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Local copywriter lands national projects |
| Bremerton-based freelance writer Heidi Witherspoon recently landed several notable, national level writing projects... (Full Article) |
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Microsoft sets Big Day Event in Bremerton |
| Microsoft wil host what it’s calling a Big Day event on Thursday, Jan.17 at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 5640 Kitsap Way, in Bremerton... (Full Article) |
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KPUD solicited to bring broadband to Bainbridge
By Nancy L. Stump |
| Kitsap Public Utility District (KPUD) Commissioners John Armstrong, Lee Caldwell, Lloyd Berg and Manager David Siburg listened as Wini Jones, President of the Bainbridge Economic Council and Kevin Dwyer, Executive Director of the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, presented the results of a recently completed Telecommunications Survey of Need and Use for Bainbridge Island... (Full Article) |
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CommuniCreations to revamp Yosemite Web site |
| Port Orchard’s CommuniCreations has been hired to redevelop and redesign www.yosemite.com, an online gateway to national park. The site, which is managed by the Merced County Association of Governments, in Merced, Calif., provides visitors with travel planning and related services... (Full Article) |
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Keeping your data secure requires more than back-ups
By Scott Colson |
| Is the information contained on your computer system trivial or is it essential to your organization? What would happen if someone stole accounting records from your computer? What if your computer was destroyed in a fire? What if one of your employees saw everyone’s payroll information... (Full Article) |
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IBM developing new supercomputer |
| IBM will develop a new generation of commercial supercomputers which it says will run 15 times faster than today’s most powerful machines — while consuming only one-fiftieth the energy... (Full Article) |
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Credit card companies to expand m-commerce |
| M-commerce — using cell phones to order and pay for goods or services — has yet to take off. Four major credit card companies want to change that... (Full Article) |
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Olalla company set to distribute SuSE Linux 7.2 |
| International technology leader and open source solutions provider SuSE Linux, and Linux-Works, an Olalla-based systems solutions provider known for its enterprise hardware and Nano PC line, recently announced an agreement allowing the company to distribute computer systems with the SuSE Linux 7.2 operating system pre-installed... (Full Article) |
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TSCNet completes T1 installation for MMP Properties |
| TSCNet recently completed a full T1 expansion and upgrade for MMP Properties’ multi-use project located in Wharfside on Parfitt Way on Bainbridge Island... (Full Article) |
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Web development ATA new at OC |
| Bremerton’s Olympic College (OC) will offer a new Associate of Technical Arts (ATA) Degree with an emphasis on Web development within its Computer Systems Design and Development discipline beginning fall quarter... (Full Article) |
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Northwest Network Services offers
Spam and virus e-mail filtering |
| Bainbridge Island’s Northwest Network Services Inc., owner of NorthsoundNet and BainbridgeNet, recently announced that it now offer Email Assistant, a browser-based email filtering tool that lets customers block unwanted junk mail and harmful viruses... (Full Article) |
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AOL membership tops 30 million |
| America Online (AOL) has increased its subscriber base to 30 million, the company reported just eight months after hitting the 25 million mark... (Full Article) |
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Microsoft to delay Xbox game console
Release rolled back one week to Nov. 15
Company refuses comment on reason |
| Microsoft Corp. will delay the U.S. release of its much heralded Xbox game system by one week, and is refusing to say how many units will be available on the launch date... (Full Article) |
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Computer world on guard for cyber
attacks amid terrorism worries |
| Some fear the Sept. 11 attacks could prompt cyberterrorists to try to disrupt the computer world. And with the U.S. economy faltering, such a move could further damage already wounded businesses... (Full Article) |
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Apple cancels Paris Expo show |
| Apple Computer Inc. called off its Apple Expo 2001 show in Paris, in response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11... (Full Article) |
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A review of Windows XP
By Ward Ralston |
As a Microsoft Certified Trainer I have been working with Windows XP for over six months and I receive questions daily about this new operating system. What is it? Is it worth the upgrade? What are the new features? Will it work on my system?
I hope to address all those questions and inform those who are not too computer savvy on Microsoft’s biggest operating system upgrade ever... (Full Article) |
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Microsoft to drop support for
Windows 95 and NT Workstation 4 |
| In spite of the crashes and instability, have you simply resisted upgrading your Windows 95 software because it may mean upgrading your hardware as well? The time has come to bite the bullet... (Full Article) |
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AOL creates interactive video unit |
| AOL Time Warner Inc. has created a new business unit to oversee all of the company’s operations in next-generation cable TV services, including video on demand and nascent services such as AOLTV... (Full Article) |
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Locke moves to tax the internet |
| NoInternetTax.org, a leading grassroots opponent of Internet taxation and regulation, has condemned Gov. Gary Locke for signing a letter to Congress from the National Governor’s Association (NGA) urging them to extend the current moratorium against Internet taxation only if it contains language to support the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP). The moratorium, or Internet Freedom Act, will expire on October 21, 2001... (Full Article) |
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Wireless Overload
For better and worse it’s become a cellular world |
| Six years ago, audiences howled when the movie “Clueless” depicted wealthy Beverly Hills teens clutching cell phones as they strolled through high school corridors. Now the scene could be set in any school. Or office. Or street corner. In the space of a few years, it has become a wireless world... (Full Article) |
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Application simplifies, personalizes
wireless internet searches |
| Motorola and Webhelp, a developer of technology and service offerings that provide online communication solutions to businesses and consumers, announced a joint venture to enhance wireless customer service and Internet searches over the Palm™ operating system. The two companies have agreed to co-develop and market an application for personal digital assistants (PDAs) that gives consumers the ability to request and receive personalized Internet search results directly on their mobile devices... (Full Article) |
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