Author: WTN News

As the year draws to an end, all the large search engines have now published their year-end roundups of the most popular search queries on their sites. On almost every service, these include Michael Jackson, Twitter, Lady Gaga and terms related to Twilight. Google also...

Have you ever been frustrated with slow-loading websites? Well, it might not even be related to inexplicable slow-downs in Mozilla Firefox, or to the site that you are visiting. Instead, the problem could be the presence of slow third-party servers belonging to ad companies. In...

What makes a good CIO great? The last few blog posts have sought to answer this question in terms of the characteristics of a great CIO. The characteristics, listed below, provide some guidance on what a great CIO is, but not necessarily how...

Shares of companies developing stem cell therapies surged Wednesday on news that the federal government has cleared 13 new stem cell lines for testing, bringing to a close nearly a decade of restrictions. The news from the National Institutes of Health should provide some relief to...

The new Certificate in Stem Cell Techniques launched this fall at Madison Area Technical College (MATC) provides advanced-degree training in practical laboratory courses. It is thought to be the first course of its kind offered by a traditional two-year college. “This really makes sense in...

Twitter is like an emotional outburst: Tweets are brief, immediate, expressive, short-lived and attention getting. That’s why it’s no surprise that Twitter has become a great tool for customer service. On any given day, users are bashing and celebrating their favorite brands in...

A new DARPA contest is using balloons to test our social-networking skills. After kicking off the Internet 40 years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is again tapping into the Net for a new challenge. The DARPA Network Challenge will award $40,000 to the first...