911 call data logged, made searchable
We don't think about it, but the numbers are mind-boggling. There about 5.5 million 911 calls made annually in Chicago, according to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications. That's...
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Lynda.com gets picture on computer training
Computer classes, particularly when the subject is a deep, feature-rich program like Adobe's Photoshop, can be rough. The classes are technical, there is lots to remember, and you can only...
He’s on a mission to capture best shot
High in the sky, with a wicked-cool digital camera, Allan Goldstein snaps photos of golf courses, subdivisions and commercial properties for clients. In Elgin, for example, he will be shooting...
Laser technology seen on food, clothing and TV
Laser technology, it turns out, is everywhere. From plasma and projection TVs to airbags, laser technology is cutting, inscribing, vaporizing and diagnosing a lot these days. John Ambroseochief executive of...
Video gamers stand out in the operating room
Professor Douglas Gentile must have the coolest research lab in academia. In Gentile's lab, video games rule. PCs and GameCubes and Xboxes comprise the equipment, and children--and adults--playing games like...
Researcher speeds up transfers of data
Meet John "Jack" Lange, a man with a name, and a freakish technical ability, straight out of a Tom Clancy novel. To paint an accurate picture of the Northwestern University...
A site that’s most accommodating
Dating, offline and online, isn't easy for anyone. But imagine if you were disabled. Just south of Joliet, 54-year-old Suzie VanDyke struggles with a painful muscle disease called fibromyalgia. Sometimes,...
Admitting e-mail addiction often first step to recovery
A Pennsylvania woman calling herself life and business coach for executives has been making a lot of news over the past week talking about e-mail addiction. Marsha Egan has been...
MySpace race on the campaign trail
Barack Obama has more friends than Hillary Clinton. About 20,000 more. On the Republican side, John McCain has twice as many friends as Rudy Giuliani, but Texas Rep. Ron Paul...
BlackBerry Pearl earns praise from cell users
TiVo has evangelists. People go crazy over their digital video recorder because it changes the way they watch TV. In the PC category, the Mac elicits a wildly passionate response...