Three bioenergy research centers, including one led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are part of a $375 million Department of Energy program to advance renewable energy. The establishment of the centers culminates a six-year effort by DOE's Office of Science to lay the foundation for...
The biofuels revolution is not only beneficial for agriculture, natural resources, and national security, it could potentially have a reform dimension, according to columnist Tom Still. Touting a bill introduced by Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind, he writes in this edition of Inside Wisconsin that biofuels...
With the confessions of two more defendants in the Rockwell Automation counterfeit software case, prosecutors now have nine convictions involving approximately $30 million in counterfeit software. The latest defendants have confessed to selling nearly $6 million in counterfeit software in online auctions on eBay....
Techware, a broadband wireless Internet provider, will begin to deliver high-speed broadband service and citywide wireless technologies to consumers and business users in Butler. The company intends to build a wireless broadband network in communities throughout Milwaukee, Washington, Waukesha, and Ozaukee counties....
The company that took home the top prize in the 2006 G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition has launched its first identity theft product, and it's designed to provide some peace of mind for millions of credit card holders in the United States. Aristotle...
When it comes to approving drugs in the United States, should safety be the primary endpoint for approval? In this second part of a MedTech Futures column on the FDA approval process, Dr. Ogan Gurel calls for the FDA to refocus its primary mission on...
Bill Payne, an entrepreneur-in-residence for the Kauffman Foundation, came to Wisconsin this week with some entrepreneurial and capital-raising advice. In an interview with WTN and during a talk before the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's Gilson Series, he advised entrepreneurs to prepare for a gap in...
After tackling a number of technology assignments as interim CIO for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Bruce Maas has had the interim tag removed. Maas' appointment as CIO was made official by university provost Rita Hartung Cheng, who noted technology's role in the university's research growth...
Madison-based Douglas Stewart Co. has reached a distribution agreement for the U.S. and Canadian markets with Honestech, Inc., a Texas supplier of digital video and Internet Protocol communication and entertainment solutions. Under the agreement, Douglas Stewart will offer Honestech's products to its network of 4,500...
Dave Wittwer, president and CEO of TDS Telecom, is calling out wireless phone providers for their opposition to a temporary cap on Universal Service Fund payments to them, a measure that was undertaken to relieve financial pressure on the USF. In this guest column, Wittwer...