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Winter 2008:

Chicago's vibrant tech community fuels Web innovation - Medill News Service
by Andrew Baltazar
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Published Thursday, March 13, 2008. By Andrew Baltazar
A tightly knit technology community, backed by the growth of capital markets organizations and small businesses, is driving the development of new Web-based technologies in the city and has made the City of Big Shoulders a force to be reckoned with in the dot-com world.

In 2004 the founder of a Web design firm called 37 Signals, Jason Fried, launched Basecamp, a Web-based project management tool. Uncertain whether his first software product would be viable, Fried told himself that if Basecamp could not generate $5,000 in revenues per month throughout the first year, he would cancel it.


Cutting-edge software keeps Chicago Web sites up and running - Medill News Service
Jason Rexilius
Photo by Andrew Baltazar
HostedLabs founder Jason Rexilius and his team brainstorm features for the company's Internet software platform, which delivers a variety of services, such as hosting, data storage, database and global traffic routing, to growing Chicago-based Web sites.
Published Tuesday, March 11, 2008. By Andrew Baltazar
HostedLabs founder Jason Rexilius and his team brainstorm features for the company's Internet software platform, which delivers a variety of services, such as hosting, data storage, database and global traffic routing, to growing Chicago-based Web sites.

Wall Street not yet sold on Navteq-Nokia deal - Medill Reports, Chicago
Navteq cartographer
Photo by Andrew Baltazar
A Navteq geographic analyst plots his course before hitting the road in a GPS-enabled van to create a digital map of New Delhi.
Published Saturday, Thursday, January 31, 2008. By Andrew Baltazar
Chicago-based digital map provider Navteq Corp. announced last October it would be acquired by Finnish cell phone giant Nokia Corp. for $78 per share. But Navteq stock has been languishing around $74 per share. How come?

Fall 2007:

More desi social-networking sites grabbing eyeballs - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Published Saturday, December 15, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
Indians are flocking to Indian virtual communities even though they are less populated. On the surface, they might resemble some of the more popular ones, but they are built to cater to Indian interests, social habits and technological needs.

A branded PC or a cool white box?- Hindustan Times, New Delhi
whitebox
Published Wednesday, December 5, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
Gone are the days when the price difference between branded PC and an assembled one was huge. Still, it pays to find your way amidst a host of options.

Education may put an end to global woes - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
MIT
Published Wednesday, November 21, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Susan Hockfield and deans, directors and faculty from the prestigious school are touring Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai this week to announce new educational collaborations with India that aim to solve global problems such as energy shortages, hunger and clean water.

Coming home to IT - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Cadence Employees
Photo by Ronjoy Gogoi, Hindustan Times
Cadence employees who spent years in the U.S. are now back in India
Published Tuesday, November 20, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar. Neha Mehta contributed
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Also picked up by Yahoo! News and Tech Banyan
According to a survey conducted by The IndUS Entrepreneurs network of technology professionals based in India and the US, as many as 60,000 Indian IT professionals have moved back to India in the last few years.
  Why return to India? --Flash Interactive-- by Andrew Baltazar (not published)

Highs and lows of open source - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
tux_linux
Published Wednesday, November 14, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
Purchasing a new computer can be an enormous expense in itself. Adding software to your machine will drain your wallet even further. Computer users often shell out thousands of rupees for commercial applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, but comparable programs are available for free down load on the Internet. And it's legal, no strings attached.
  Open Source, Close Wallet --Flash Interactive-- by Andrew Baltazar (not published)
Newspaper Version

BSNL set to float RS 2,000-crore Wi-Max tender - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Published Thursday, October 18, 2007. By Archana Khatri & Andrew Baltazar
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam said on Thursday it had begun work on a RS 2000-crore tender to link remote villages by wireless broadband Internet services through Wi-Max technology.
  Newspaper Version

Summer 2007:

Dogfight - News 21, A Journalism Initiative of the Carnegie and Knight Foundations
  Published Friday, August 24, 2007
Church watchdog groups are fighting—both for and against—a federal law prohibiting churches from weighing in on political candidates.

No Course in Political Discourse - News 21, A Journalism Initiative of the Carnegie and Knight Foundations
  Published Friday, August 24, 2007
Seminaries lack in-depth teaching on tax codes for non-profits, leaving future clergy ill-prepared to handle electioneering issues.

Winter 2007:

Analog TV shutoff could leave Chicago homes in the "snow" - Chicago Defender
TV "Snow"
  Published Monday, February 26, 2007
When you switch on your television two years from now, you better have a digital TV set or a subscription to cable or satelløite. If you're still using those bunny ears, chances are your tube will display nothing but "snow."

Also picked up by Freepress.net and Chicago Media Action


Plugged in at IIT - Chicago Journal
Hybrid Car
Photo by CalCars.org
  Published Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Todd Dore drives a total of 40 miles to and from Chicago each weekday. Yet he fuels his car less than twice a month.

That's because Dore drives one of the only plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in the Midwest.


Vista expected to make debut - Northwest Indiana Times
Vista Feature
Photo by Microsoft Corp.
  Published Tuesday, January 30, 2007
It was supposed to be on home computers more than three years ago. But after numerous delays and redesigns, Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest version of the Windows operating system, will finally be on store shelves today.


 

 
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