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Visual Apex: Past and future of area’s
leadership in video systems
By Larry Sivitz |
| In the beginning in Kitsap County, there was light. Boxlight, to be precise. In what resembles a biblical story in the Kitsap business community, complete with a visionary industry leader, a set of wise disciples, a maternal organization named Boxlight and the offspring which it begat — companies with names like Activelight, Cinelight, Projection One, PC Projection, and now Visual Apex, a startup on track to break $5 million in sales in its first year, an epic business adventure has unfolded here... (Full Article) |
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Sprint to sponsor Inc. Magazine high-tech seminar
for small, medium sized businesses
Steve Little of Inc. Magazine will present
seminar on using tech to grow your business |
| Sprint will sponsor an Inc. Magazine executive seminar on the role of technology in growing small businesses. The event is presented in conjunction with Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce and will feature Steve Little, senior consultant for Inc. Business Resources and founder of several fast-growth companies... (Full Article) |
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Boxlight debuts new machine |
| Poulsbo-based Boxlight has unveiled its newest projector, the CD-725c. According to the company it comes equipped with 2000 ANSI lumens, true XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, HDTV-compatibility and a 600:1 contrast ratio for superior image quality and reproduction in almost any business setting. Weighing 6.8 pounds, the unit is light enough for travel yet sturdy enough to be permanently installed... (Full Article) |
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SunshineSmiley wins 10 Web site awards |
| Susan Hoke owner of Poulsbo’s SunshineSmiley Web Design was recently honored with 10 Golden Web Awards for web sites she has created... (Full Article) |
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Local tech pros to meet Sept. 19 |
| The West Sound Technology Professionals Association (WSTPA) will hold its next monthly meeting on Sept. 19, in the new Community Meeting Room of the Poulsbo Branch of the Kitsap Regional Library, 700 NE Lincoln St., from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap residents elected officers of IBA |
| Silverdale businessman W. Michael Walton has been elected president of the Internet Business Alliance (IBA) the nation’s first Internet business strategy organization... (Full Article) |
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Wet Apple wins contract with Knoxville tech firm |
| The commercial division of Wet Apple Publishing, the firm that owns the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, was recently chosen by Knoxville, Tennessee-based USExpress, Inc., to design and implement a marketing strategy, including producing all collateral materials for its new internet portal business. The company will also redesign all collateral materials for the company’s other divisions and work on a marketing strategy to help grow those as well... (Full Article) |
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Digital MediaZ completes two web projects |
| Bremerton’s Digital MediaZ recently completed two Web projects. ARTrading.com is a full-featured web content management system and e-commerce store... (Full Article) |
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Autonomix builds Drury Web site |
| Bainbridge Island technology consulting firm Autonomix recently completed a Web site design and development project for Poulsbo-based general contractor Drury Construction Company... (Full Article) |
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Telebyte wins contract with Marine Exchange of Alaska |
| Silverdale-based Telebyte NW, Kitsap County’s oldest ISP, recently inked an agreement with the Marine Exchange of Alaska (MXAK), which has offices in Anchorage and Juneau. Telebyte will provide Internet and networking services including web hosting, e-mail and server hosting services for three years under the agreement... (Full Article) |
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Kitsap: Telecom model or poster child?
By Skip Malette |
| Telecommunications, KPUD, and economic development have become, if not the center, a big chunk of my life recently. As a member of the telecommunications committee of the Kitsap Regional Economic Development Council I am party to ongoing discussions about the future of this county with regards to telecommunications... (Full Article) |
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Tilting at windmills
By Jim Kendall |
| A tremendous amount of time and talent has been and continues to be invested in the effort to combat the peculiar form of theft called “spam” (Unsolicited Commercial Email or Unsolicited Bulk Email – UCE and UBE). Washington State is the first state in the nation to pass an effective Anti-spam law. Subsequent events call into question the effectiveness of that law to have any real impact on the problem... (Full Article) |
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Tips to foil hackers and protect passwords |
When creating a password:
• Don’t use names or numbers associated with you in any form, i.e. your user name, your wife’s name, your dog’s name spelled backward, your telephone number transposed, your middle name in French, etc. Hackers are educated enough to make an educated guess... (Full Article) |
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Linux Installfest set for Aug. 3 |
| Linux Installfest , an event being sponsored by the Kitsap Peninsula Linux Users Group (KPLUG), will take place Aug 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Branch of the Kitsap Public Library, located at 1301 Sylvan Way in Bremerton... (Full Article) |
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CommuniCreations wins three web design jobs |
| Port Orchard’s CommuniCreations has been awarded three web development contracts in three different parts of the country... (Full Article) |
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Homegrown Kitsap software firm grows
to Phynity and beyond!
By Larry Sivitz |
| Imagine if Bill Gates and Paul Allen had attended Central, North and South Kitsap High Schools instead of Seattle’s Lakeside School. In place of the Seattle school’s makeshift computer lab, they might have cultivated their love of computer programming at the Bangor Naval Submarine Base... (Full Article) |
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Adding lanes to the information superhighway
By Jim Kendall |
| We have been hearing about the “information superhighway” for years. There have been forests killed to make the paper to print the words about what that means. It was supposed to mean, among other things, fewer pieces of paper consumed and therefore fewer trees cut down for paper, if that is important to you. The actual result has been more paper consumed, not less. I suppose that this is another example of the law of unintended consequences... (Full Article) |
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New Apple ads feature Windows converts |
| They’re real people who switched from Windows to the Mac, and Apple Computer is using them in an attempt to get the PC crowd to “Think different” about Apple... (Full Article) |
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OC signs computer program agreement
with UW Tacoma |
| Olympic College (OC) has signed an agreement with the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) that provides a new direct transfer option to students enrolled in OC’s Computer Information Systems Science Program. Along with the agreement a Washington State allocation will provide up to $500,000 in capital funds to aid in the remodeling of computer labs at OC... (Full Article) |
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West Sound Tech pros to meet |
| The West Sound Technology Professionals Association (WSTPA) will hold its next meeting on July 18, 2002. George Wickersham, Emerging Market Specialist from Sprint’s National Enterprise Solutions Group, along with a representative from Cisco Systems, will be presenting various new technologies... (Full Article) |
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CK Fire & Rescue gets advanced communications |
TSCNet recently completed a full T1 expansion and upgrade for Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue’s (CKFR) new administrative center is Silverdale.
The company designed and implemented CKFR’s first ever wide area network. The firm also provided technical support, maintenance, and DNS service. The full T1 service at Newberry Hill Road connects the administrative center to the Seabeck Highway, Silverdale Way, and Old Military Road offices. The Silverdale Water District shares CKFR’s Newberry Hill facilities and also their T1 line. |
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Golden Web Award for Super WebGirl |
Jane Lindley, AKA Super WebGirl, recently redesigned her own Web site to showcase its programmers’ Flash animation and content management tool expertise and won a Golden Web Award in the process. The International Association for Web Masters and Designers presented the 2002-2003 Golden Web Award for excellence achieved in web design, content and creativity.
For more information please reach Lindley at (206) 842-2983 or jane@superwebgirl.com. |
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Audion shipping VoxPro PC 3.1 |
| Bainbridge Island’s Audion Laboratories, Inc. announced that as of May 10, it began shipping its VoxPro PC 3.1 digital audio editing software... (Full Article) |
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Def Con X set for August |
| Def Con X, the tenth version of the annual computer hackers confab, which has traditionally been as much about partying as hacking, will take place Aug. 2 to 4. As always, it will be held in Las Vegas, and as it’s been the past few years, at the Alexis Park Hotel... (Full Article) |
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Autonomix adds Seattle Book Co. to its client list |
| Autonomix Inc., a Bainbridge Island technology consulting firm, has been selected by Seattle Book Company to provide project management services and develop Internet-based tools used in e-book publishing... (Full Article) |
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NorthwestNet offers small business hosting package |
| Northwest Network Services Inc., of Bainbridge Island is now offering SiteXpress, a turnkey web-hosting package for the small business user... (Full Article) |
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“Oh, Brother!” or “There’s One Born Every Minute.”
By Jim Kendall |
| Oh, brother! As hard as it is to believe, there are some really stupid people out there. Or perhaps it is greed. Maybe it is desperation. Whatever it is, people can be incredibly gullible, and for too many, their lack of common sense crosses over into terminal stupidity... (Full Article) |
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Black Hat Briefings set for July 29 in Las Vegas |
| The Black Hat Briefings, a gathering of computer security professionals aimed at better understanding the security risks and potential threats to their computers and information infrastructures, is set for July 29 through Aug. 1. It will take place in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace... (Full Article) |
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Audion unveils first networked
digital audio phone editing system |
| Bainbridge Island’s Audion Laboratories, Inc., maker of the award-winning VoxPro PC™ digital audio phone editor, debuted the first networked system for radio at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2002 convention held recently in Las Vegas... (Full Article) |
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What will they think of next? |
| Have you ever heard a song on the radio and tried to figure out the name of it? Scientists at Phillips are working on a technology that will do just that... (Full Article) |
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Northwest Network Services to install DS3 fiber |
| Northwest Network Services Inc., which owns NorthsoundNet and BainbridgeNet Internet Services, has announced that it has been informed from Qwest that funding has been approved to construct a DS3 fiber connection to the firm’s operation center on Bainbridge Island... (Full Article) |
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Clallam County PUD Network Lights Up
By Nancy L. Stump |
| The Clallam County Public Utility District (CCPUD) has a lot to be excited about. On March 29, the CCPUD presented its deployment of a broadband high-speed fiber optic network. The presentation attracted representatives from Clallam County Economic Development Council, City of Port Angeles, local business owners, Kitsap PUD Business Manager David Jones, and Telecommunications and Network Manager Matt Henson... (Full Article) |
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Professional Options announces Web site launch |
| Professional Options, a Bremerton firm that provides customized web consulting and design for business, recently announced another partnership with the Chicago-area firm of Network Consulting & Associates, Inc... (Full Article) |
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ActiveLight adds Clarity Visual to line |
| Poulsbo’s ActiveLight, Inc., a distributor of advanced display systems, has announced that it has added three of Clarity Visual System’s Digital Video Messaging (DVM) products to its line of products... (Full Article) |
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Federal court rules ban on fax
advertisements violates First Amendment
Fax spammer hails ruling as “Victory” |
| A U.S. District Court in Missouri has ruled that the federal statute that bars faxing of unsolicited advertisements is unconstitutional. The ruling arose from a case filed by the State of Missouri against two fax advertising companies, Fax.com of Aliso Viejo, Calif., and American Blast Fax, a now defunct Texas company... (Full Article) |
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