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The hits just keep coming with state information technology projects. The latest problem involves a $32.3 million computer system for the state's Medicaid health claims. The project, which was supposed to produce administrative savings, will be delayed at least 10 months, according to a report...

Unlike the biotech industry, where the Midwest is playing catch-up to the coasts, the Midwest's nanotech industry is robust and on par with developments in other leading areas in the U.S. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, columnist Michael Rosen touts the multiple examples...

Background checks using fingerprints might never be the same if a Montello, Wis. business continues to gain traction in the biometrics market. Fahlgreen Solutions, an early-stage company, hopes to capture a good share of that market, which could grow to $6 billion worldwide by 2010...

For anyone interested in open source software but operating under the assumption that it's "free," attorney and columnist Deborah Wilcox has some upsetting news. In this edition of IP Online, she explains why open source is anyting but free, and she advises companies to develop...

The executive vice president of the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association is throwing his support behind the efforts of U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl to speed the transfer of medical research into clinical practice and to improve the drug-approval process. Jim Leonhart said additional spending...

Platypus Technologies has announced the appointment of Dr. Jeff Williams as cocmpany CEO. Williams, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, began his career with Promega Corp. He will succeed co-founder Barb Israel, who will serve the organization as a board member and as a...

The new rules of eDiscovery require more thought and action than simply turning off the office shredder. In this fourth and final part of WTN's series on electronic document retention, attorney Joe Olson addresses the how and when of eDiscovery, including effective litigation hold -...

To the chagrin of municipal officials across Wisconsin, more doubts are emerging about whether Wireless Fidelity or Wi-Fi service really is a disruptive technology that can bring affordable broadband Internet access to the masses. With cities struggling to establish their own Wi-Fi “clouds,” WTN sought...

Madison's Third Wave Technologies will collaborate with a North Carolina clinical laboratory on the development of a companion diagnostic test to personalize the treatment of heart failure. The diagnostic would be a companion to a new pharma product being developed by the Denver-based ARCA Discovery....

The fate of three stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation hangs in the balance before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and opinions vary wildly as to whether they will be upheld, weakened, or overturned. In this WTN guest column, the...