to be more "connectivity conscious"

Having a good infrastructure has always been important to the economic growth of a municipality as well as a state. The infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as transportation - rail, waterways, and air as well as highways, water, and power (electricity). Today, the definition of infrastructure must also include network infrastructure and the ability to have...

On the Web, attention spans shrink, the need for value rises

With these tools, everyone can have their 15 minutes - but just 15 minutes. Maybe not even that. It seems that 15 minutes is about all anyone has time for these days, at least in...

Wisconsin can offer what a federal energy research lab needs

State businesses, architects, and builders are national leaders in planning and constructing green buildings...

Tech ideas in state budget will need help from entrepreneurs

As proposed by , the two-year budget contains some g...

To drive IT, Wisconsin may need entrepreneurial makeover

In recent months, information technology executives, most notably John Jazwiec, have not been shy about...

Tommy Thompson says capital needed for electronic health records

- To differentiate himself from other presidential wannabes, former Wisconsin governor and cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is casting himself as the candidate of new ideas in the 2008 presidential race, and he outlined several ways to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records following his keynote address at the annual conference of the <a href="http://www.wisbio...

WARF challenges show need for patent reform

Specifically, the process of challenging patents, such as those held by WARF, needs streamlining....

Are businesses getting what they need from IT?

Based on anecdotal evidence collected at a recent Wisconsin technology conference, the results are mixed but getting better. The conference, presented by <a hr...

Does Milwaukee need a life-science spark?

Mascari, director of development for , sa...

More women needed in interface design

in which I vented my frustrations over the general lack of phone-ness on the Cingular 8125. Since that column, most people running start ups to develop mobile phone software and services have been a little sheepish when they come to tell...

Last ethanol article you'll ever need to read, Part II

There is some evidence that ethanol increases nitrous oxides and ozone. These studies were based on compute...

Why Milwaukee needs its own thriving research base

Don't suggest to UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago that research projects on his campus will get ahead by pilfering from programs at UW-Madison. He'll probably laugh at you. "Let's get real," Santiago told listeners at a recent Madison forum on the future of higher education in Wisconsin. "(UW-Milwaukee research programs) are not competing with UW-Madison. These are institutions at...

Researchers say scientific reporting needs more perspective, less hype

Alan Colman, CEO of <a href="http://www.escellinternational.com...

Clinton says world needs biofuels, GM crops, and more answers

He called on the industry to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, guard against pandemics, create crops that can feed more of the world's hungry, tap sources of renewable energy such as ethanol, and confront glob...

Broadband access needs a champion, FCC commissioner says

Speaking before the ninth annual Midwestern Telecommunications and Technology Conference at Marquette University, Milwaukee native Michael J. Copps said the nation has establ...

With flawed schools exposed, real-world experience is needed

What kind of school systems are our taxes supporting? This question becomes very critical given the fact that jobs are being outsourced to other countries by the thousands and many leaders of public schools have lost touch with whats important. Educators better get with the program and start teaching real skills along with the ability to learn and compete. The latest decision to...

The legacy of BIO 2006, what it will be and how we need to plan for it now

An interesting meeting took place this past week at the University of Chicagos Gleacher Center hosted by the Chicago Technology Forum. The focus of the meeting was an opportunity to hear from four individuals, who have been intimately involved in the last annual BIO meetings in different cities, as a preview to what we might expect or should prepare for when this Ol...

Tech Council online feature will help match job seekers to skills needed

JobSightUSA helps companies that are considering locating or expanding in Wisconsin to quickly find and hi...

State web site needs overhaul

It's easy on the eye, with words cast in muted shades of gray, blue and tan. It contains links helping...

Healthcare needs of hurricane-hit region being monitored by West Allis company's system

Following the onset of Hurricane Katrina, the U...

We need the challenges of space exploration

-- One of my son's prized possessions from our summer vacation is a three-inch replica of a space shuttle, which we bought at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Three-year-old Sam is obsessed with anything that flies, so even after successive trips to the museum he was still exclaiming "Wow!" and chattering with his mother and...

New facility giving API needed room to grow

The company, built the facility on 28 acres in the industrial park to replace two offices that were in separate locations in Hartford. It moved into the new space in Apri...

Delivery of needles in the Capitol missed the point about stem-cell research

If Churchill was around to describe the July 19 delivery of 1,400 used syringes to the Capitol o...

Paper tech center will connect research with economic and community need

Launched last week with the help of Wisconsin's congressional delegation, tw...

Big Pharma already has a generic strategy, but needs new direction

that Big Pharma "will be forced into generic-drug strategy," and suggests that this will be a good thing. But Big Pharma already has a generic drug strategy for traditional pharmaceuticals. This strategy has not been particularly good for anyone...

Milwaukee research alliance sees need for incubator

The is straining to fit new companies in, said representatives of...

Wisconsins tax system must adapt to meet changing technology needs

The first study of Wisconsins tax burden in 25 years was designed to answer one overriding question: Is that burden fairly distributed among the rich, the middle class and the poor? The conclusion, announced last week, was a mildly convincing yes &mndash; but that wont be the end of Wisconsins never-ending debate over tax policy. The next question to be asked by Gov. Jim Doyle, the Legis...

WiscNet members choose anti-spam products for different needs

Members of After months of seeking out anti-spam systems, examining more than 30 respondents and choosing six f...

Wisconsin entrepreneurs need to self-promote like coastal rivals

When I heard this, I realized that there is a hu...

UW and business leaders outline need for educated workers

The panel first discussed the relation between the knowledge economy and creating jobs in Wisconsin. Un...

More than ideas needed to make profits, experts say

s Ideas to Profits conference this weekend at the University o...

Wisconsin's paper industry needs technology, innovation to prosper.

That may read like today's headlines, but it's a story from 1911. It still serves as an example. A century ago, Wisconsin was the leading newsprint produce...

Hey Willie, Wisconsin Manufacturing Doesnt Need an Aid Concert!

Six months ago I wrote an article which the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published, entitled Barrons Article Knocks the Rust Off State Manufacturing Outlook, that recounted the predictions of a hedge-fund manager named Jeff Gendell in an interview from a December edition of Barrons Magazine. In Rust Removal, Mr. Gende...

Special needs addressed at Web Usability Conference

MADISON Madisons masters of online usability challenged businesses to better meet the needs of customers and individuals with special needs last Wednesday at a Web usability conference titled Are Your Web Based Solutions Accessible, Effective and Useable? The conference, which was hosted by the of Media Communicat...

Debate over Taxpayer Bill of Rights shows need for true tax reform

MADISON The push to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to restrict state and local government spending is the latest chapter in one of the states longest books the need for genuine tax reform. It remains to be seen whether a Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a best-seller or a dime novel, but this policy book will remain open until Wisconsin changes how government raises and spends money. Repub...