Rural pockets of Northern California are not hot-beds of Internet use, nor do they want to be, according to a federally funded study recently released. A surprising number of respondents to a survey are sure they can live without the Internet, and aren't very interested [...]
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"Get Connected" Community Fair draws thousands of visitors. More than 17,000 people decided to “Get Connected” on April 24, 2010, in Los Angeles, at a community fair sponsored by the Red Shield Youth and Community Center (Red Shield) and the Koreatown neighborhood. Looking for a [...]
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"We were very, very lucky there were folks at Google who wanted to continue the relationship," said CETF Chief Executive Sunne Wright McPeak. Fuller, McPeak added, offers expertise in the environmental aspects of broadband proliferation. Google also helps fund the organization's School2Home project, an effort [...]
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Now on the national board of AARP, her mission will be to use technology to connect 39 million American to critical health care and Social Security programs. "Geezer tech is my new thing," said O'Connor. "As we move all of our government services online because [...]
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Testimony of Rachelle Chong Special Counsel, Advanced Information and Communications Technology, Office of the Chief Information Officer, State of California Before Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE May 13, 2010 -10 AM It is a great honor and [...]
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Sixth-graders at Stevenson Middle School in Boyle Heights will get personal notebook computers to take home as part of a pilot program to provide technology to low-income students. Read More>>>
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In less than 60 days, doctors in remote areas in California will be able to forward X-rays and scans through secure networks to specialists at various UC medical centers for consultation. The specialists will then be able to send back their diagnoses via these networks [...]
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Each seventh-grader at Central Middle School in Riverside soon will receive a free Netbook computer connecting school to home, a boon for those whose families can't afford them. Central is one of two schools in California to get the School2Home program, Riverside Unified School District [...]
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AT&T's $27 million contract to provide Managed Network Service to the University of California's California Telehealth Network (CTN) is another sign that service providers are finding a new revenue stream from the healthcare industry's telehealth drive. Read More>>>
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