Remote control: Travelers can keep an eye on home
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 11, 2009
This holiday season, many travelers will be able to keep a close eye on home.
Thanks to new security system technology, including live video feed, you can monitor everything from the front door to the sump pump from hundreds of miles away.
“You can see anything that’s going on from anywhere in the world,” said Jay Park [...]
Early reviews of Windows 7 are mostly good 
BY: Larry Fiorino
POSTED: October 29, 2009
Goodbye Windows Vista and hello Windows 7. Microsoft just released a new version of its operating system. It is called Windows 7 and is being marketed as a fast, agile, easy-to-use improvement from the last operating system release, Windows Vista.
Some of the “new” features aren’t really new, but improved. Here are the top four, in [...]
‘Unconferences’ extend Web2.0 to events
BY: jackie.sauter
POSTED: October 29, 2009
I spent last Friday at the State Theater, a popular entertainment venue in Falls Church, Va. – but not at a show. I attended the third (and final) Blog Potomac “unconference,” a congregation of social media marketing enthusiasts from the Washington metropolitan region.
From the grassroots organizers to the happy hour bar to the denim dress, [...]
Hanger Orthopedic’s profit up 31.4%
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 27, 2009
Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc., of Bethesda, reported third-quarter net income increased 31.4 percent, to $9.6 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $7.3 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period.
Revenue rose 7.6 percent, to $192.3 million, versus $178.7 million for the corresponding quarter in 2008. Net [...]
Barnes & Noble to offer new ‘nook’ e-book reader
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 21, 2009
A wireless electronic-book reader on Barnes & Noble’s Web site called the “nook” is available for “pre-order” for $259 — the same as Amazon.com’s recently reduced Kindle. Less than 5 inches wide and 8 inches tall and weighing 11.2 ounces, the nook is the size and weight of a paperback book, according to the Web [...]
MedImmune, Novavax debate vaccines
BY: Danielle Ulman
POSTED: October 15, 2009
Two Maryland biotechnology firms began working feverishly in April to formulate swine flu vaccines — one through classic methods that produced a usable vaccine and the other with newer technology that could speed production in the face of a pandemic.
Gaithersburg-based MedImmune Inc. developed a swine flu version of its FluMist nasal spray vaccine through traditional [...]
Internet-fueled entrepreneurs on the rise
BY: jackie.sauter
POSTED: October 15, 2009
I firmly believe that using social media helps to turn people into entrepreneurs. The Internet has leveled the playing field in a lot of ways to make running a business possible for all kinds of people.
I’ve been thinking about two Web entrepreneurs in particular this week: one name you probably won’t recognize, and one name [...]
Hillcrest ends suit over Wii remote
BY: Brendan Kearney
POSTED: October 15, 2009
Following the August settlement of its complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Rockville-based Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. has agreed to drop its related patent lawsuit against Nintendo over the “Wiimote,” the popular controller for the Japanese gaming giant’s Wii game system.
In a joint filing Wednesday with Nintendo Co. Ltd. and its Redmond, Wash.-based affiliate, Nintendo [...]
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