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October 21, 2011 12:31 PM
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Bailing Out the CW Network: Now Profitable Thanks to Netflix

Bailing Out the CW Network: Now Profitable Thanks to Netflix | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The CW Television Network First it was the United Paramount Network (UPN) and The WB Television Network (WB), two mini-networks run by their respective studios that simply refused to become profit centers and established challengers to more...
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October 21, 2011 12:29 PM
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Geospatial Technology: Is your GIS Smart Grid Ready? - Fierce Smart Grid

Geospatial Technology: Is your GIS Smart Grid Ready? - Fierce Smart Grid | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Geospatial Technology: Is your GIS Smart Grid Ready?Fierce Smart GridBy Christine Easterfield, Principal Analyst at Cambashi Esri commissioned a survey that asked utility companies "Is your GIS Smart Grid ready?
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October 21, 2011 12:22 PM
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Fibrant the focus as City Council candidates gather at forum | Salisbury, NC - Salisbury Post

Fibrant the focus as City Council candidates gather at forum | Salisbury, NC - Salisbury Post | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

SALISBURY — Discussion about Fibrant dominated a candidate forum Thursday at Catawba College featuring nine candidates for Salisbury City Council.

 

Five incumbents and four challengers vying for five seats also answered questions about the Rowan-Salisbury Schools central office, public safety, a gay Pride event, economic development, the city-county relationship and more

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October 20, 2011 7:45 PM
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Content Is The New Currency | Benton Foundation

Content Is The New Currency | Benton Foundation | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
[Commentary] Just because you can broadcast content via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube, that does not necessarily mean people are interested in what you have to say.
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October 20, 2011 7:37 PM
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Copper vaporware as AT&T chief declares DSL obsolete

Copper vaporware as AT&T chief declares DSL obsolete | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Every couple of years or so, an article like this one by Tara Seals of V2M appears arguing legacy copper telecommunications infrastructure designed for a pre-Internet analog era is far from obsolete.
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October 20, 2011 7:35 PM
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Listen to SSTI's Interview with Betsy Biemann of the Maine Technology Institute

Listen to SSTI's Interview with Betsy Biemann of the Maine Technology Institute | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Recognized by a national panel of technology-based economic development experts for its design and impact, The Maine Technology Asset Fund (MTAF) is a competitive award program that builds capacity and infrastructure in Maine to support research...
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October 20, 2011 7:33 PM
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Virginia and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Provide IT Training For High School Students

Virginia and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Provide IT Training For High School Students | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Virginia and Microsoft Announce Statewide Partnership to Provide IT Training to All High Schools “Virginia and Microsoft Announce Statewide Partnership to Provide IT Training to Every High School Student – The Microsoft IT Academy Program will help...
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October 20, 2011 7:31 PM
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Renée Winsky, chief executive officer of the Technology Council of Maryland, Elected to SSTI Board of Trustees

Renée Winsky, chief executive officer of the Technology Council of Maryland, Elected to SSTI Board of Trustees | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Renée Winsky, chief executive officer of the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM), has been elected to the board of trustees of SSTI.
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October 20, 2011 7:27 PM
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HTCE: Another take on fostering innovation

HTCE: Another take on fostering innovation | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Last month, the International Economic Development Council held its annual gathering of the nation/world’s economic development practitioners in Charlotte.
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October 20, 2011 7:22 PM
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Metrics for TBED Programs

Metrics for TBED Programs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Which Metrics Really Matter?

 

We've all heard politicians overhype a development project — it could be the recruitment of a large manufacturer or a new economic development-related public initiative. We cringe as the figures are often unrealistic, under-researched or over-multiplied. A front page article in a recent Wall Street Journal (subscription required) highlighted this problem quite plainly. Public radio program, This American Life, thought it worth an entire hour-long episode.

 

Metrics for TBED Programs - http://t.co/A4FNQCt2...

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October 20, 2011 7:17 PM
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Economic development council labors over plan - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Economic development council labors over plan - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Economic development council labors over planRochester Democrat and ChronicleAccording to the council's plan, a draft outlining an economic development strategy for the region will be presented at each hearing.
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October 20, 2011 7:15 PM
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Chasing Smokestacks and Promoting Sprawl: Economic ...

Chasing Smokestacks and Promoting Sprawl: Economic ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
... on economic development, or about $100 million dollars. The state of Ohio has made it a top priority as well, pledging $700 million to its Third Frontier technology-based economic development program.
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October 20, 2011 7:12 PM
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Delegation from Iraq on UW campus this week - News - The Daily ...

"For UW-Madison to have been selected as a model institution for technology-based economic development is a mark of great achievement," Hoslet said. "This sharing of knowledge, support and collaboration is what the ...
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October 21, 2011 12:30 PM
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Has Ericsson plateaued in the U.S.?

After taking advantage of strategic acquisitions and the mobile broadband boom to become a North American juggernaut, Ericsson is looking to other regions for growth...
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October 21, 2011 12:23 PM
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GigaOMCleantech: The energy trap

GigaOMCleantech: The energy trap | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Many Do the Math posts have touched on the inevitable cessation of growth and on the challenge we will face in developing a replacement energy infrastructure once our fossil fuel inheritance is spent.
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October 21, 2011 11:12 AM
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Media Educators of America Conference 11 days away!

Media Educators of America Conference 11 days away! | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Have you taken a moment to check out this fall's Conference offerings? It's day featuring another great lineup of speakers and still time to visit the jam-packed New England Broadcast & Cable Expo floor.

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October 20, 2011 7:38 PM
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Motorola CEO, FCC agree: Wireline is for premises Internet connectivity, wireless for mobile access

Motorola CEO, FCC agree:  Wireline is for premises Internet connectivity, wireless for mobile access | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
With telco wireless providers rolling out 4G service, some have raised hopes that it has the bandwidth to rival facilities-based customer premises wireline infrastructure to deliver the full spectrum of Internet service.Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha...
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October 20, 2011 7:35 PM
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Listen to SSTI's Interview with Randy Berridge of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council

Listen to SSTI's Interview with Randy Berridge of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The Florida High Tech Corridor Council is a regional economic development initiative of the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida and the University of Florida whose mission is to grow high tech industry and innovation in...
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October 20, 2011 7:34 PM
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American Jobs Act misses on modernizing, building out nation's outdated telecom infrastructure

American Jobs Act misses on modernizing, building out nation's outdated telecom infrastructure | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The Obama administration's American Jobs Act unveiled today misses the opportunity to build out the nation's outmoded wireline telecommunications infrastructure at a time when millions of Americans remain disconnected from the Internet.
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October 20, 2011 7:33 PM
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Edison2 Unveils Electric Very Light Car

Edison2 Unveils Electric Very Light Car | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Edison2 unveils electric Very Light Car (image source: Edison2) Oliver Kuttner and the Edison2 team (right here in Lynchburg, Virginia) are again riding the edge of the automotive future with their newly revealed electric version of the X-Prize...
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October 20, 2011 7:29 PM
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CIT and Technology Community Release Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap For Virginia

CIT and Technology Community Release Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap For Virginia | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
CIT and partners release Commonwealth Research and Technology (R&T) Strategic Roadmap CIT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY RELEASE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC ROADMAP, CIT OPENS CRCF SOLICITATIONS Roadmap uncovers Virginia’s areas of strength and...
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October 20, 2011 7:24 PM
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IL: Innovation Week features variety of activities

The Saluki Times October 13, 2011By Christi Mathis

 

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale is celebrating Innovation Week with five days of special events highlighting the innovative spirit, technological innovation and entrepreneurship found at the University and throughout the region. The events, set for Oct. 24-28, include workshops, guest speakers, a technology and innovation expo and more.

 

 

 

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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 20, 2011 7:19 PM
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Scaling Up Without Falling Short: Leveraging Mobile Tech for the ...

Scaling Up Without Falling Short: Leveraging Mobile Tech for the ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Despite possibilities of scaling projects with technology, many technology-based initiatives in social and economic development have failed to make it past early pilot stages or grow to scale. This study by Hystra, ...
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 20, 2011 7:16 PM
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SC Launch Presents “Big Check” Investments at InnoMobility ...

GREENVILLE, S.C.--SC Launch, an SCRA affiliate focused on high technology economic development, presented “big check” investments to newest Portfolio Companies SmartTruck and Dannar during the InnoMobility Conference in Greenville yesterday.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 20, 2011 7:14 PM
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Accelerators and VDOs: The New TBED Players

Accelerators and VDOs: The New TBED Players | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Accelerators and VDOs: The New TBED Players - http://t.co/Z1UYumLO...
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