Author: WTN News

Since 1996, Wisconsin State Patrol vehicles have been progressively fitted with more advanced computer systems, utilizing laptop computers connected over a radio-based IP solution. Instead of writing out tickets and filing them by hand later on, officers can file them by computer and print out...

In retail, there's an ongoing angst about the shift from producer-oriented models to consumer-oriented models and what that implies for retailers everywhere. Producers that depend on controlling pricing information to turn a profit have a lot to loose in the face of a perfectly informed...

Pundits and marketers have been hyping “any time, anywhere” computing for years, but a popular perception remains that if you are starting a technology company, “anywhere” needs to be spittin’ distance to one of the nation’s technology centers: Silicon Valley, Seattle or Boston. You might...

Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) will receive a $500,000 grant from the Department of Commerce to establish a $5.5 million nanotechnology incubator on their Gateway Manufacturing Technology Center in Eau Claire. Nanotechnology is the study and design of systems at the scale of the atom....

A $130 million package of legislative incentives proposed recently by state Republicans is designed to build on efforts to transform Wisconsin’s economy into a knowledge-based, innovation economy. The package of 20 bills, dubbed “Invest Wisconsin,” seeks to encourage the creation of high-technology businesses, and is...

The case for biofuels, or renewable energy, is compelling given the recent ramp-up of the cost of gasoline in the U.S. Because Illinois is one of the top states in the U.S. for corn production, and the Midwest has the highest concentration of both corn...

The City of Madison has been awarded the top ranking for a mid-size city in the Center for Digital Government's 2005 Digital Cities Survey, an annual review of how city governments are utilizing information technology. The annual survey is conducted by the Center for Digital...