Devin Krauter sits on the end of his bed, tapping buttons on his video game controller to shoot down alien beasts while chatting with other players through a headset, texting on his cell phone and talking to a visitor. The 17-year-old high school junior is ranked...
Madison - Wisconsin will collect sales taxes on Internet downloads of music, games, books, ring tones and other video entertainment - a decision that angers some who will find the 5% tax added to their credit-card bills after Oct. 1. On Thursday, Gov. Jim Doyle signed...
Johnson Controls has begun generating electricity from the largest solar power system in the state - nearly 1,500 panels erected on the northeast corner of the company's headquarters campus in Glendale. The solar power system is part of the $73 million renovation and rehabilitation of the...
Losing a friend at work to a layoff can be stressful, but you'll need to deal with the situation. You probably have a co-worker or two you're close with, who you grab to rehash the latest episodes of a favorite television show, or for company on...
Federal relief alone won't sustain the economy. A new Cabinet position would help to sharpen the focus on the innovation needed in the U.S.—and worldwide We are experiencing more than an economic setback. In effect, it's an economic reset. This requires a reexamination of government,...
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle would like iTunes customers to help pay for the state's budget shortfall, according to the Associated Press. Doyle has proposed a sales tax on a variety of digital downloads including music, movies, ringtones, electronic books and greeting cards. The state is...
Pharmacia, a company bought by Pfizer in 2003 was found by a jury to have illegally overcharged Wisconsin’s Medicaid program and could face $144 million in penalties the state’s attorney general said. A Dane County jury in Madison, Wisconsin found that Pharmacia should pay $7 million...
While it might have been a tad on the excessive side to call the police on a 14-year-old girl for texting during class, the teen in question certainly didn't help anything by trying to hide her phone away in her butt. Read full article>>...
Marquette students frustrated with campus Internet speed should resist the urge to pull out their hair — a substantial boost in campus Internet capacity is in the works. The university is planning to enlarge the Internet capacity for students from 100 to 700 megabits per second,...
Mass layoffs, faltering banks and a foundering stock market may capture today’s headlines, but investors and entrepreneurs came together Wednesday for a better tomorrow. The entrepreneurs were taking advantage of their first opportunity to tap into the Lake Superior Angel Network, a recently formed collaboration that...