Stories about: Department of Agriculture

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    Low-income families offered cheap broadband, PCs 10/11/2011 06:11:10

    Many U.S. cable providers will offer broadband service for US$9.95 a month and an e-recycler will offer $150 PCs and laptops to low-income families in an effort to bring the benefits of broadband to more people across the country.
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    Idaho National Laboratory to move to Google Apps 25/10/2011 23:04:21

    As many as 5,000 workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory will be the latest government workers to start using Google Apps.
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    Preparing for the real costs of cloud computing 16/08/2011 00:31:00

    At a cloud computing conference in New York in June, a number of speakers pointed out that the cloud is moving past the hype stage and is beginning to deliver tangible benefits to organizations. These improvements include increased flexibility and agility.
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    Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police 26/07/2011 05:20:33

    Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hacktivist galaxy.
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    FCC: Rural areas still lag in broadband speeds 23/06/2011 06:43:28

    More than 28 percent of the rural population in the U.S. lack access to midrange 3Mbps broadband service, according to a new report from two U.S. agencies.
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    Microsoft's hosted apps earn federal certification 21/04/2011 10:13:36

    Microsoft said on Wednesday that its BPOS-Federal service has received an important certification that allows federal organizations to use the service.
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    LightSquared signs up Open Range for rural service 12/03/2011 12:12:32

    Mobile startup LightSquared announced a deal with rural carrier Open Range on Friday that is designed to extend broadband into remote parts of the U.S. through satellite and terrestrial wireless networks.
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    The 10 bloodiest battles Microsoft and Google fought in 2010 15/12/2010 22:38:00

    In case you haven't heard, there are two companies called Microsoft and Google that really don't like each other very much. These tech behemoths are battling each other on a dizzying number of fronts in the consumer, government and business markets, the U.S. court system and the court of public opinion.
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    Microsoft to host e-mail for 120,000 USDA workers 09/12/2010 07:28:00

    As many as 120,000 federal workers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon start using hosted e-mail and other applications provided by Microsoft as part of a deal announced Wednesday.
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    US agency announces $1.2 billion in broadband subsidies 05/08/2010 06:41:00

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has announced US$1.2 billion in grants and loans for 126 broadband deployment projects in 38 states and tribal areas.
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    US agency awards $255 million in new broadband funds 05/03/2010 08:01:00

    The U.S. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) on Thursday announced US$254.6 million in funding for 22 broadband deployment projects in 18 states across the U.S. as it works to wrap up a first round of broadband funding made available in a huge economic stimulus package passed by Congress early last year.
 
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