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State of Florida Leverages Microsoft Cloud Solution for Census Count

By Guest PostJune 11, 2010Technologybing, census count, cloud solution, dean cannon, florida, floridians, gail thomas-flynn, house of representatives, Microsoft, microsoft silverlight, myfloridacensus, state and local government, u.s. census bureau, web-based application, windows azure

*Built on Windows Azure, MyFloridaCensus.gov helps Floridians identify homes, neighborhoods and communities for 2010 census.*

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House of Representatives is making one final push over the next month for its state residents to be counted in the 2010 Census, through its MyFloridaCensus (https://www.myfloridacensus.gov) website and Web-based application.

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Violent Video Games May Increase Aggression in Some But Not Others, Says New Research

By Guest PostJune 10, 20101 commentTechnologyagreeableness, american psychological association, asthma attacks, behavior problems, christopher j. ferguson, cognitive skills, commercial video games, conscientiousness, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Europe, extraversion, five-factor model, neuroticism, openness, pain, pain management, pamela kato, patrick markey, perfect storm, personality trait, psychological model, psychotherapy, review of general psychology, Social networking, t. atilla ceranoglu, texas a&m international university, therapy, united states, violent video games

*Bad effects depend on certain personality traits; games can offer learning opportunities for others*

WASHINGTON – Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve social networking.

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Tech Student Projects Already Changing World

By Guest PostJune 8, 20102 commentsEducation, Technologycollege projects, imagine cup, imagine cup competition, polarvision, polarvision monitor, water monitoring system, worldwide finals

A student team from Russia will take technology that is already monitoring the health of a national park to the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in July.

REDMOND, Wash. — Two months ago, fish started dying in the rivers and streams of Russia’s Zyratkyl National Park. Perplexed park officials wanted to know why, so they turned to a new water monitoring system called Polarvision. (more…)

Microsoft Brings Developers and Designers Closer Together With Expression Studio 4 Release

By Guest PostJune 7, 2010Technologyanvil digital, blend and sketchflow, copia, cynergy, designers, developer division, developers, ereaders, expression studio 4, h.264, internet week, Microsoft, microsoft .net, microsoft corp., microsoft expression blend, miguel carrasco, new york 2010, s. soma somasegar, silverlight, vc-1, visual studio, windows® phone 7

Today at Internet Week New York 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Expression Studio 4. The newest version of Microsoft’s professional suite of design tools, Expression 4 distinguishes itself by enabling designers and developers to collaborate and create dynamic applications using their existing skills and current toolset.

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Two Million iPads in less Than 2 Months

By ShamsJune 1, 2010Technologyapple, apple’s ceo, ebooks multi-touch user interface, hd videos, intuitive, ipads, magical power, steve ballmer, Steve Jobs, steve jobs magical power

As of today, Apple has sold more than two million ipads. The device was launched on April 3, 2010.

So it means one million ipads a month.

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Tech Student Projects Already Changing World

Microsoft Brings Developers and Designers Closer Together With Expression Studio 4 Release

Kentucky Department of Education Chooses Microsoft Live@edu

Office Web Apps Planner Brings Documents to the Cloud

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Two Million iPads in less Than 2 Months