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Innovation: Why don't users mind when Twitter breaks?

New Scientist
Innovation is our regular column that highlights emerging technological ideas and where they may lead. Millions of conversations around the world were ...
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How Whirlpool puts new ideas through the wringer

KIVI-TV
1 in innovation as well. Whitwam's pronouncement kicked off a flurry of ideas. Not all of them were sensible. "There were some wacky ones -- bicycles, ...
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White House tells agencies, think 'open innovation'

Computerworld
By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - The White House is telling its agencies to pursue an "open innovation"-approach to government, be visionary in their ...
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Gov 2.0: The Promise Of Innovation

Forbes
Citizens are empowered to spark the innovation that will result in an improved approach to governance. This is a radical departure from the old model of ...
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White House tells agencies, think 'open innovation'

Computerworld
The White House is telling its agencies, which are set to prepare budgets, to pursue an "open innovation"-approach to government, be visionary in their ...
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Branded Research taps into innovation

Pasadena Star-News
By Kevin Smith, Staff Writer Rhett mcnulty co-founded Branded Research, an interactive marketing agency that develops applications for mobile devices. ...
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Meyers: Innovation lures great reputation

Denver Post
By Charlie Meyers David Maynard, left, and Patrick Sebile celebrate yet another award for their fast-rising firm. ( Special to The Denver Post ) The ...
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Innovation in your career development

Examiner.com
What does innovation mean to you as you seek a new career? Searching for a job in new way? Do you have to be really intelligent or creative to be innovative ...
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Guest commentary: Project Innovation moves from planning to action

Naples Daily News
By DOLPH VON ARX- Naples, Honorary chairman, Project Innovation Project Innovation endorser organizations include Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp; Ave Maria ...
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Federal funds for Educational Technology and Innovation in K-12

Examiner.com
This August, the California Department of Education (CDE) has received a $71.6 million federal grant from the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) ...
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Websense Secure Web Gateway Awarded Product Innovation of the Year ...

Web 2.0 Journal
Websense received the North American Product Innovation of the Year Award for Web Content Management due to its innovative Web security products, ...
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Red Hat's JBoss road less traveled

CNET News
by Matt Asay Red Hat has announced its 2009 Innovation Awards, with some impressive finalists making the list. From Whole Foods to Harvard Business School ...
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Your Innovations Aren't Immortal

Bloomberg
But it is a crucial starting point for companies seeking to create competitive advantage through innovation. This is one of the key messages that ran ...
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Segway inventor Dean Kamen: Nationalized healthcare will kill ...

Reuters Blogs
Let's spend more on healthcare! An interesting chunk from a Popular Mechanics chat with Segway inventor Dean Kamen (via The Health Care Blog): We now live ...
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Premiers promote innovation to create Canadian jobs

Canada.com
"There's a great example of a national effort, at least a multi-provincial effort, on a major innovation opportunity for the country,andquot; Wall said. ...
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Panel Says NASA Should Reopen Innovation Institute

Science Magazine
'NIAC inspired an atmosphere for innovation that stretched the imagination and encouraged creativity,' the report released today concluded. ...
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HEARING SUMMARY: WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ...

Trading Markets (press release)
... National Science Foundation "While the SBIR program is generally recognized as a successful program that has encouraged innovation and helped federal ...
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White House's top geek talks tech

San Jose Mercury News
Here is an edited version of the interview: A The president asked for input on how technology innovation can address a larger set of priorities. ...
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Crunch Time for Obama

FOXNews
In order to make this a reality, Mr. Obama needs a new blueprint based on the following pro-growth principles: Prioritizing US Innovation, ...
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Gov. Jindal Makes Appointments To Important Louisiana Innovation ...

Bayou Buzz
BATON ROUGE -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the Louisiana Innovation Council. This Council, in many respects can significantly ...
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Obama: Innovation key to improving the economy

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON --- Future economic prosperity depends on building a new, stronger foundation and recapturing the "spirit of innovation," President Barack Obama ...
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Main Street Dyersburg approved for $15000 Innovation Grant

State Gazette
Phil Bredesen recently approved $330000 in Main Street Innovation Grants for 22 of Tennessee's Main Street Programs. Each participating community will ...
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Orion featured in new book designed to spur innovation

Herald Times Reporter
MANITOWOC --- A new book designed for "anyone seeking success through innovation" devotes a chapter to Orion Energy Systems Inc., detailing the company's ...
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Universities 'fail on standards'

BBC News
The report has also been challenged by Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. "I don't recognise the committee's ...
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Indian firms should invest in innovation, RandD

Livemint
Strategy for Indian companies is to invest in innovation and RandD (research and development) because that helps protect margins. ...
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Washington (Western in particular) as model for renewed American ...

Examiner.com
Admitted to the Union as the forty-second state in 1889, Washington state remains a beacon of innovation and academic excellence, an exemplary model for ...
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Obama: Country must recapture innovative spirit

Newsday
"Innovation has been essential to our prosperity in the past, and it will be essential to our prosperity in the future," Obama said Saturday in his weekly ...
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Obama Says GDP Numbers Show Recovery Act Working; Long-Term ...

Wall Street Journal Blogs
For communities like Elkhart to thrive, we need to recapture the spirit of innovation that has always moved America forward. That means once again having ...
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Obama: Stimulus Helped, But Rebuilding Economy Will Take ...

Washington Post
By Michael A. Fletcher President Obama cited new economic statistics showing that the recession is easing as evidence that the oft-criticized $787 billion ...
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Obama says innovation key to the future...GOP hits health care again

9and10 News
WASHINGTON (AP) --- President Barack Obama says a successful future is about innovation. In his weekly radio and Internet address, he cited fresh evidence the ...
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Obama: Investment, Innovation Will Lead to Prosperity

Voice of America
By VOA News US President Barack Obama says America's economy is improving, but future prosperity depends on long-term investment and innovation. ...
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BESU opens national innovation centre

Press Trust of India
Kolkata, Aug 1 (PTI) Collaborating with the industry, Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) has come up with a national level innovation centre ...
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Obama: Key to Future Is Innovation

LiveScience.com
That foundation would be built through innovation, the president said. "We need to recapture the spirit of innovation that has always moved America forward ...
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Graduates to get gap-year money

BBC News
The government is to pay for graduates struggling to get a job to go on trips abroad, The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has confirmed. ...
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Want to Innovate but Avoid Risk? Offer a Prize.

Washington Post
But capitalism needs innovation, and innovation requires risk. So how can you innovate while getting someone else to shoulder the risk? ...
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Who doesn't like innovation?

Examiner.com
President Barack Obama, in this week's radio address:"Innovation has been essential to our prosperity in the past, and it will be essential to our ...
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UND Center for Innovation turns 25

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
AP GRAND FORKS, ND (AP) The University of North Dakota Center for Innovation is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The center is kicking off a year of events ...
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New PandG chief talks up value of research in innovation

Research Magazine
McDonald said that 'virtually all' the organic sales growth PandG has achieved in the past nine years has come from innovation, which was a key focus of ...
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Innovation: As With Moon Landings, So With Medicine

Town Hall
American innovation - combined with perseverance and courage - carried the Apollo moon program to success with the flight of Apollo 11 on July 19/20, 1969. ...
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Transverse Receives 2009 TMC Labs Innovation Award

Business Wire (press release)
'The TMC Labs Innovation Award granted to Transverse for blee(p)and#39;s CRM capabilities, is yet another example of how leveraging state-of-the-art technologies ...
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Federal CTO Chopra Meets Silicon Valley

InformationWeek
4 presentation sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Technology and TechNet, Chopra outlined the Obama Administration's plans to spur innovation, ...
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CTO: Time for govt innovation has arrived

ZDNet
US chief technology office Aneesh Chopra says he's working hard to enable the federal government to embrace innovation, user-friendliness and best practices ...
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The Price of Innovation

Atlantic Online
Dean Kamen has some lengthy thoughts on innovation that are well worth reading. As the article notes, besides the Segway and the world's first ...
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Red Hat Announces Finalists in Third Annual Innovation Awards

NewsBlaze
The awards are designed to recognize the outstanding use, innovation and extension of Red Hat and JBoss solutions by Red Hat customers, partners and the ...
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FCC under Genachowski: competition, consumers, innovation and ...

San Francisco Chronicle
In previous years, innovation had been discouraged, which is why people in the US have problems getting broadband, or getting good wireless phone service.
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Obama: Innovation 'more important than ever'

USA Today
"Innovation is more important than ever," Obama told a friendly crowd in Wakarusa, Ind., announcing $2.4 billion in new grants for the development of ...
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Nationwide Children's hopes new director will boost cancer innovation

MedCity News
Nationwide wants Peter J. Houghton to aggressively expand its commercialization efforts out of the institute. The hospital is designing new cancer therapies ...
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Chu touts innovation, announces grant

CharlotteObserver.com
... Chu today announced a $49 million federal grant to a Charlotte battery-component maker, a step toward what he called a new era of energy innovation. ...
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Tech's White House Wooing

Forbes
The group wants US leaders to recognize that innovation is the central driver of economic growth. This means boosting research and development, ...
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Anfang's Trades career marked by innovation, community service

Workday Minnesota
By Michael Moore ST. PAUL - When Dick Anfang became head of the St. Paul Building Trades two decades ago, one of his first moves was to make the ...
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New Nestl equals E9 prize for water, nutrition innovations

Water Technology Online
VEVEY , SWITZERLAND --- Nestl equals E9, the global food and beverage company, is establishing a new prize to encourage innovation in any of four areas: improving ...
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Innovation is The Way Out of Recession

KCBS
(KCBS) -- The nation's chief technology officer talked about innovation and the creation of more high tech jobs during a visit to Silicon Valley today. ...
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FCC: We'll be relentless for competition, consumers, innovation ...

ZDNet
Genachowski said the company will be relentlessly focused on competition, consumers, innovation and investment. And that focus means Genachowski will be ...
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Another Cowboys Stadium Innovation: The Stadium Nomad

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Hey, you! Yes you, Mr. Everyman! Wanna go to the Cowboys' luxe new stadium, but just don't think you can afford it? Well, I'm here to tell you that you are ...
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Customer Interaction Solutions and TMC Labs Announce 2009 ...

TMCnet
The TMC Labs Innovation Award distinguishes products that demonstrate innovation, uniqueness, and significant contributions toward improving communications ...
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Bring Different Innovation to Washington

Technosailor
He wanted to talk about innovation and technology startups in DC. For those who live around here, you know there's not a lot of them. ...
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Real Innovation for Verizon's TV Widgets Will Be in Your Hand(set)

NewTeeVee
Verizon announced today that it will be opening up its FiOS 'Widget Bazaar' to third-party developers as the company hopes to spur innovation around the way ...
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The King of Innovation Speaks

Inventors Digest
Oh yeah, he's also on a mission to rewire American culture and usher in a new era of innovation. By Mike Drummond Every generation or so, someone with ...
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The Innovation of Imitating Continues: Microsoft to open Retail Stores

The Nillabyte Perspective
As reported by CNET, Microsoft will be opening two retail stores; one in Scottsdale, AZ and another in Mission Viejo, CA. Both are expected to open later ...
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Innovation could save health care

Kansas City Star
By Doug Allen, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist To save the health care industry from eventually collapsing, we need to offer consumers more ...
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Cash for Clunkers: Smothering Innovation?

EcoGeek
... what I'm trying to say is *facepalm*. Welcome to the government trying to spur innovation and, instead managing to stifle it extremely effectively.
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Hear: The Pros And Cons Of Financial Innovation

NPR
Second, regulation can overreach, in which case it stifles financial innovation. After newfangled financial products nearly brought down the global economy ...
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Main Street Innovation Grant funds kiosk in downtown UC for promotions

Weakley County Press
Union City Main Street has been awarded a $15000 Main Street Innovation Grant. The money has been used for the design, fabrication and installation of a ...
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Funding opportunities for small business innovation on horizon

Morris Daily Herald
Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson was pleased with the overwhelming bipartisan majority that supported small business innovation during the recent passage of ...
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