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Motorola lays off 200+ employees in Schaumburg, Illinois?

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2008-02-22 12:41:56 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Illinois took the bulk of the hit Again, we have nothing confirmed, but this is everything but a surprise to everyone who's following the industry. Plus, when a company's in trouble, it's the cost-cutting measures shareholders are always cheering for Via: Engadget Mobile Related Articles at IntoMobile Helio lays off 100 employees amidst...
 
Tags: lays, employees, helio lays, sprint nextel lays, additional employees recently, sprint, mobile, engadget mobile, palm holiday layoffs
 
 
 
 
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Global Campus University of Illinois' virtual campus seems deserted

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2008-04-09 07:13:12 by HASH0x8b26414 in Newlaunches.com
...Illinois' new Global Campus? The multimillion-dollar program launched this year with high expectations, just 10 students managed to enroll. The virtual campus was meant to help expand the school's reach, making courses available to nontraditional students, like working adults, and generating a new source of revenue. Expectations were raised...
 
Tags: university, virtual campus, students, nontraditional students, global campus, classes online, university president-, gardner- special assistant, online
 
 
 
 
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Virginia, Illinois and Texas say kids need to learn Internet safety

2008-04-10 10:38:44 by Chief Gadgeteer in Gizmos for Geeks
 
...Illinois have both followed suit. I totally agree. The Internet is something that has taken hold in the general public in the blink of an eye, relatively speaking. Its uptake has been rapid as compared to say, television or radio As an IT person who understands a fair amount of computers, technology and the Internet, I still maintain that...
 
Tags: internet safety, internet, public schools, computers, public, kids, fair amount, downright scary, texas
 
 
 
 
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Text-Walking May Become Illegal in Illinois

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2008-07-30 02:00:22 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...Illinois this past January, a bill was introduced that would ban people from using their cell phones while crossing the street This legislation is not laughable. On the surface it's like, 'Oh wow, what is this?' But it's becoming more and more of a common problem with people haplessly crossing an intersection and almost killing themselves...
 
Tags: chicago tribune notes, york city pedestrians, dunkin, ban people, past january, illinois, cell phones, people haplessly, bill
 
 
 
 
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Is consciousness a by-product of room-temperature superconductivity?

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2008-01-10 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Illinois, wanted to recruit Dr. Cooper for his latest grand research endeavor: solving superconductivity I talked to John for a while, Dr. Cooper recalled at a conference in October, and he said, You know, its a very interesting problem. I said, I dont know much about it. He said, Ill teach you He omitted to mention, Dr. Cooper said, that...
 
Tags: electrical resistance, electrical resistance suddenly, cooper pairs, cooper, electrical resistance arises, illinois, illinois conference, theory equations, theory
 
 
 
 
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Motorola and FIRST Inspire Next Generation of Engineers

2008-04-19 16:15:18 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Illinois, Florida, New York and Georgia who are competing with their robots before an audience of thousands at the Georgia Dome. More than 220 high school students participated in Motorola-sponsored teams this year The Motorola-funded teams have been very successful this competition season. The Chicago-based After School Matters-Roberto...
 
Tags: foundation, motorola foundation focuses, regional competition, competition, competition season, robotics competition, motorola, motorola foundation, robotics
 
 
 
 
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AT&T's U-Verse Screwing With Network Says Comcast [Cable]

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2008-04-23 09:24:07 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...Illinois While AT&T uses twisted pair cable to get to your front door, and Comcast uses coax, once they're inside, the signals share cabling. This means if you use U-Verse TV and Comcast broadband, and "feedback" from the U-Verse system spills upstream, it can affect the service of everyone connected to the same Comcast node. Comcast alleges...
 
Tags: comcast, comcast alleges, u-verse, comcast node, oppose comcast, systems, att u-verse systems, att, comcast customers
 
 
 
 
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New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance

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2008-08-06 20:35:35 by Michael in Medgadget
...Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed technology that allows for building curved sensors and accompanying electronics. The technology one day might come in handy for developing artificial retinas or next generation endoscopic devices From a NSF press release: The technology breakthrough is a novel approach that bypasses a traditional...
 
Tags: eye, light, pixels, light-sensitive pixels, camera, electronic eye systems, northwestern university, university, adjacent pixels
 
 
 
 
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America's Biggest Universities Build 78-Terabyte Library, Still Missing Front Door [Digital Libraries]

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2008-10-13 22:30:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...Illinois and other states* announced a 2-million book online library made of 78 terabytes of information, 16 percent of which are free of copyright and ready for public consumption. Even though the press release says "public domain materials will be available for reading online," however, the search interface itself has yet to be constructed...
 
Tags: university, indiana university, purdue university, california, northwestern university, california davis, california los angeles, california santa cruz, california berkeley