by Associated Press Published: March 18,2010
Tags: Internet, municipal government, technology
OXFORD — If Google wants to bring the Internet to everyone in a community, the City of Oxford would like to roll out the welcome mat for them. The Oxford Board of Aldermen this week hired Oxford attorney Stewart Rutledge to help persuade Google to select Oxford as one of the company’s test sites for a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2010
Tags: broadband, Delta Regional Authority, high-speed Internet, Internet access, Mississippi Technology Alliance, technology
CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale and Coahoma County residents will soon have high-speed Internet access thanks to a partnership between the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and the Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA). Clarksdale is home to the national headquarters for the DRA, a federal-state partnership that covers 252 counties in eight states, including Mississippi. DRA developed the iDelta: Information [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 9,2010
Tags: energy, technology
MADISON — Suntrica has signed Madison-based Kight Energy as its newest distributor in the US. Terms were not disclosed. Suntrica Solar Chargers for mobile phones including iPhones and electronic devices such as mp3 players, digital cameras, GPS receivers and iPods can now be bought at kightenergy.3dcartstores.com. “Suntrica’s solar chargers are the best on the market today and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2010
Tags: Microsoft, technology, telecommunications
NEW YORK — Microsoft says its next operating system for smart phones, Windows 7 Phone Series, won’t run applications written for phones that use its current operating system. A Microsoft Corp. executive said in a blog post March 4 that the new software is a “clean break” with the past, and that making it as user-friendly [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 8,2010
Tags: IT, state government, technology
JACKSON — Integrated Computer Solutions Inc. (ICS), a full-service information security and technology consulting firm based in Montgomery, Ala., is one of only five companies to be awarded a two-year contract by the State of Mississippi for IT security and risk assessment services. Terms were not disclosed. The contract, awarded through the State of Mississippi’s Department [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 8,2010
Tags: certification, technology
HANCOCK COUNTY — The NVision Solutions Inc. Quality Management System recently achieved third-party certification to the AS9100 Quality Management System Standard for the aerospace industry. In addition to AS9100, NVision’s quality system simultaneously received certification for the ISO 9001:2008 standard. These certifications are internationally recognized, third-party verification that NVision has a quality management framework to monitor [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: February 28,2010
Tags: 'dot-com bust', computer virus, technology
It’s been 10 years since the dot-coms died CNN called the ‘dot-com bust’ the biggest business story of 2000. As the millennium meltdown turns 10 this month, MBJ takes a retrospective look at the fallout with some Mississippians who were there. If the 2000 Y2K computer virus was a sneeze that never came for the technology world, [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: February 16,2010
Tags: high-tech, technology
BROOKHAVEN — Southern Diversified Technologies Inc. (SDT) was recently nominated as a candidate for the 2010 “Hot Technologies” competition at the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association’s (NTCA) annual conference and convention in Tampa, Fla. SDT, the only infrastructure services company, placed third among a host of some of the industry’s leading equipment and software giants. SDT showcased their [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: February 14,2010
Tags: Jimmy Wales, Q&A, technology, Wikia, Wikipedia
If technology is responsible for leveling the playing field in everything from business and society to the marketplace of ideas, then Jimmy Wales is one of the movement’s most ardent groundskeepers. The founder of Wikipedia and the well-traveled face of its for-profit counterpart Wikia, was raised in Huntsville, Ala., by a grocery store owner and schoolteacher. [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: February 8,2010
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Barnes & Noble Nook, iPad, Sony Reader Daily Edition, technology
Apple CEO Jobs’ comeback product Technocrats, Apple aficionados, and the rest of Silicon Valley geekdom continue to bask in the glow of the latest toy to come out of the Steve Jobs universe. The $499, 9-by-7 inch, 1.5 pound, multi-touch screen slate model tablet, dubbed “iPad”, was unveiled in San Francisco on January 27 to a [...] [...]