http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit All about the tech life on the Northside en-us mpearson@ajc.com 2007-01-29T13:00:01-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 All about the tech life on the Northside http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/29/the_connected_car.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Dunwoody-based Hughes Telematics is taking a big step towards putting us all behind the wheel of high-powered computers with cars strapped onto their backs. The company announced earlier this month (click for full story) it has signed on with the... 124834@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-29T13:00:01-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/25/techbridge_providing_it_help_f.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Think about technology in the nonprofit sector and what’s likely to come up is an image of a few old desktops and a dot matrix printer. But these days, the need for high-tech solutions to business problems isn’t an issue... 129267@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-25T10:25:47-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/24/aea_venture_forum_golf_event.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit 129266@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-24T20:21:56-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/18/wikis_with_suits.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Wikis are going corporate this year in a big way, Forrester Research predicts. The company predicts in a recent research report that businesses will rapidly pick up adoption of wiki technology to help employees collaborate more effectively. Forrester says companies... 127060@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-18T10:16:55-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/18/blogfest.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Local bloggers will disconnect from the Web, however painful that might be, and gather in Cobb County next month for a conference on new media. “SoCon07” is scheduled for Feb. 9-10 at Kennesaw State University. According to a press release... 127058@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-18T10:11:51-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/10/sharing_health_records.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit One component of plans to institute a national electronic medical records system is the ability to share health information among providers and researchers. What would motivate consumers to open their health records? Money, of course. Forrester Research is out with... 124775@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-10T11:33:23-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2007/01/04/unwired.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Wired, it appears, is in the eye of the beholder. Wired magazine has produced a list of most-wired cities, and Atlanta is notably absent from the list. That’s interesting because just a few months ago, Forbes named the city as... 123286@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2007-01-04T16:35:58-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/12/07/virtually_real.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Playmotion isn’t your typical Northside technology company. You won’t hear a lot of talk about verticals and scalability. The topic will never turn to B2B integration solutions and the only enterprise likely to come up is the USS Enterprise of... 116892@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-12-07T10:41:52-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/12/07/growing_georgias_technology_se.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Georgia spends less than 1 percent of its state budget on technology ventures, but purely throwing money at the sector won’t necessarily put the state on par with traditional technology havens such as California and Massachusetts, lawmakers said last week... 116890@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-12-07T10:39:58-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/12/05/photo_gallery_playmotion.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Alpharetta’s Playmotion creates video displays that blur the boundaries of projection displays and video games, in this case allowing a user to simulate flying over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor by extending his arms. Photo courtesy Playmotion. To see some images... 116437@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-12-05T22:20:07-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/12/01/technochristmas_whats_your_wis.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit We asked some Northside technology executives what technology gift they’d like Santa to bring, assuming he had an unlimted budget (he does … right?). We got some interesting answers. Greg Roberts of Alpharetta’s Playmotion wants a ticket to ride Richard... 115533@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-12-01T09:55:35-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/11/22/wasted_potential.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Remember how excited you were when you picked up that picture-taking, MP3-playing, can-opening cellphone? Remember how you planned to become the Ansel Adams of the cellphone set? Videograph your life and upload it to YouTube for the world to see?... 113706@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-11-22T16:15:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/11/22/think_tank.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit The intellectual property set has a new place to hang out in Alpharetta. The Clements Walker law firm has opened the “Think Tank” at its Alpharetta offices as a creative haven for inventors. The law firm isn’t doing this purely... 113705@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-11-22T16:14:52-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/11/22/instant_messaging_and_the_ente.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit Instant messaging. For now, it’s that thing your kid does all day long, but according to IDC wireless analyst Scott Ellison, it’s going to be the big enterprise technology story of 2007. “There’s a huge amount of venture capital pouring... 113704@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-11-22T16:12:28-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/entries/2006/11/17/laundry_time.html?cxntfid=blogs_tech_circuit So what happens when a washer and dryer hook up on the Internet? Yes, it’s back. Laundry Time, the oft-ridiculed study to see if hooking up a washer and dryer to a home network will save homeowners time, has revealed... 112768@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/techcircuit/ 2006-11-17T18:33:08-05:00