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Imagine Cup Winner’s Vision Tool Could Help Millions

By Guest PostApril 12, 2011Technologyarizona state university, asu, azure, Chicago, david grund, david hayden, engineering, forest gun, imagine cup, imagine cup worldwide finals, judge, mark hindsbo, math, Microsoft, poland, Science, software design, spero, stem, steve clayton, team bloom, team note taker, Technology, tribeca flashpoint media arts academy, warsaw

*A project that helps students with low vision take notes wins the U.S. Imagine Cup’s preeminent software design category.*

REDMOND, Wash. – April 12, 2011 – When David Hayden’s team won the U.S. Imagine Cup’s prestigious category Monday, it was a victory for him as a student with low vision, and for all students with reduced vision across the world.

Hayden and Team Note-Taker from Arizona State University (ASU) won the Software Design category after competing in Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup finals over the weekend. His team will advance to compete in the Imagine Cup world finals in July. (more…)

Russia to Restore Naval Presence in All Oceans

By PravdaNovember 26, 2010Politics, WeaponsCuba, dmitry medvedev, konstantin sivkov, naval bases, poland, russia, russian vessels, soviet era, soviet union, usa, ussr, Vietnam

Russian guided missile cruiser SLAVA. Source: Wikipedia

Russia may open new naval bases in other countries, President Dmitry Medvedev stated November 25 at a meeting with Russia’s top brass.

“Unfortunately, the reality is that a number of our previous opportunities have disappeared,” Medvedev said. Medvedev said that he now had “certain ideas” about how these could be replaced. “But for obvious reasons, I will not say them out loud,” he added.

First and foremost, it goes about support points for Russian vessels on the territory of foreign countries. It is necessary to build such objects to support Russia’s military presence in strategically important parts of the globe. (more…)

IBM Pledges $50 Million To Create 100 Smarter Cities

By Guest PostNovember 9, 2010Technologybaltimore mayor, brazil, chengdu, China, citizen engagement, globe, greater charlotte, ho chi minh city, ibm, katowice, mecklenburg county, municipalities, philanthropic investment, poland, rio de janeiro, smarter cities challenge, stephanie rawlings blake, sustainability, Technology, Vietnam

ARMONK, N.Y. – 09 Nov 2010: IBM today inaugurated Smarter Cities Challenge, a competitive grant program in which IBM will award $50 million worth of technology and services to help 100 municipalities across the globe. Teams of IBM experts will provide city leaders with recommendations for successful growth, better delivery of municipal services, more citizen engagement, and improved efficiency.

This new program is the single-largest philanthropic investment currently planned by IBM, which made US$186 million worth of charitable contributions in 2009, comprising cash, technology, and consulting services. (more…)

comScore Reports Top 20 Web Properties in Poland

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2010TechnologyComscore, comscore media metrix, digital world, european search marketplace, google sites, mih limited, nasza klasa, poland, polish, wolf allisat, YouTube

*Debut Report on Internet Usage in Poland Shows Prevalence of Local Brands and Heavy Search Activity*

London, U.K., 29 September, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the first overview of internet usage in Poland based on the comScore Media Metrix audience measurement service, as well as an analysis of Polish search activity in comparison to the European search marketplace. The report showed that Poland’s 17.8 million Internet users age 15 and older were most likely to visit the Google Sites web property (97 percent market penetration), but that local web brands rounded out most of the top 20 properties.

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IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

By Guest PostJuly 29, 20101 commentTechnologycloud computing, czeslaw smutnicki, ibm, information technology, it, Nanotechnology, pawel panecki, poland, robotic, Wroclaw, wroclaw university of technology

WARSAW, Poland & WROCLAW, Poland – 29 Jul 2010: IBM Poland (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology today announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing center in Poland. As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1500 students.

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Goooal! World Cup of Tech Competitors Score in Warsaw

By Guest PostJuly 6, 20104 commentsTechnologybrazil, christian piechnick, daniella bal, dice, England, germany-argentina, Holland, ignatius lopez, imagine cup, it, jasper baljeu, Johannesburg, jon perera, kieron ekron, malissa, malta, olympics, poland, royal bafokeng stadium, simulacrum, South Africa, stefan lia, vuvuzela, warsaw, wearth, world cup, world cup of technology

*As their favorite soccer teams battle to win the World Cup in South Africa, students from across the globe are in Warsaw, Poland, to find out who will win the World Cup of technology.*

WARSAW, Poland – July 6, 2010 – Just weeks after catching a World Cup soccer game in their home country, two students from South Africa brought 40,000 football fans with them to Warsaw, Poland, for the “World Cup of technology.”

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Tech Student Projects Already Changing World

By Guest PostJune 8, 20102 commentsEducation, Technologyimagine cup, instituto tecnológico de acapulco, jon, perera, poland, polarvision, rob miles, russia, sharaftinov, south ural state university, team savant, timur sharaftinov, united nations' millennium, universidad del valle de méxico, warsaw, water quality, zyratkyl national park

*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.

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Imagine Cup Winner’s Vision Tool Could Help Millions

Russia to Restore Naval Presence in All Oceans

IBM Pledges $50 Million To Create 100 Smarter Cities

comScore Reports Top 20 Web Properties in Poland

IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

Goooal! World Cup of Tech Competitors Score in Warsaw

Tech Student Projects Already Changing World