For Telecommuters, It’s Not About Going To Work (NPR)

February 8, 2010

Some companies have no traditional office at all — and they like it that way. At one multimillion-dollar company, all 40 employees telecommute. The firm weeds out job applicants who look down on working from home.

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For Telecommuters, It’s Not About Going To Work (NPR)

February 8, 2010

Some companies have no traditional office at all — and they like it that way. At one multimillion-dollar company, all 40 employees telecommute. The firm weeds out job applicants who look down on working from home.

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City partners with Foursquare (Chicago Tribune)

February 8, 2010

The Chicago Office of Tourism launched a new partnership Tuesday with Foursquare, a popular mobile application that turns city exploration into a game.

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Sheriff’s office posts mugshot links on Facebook page (Independent Florida Alligator)

February 8, 2010

The Facebook wall on the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office fan page is no longer just a place for announcements and Christmas party pictures.

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Virtual solution to a data dilemma (Independent)

February 8, 2010

Many businesses find that, as they grow, the IT system fails to grow with them. They begin with a couple of PCs networked together by the director who’s always fiddling with these things at home, they grow unmanaged and then it’s time to get the whole thing under control. Or it’s done professionally, in an organised fashion – and then it turns out you’ve grown to a larger size than your existing …

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General Dynamics TVE approved for list (UPI)

February 8, 2010

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 8 (UPI) — General Dynamics announced its Trusted Virtual Environment software has been selected for a list of technology approved for the U.S. Defense Department.

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YOUR COMMENTS (The Capital)

February 8, 2010

For a fleeting moment, I felt reconnected with the physical world, as opposed to this virtual world in which I am forced to work right now. I saw the mail truck drive into my neighborhood.

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Hinchey Announces Contract for Binghamton Simulator Company (FOX 40 Binghamton)

February 8, 2010

Binghamton, NY — Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced the award of a U.S. Army contract worth $12.5 million to a team that includes Binghamton Simulator Company (BSC). The program, Non-rated Crew Member Manned Module (NCM3), will produce a mobile and transportable virtual simulation training system designed to provide the capability to conduct realistic and high intensity training …

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Virtual Resources offers cloud computing’ services (The Delaware Business Ledger)

February 8, 2010

Local computer industry pioneer Mark Stellini has opened Virtual Resources, LLC. The company held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its office in Hockessin on Friday, Jan. 15th.

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New virtual world could revolutionize education (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

February 8, 2010

To understand Texas Tech’s bold new classroom, one must first shake away the wholesale confines of reality and its pesky restrictions like space and time.

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