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- University Improves Collaborative Hands-On Learning With Tablet PC Projects
- In 2002, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT successfully incorporated the Tablet PC into the collaborative design phase of an international robot-design competition. Since then, both faculty and students have been using the Tablet PC running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 to enhance...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, University, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, CAD, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software
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- Software Company Saves a Million Script Pages as the Tablet PC Debuts in Hollywood
- Final Draft, a scriptwriting software company based in Southern California, holds an annual screenwriting competition called Big Break. Every year, staff, professional script readers, and a panel of celebrity judges evaluate more than 3,000 scripts. Handling that much paper and successfully tracking each script through several rounds of eliminations was...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Printing, Tablets, Notebooks, Document Management, Portals, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet
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- Austrian Airlines Portal for Pilots' Tablet PCs Meets Security Guidelines
- Security is a priority around air travel. In 2004, Austrian Airlines launched a project to create a secure Web-enabled portal that delivered pilot documentation to tablet PCs. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner mii, Austrian Airlines created their electronic flight rules and communication portal named "eFORCE" and deployed handheld devices...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Organization, Portals, Tablets, Web Technology, Notebooks, Security, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- High School Students, Teachers Learn Long-Term Benefits of Tablet PCs in the Classroom
- Bishop Hartley High School is a private Catholic high school in Columbus, Ohio. The school's administrators wanted to deploy technology in the classroom to enhance learning for all students. So when Tablet PCs pre-installed with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition arrived in November, 2002, the Diocese of Columbus embarked on...
- Tags: School, PC, Tablet PC, Student, Teacher, Bishop Hartley High School, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Cincinnati School Fosters Creative Learning With Tablet PC in One-to-One Program
- Cincinnati Country Day School CCDS in Ohio has a long history of integrating technology into the classroom. In 1996, the school embraced the one-to-one computing pilot program sponsored by Microsoft and Toshiba, providing a mobile PC for each student's full-time use. And when the Tablet PC and Windows XP Tablet...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- A Complete Digital Imaging Solution for MDTablet, LLC - Atalasoft DotImage, DotTwain, and DotAnnotate Fulfill All Requirements
- MDTablet, LLC has developed an Electronic Medical Record system for physicians primarily to be used on a Tablet PC. When choosing an imaging solution, it was important to MDTablet that the 3rd party product it chose be easily integrated into the application. MDTablet was designed on the .NET framework, so...
- Tags: Digital Imaging, Imaging, MDTablet, Atalasoft DotImage, Document Management, Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- First Paperless Campus in Singapore Boosts Collaborative Learning, Saves Time and Costs
- Republic Polytechnic RP is Singapore's fifth polytechnic. RP has a student population growing from a current 5,600 to projected 13,000 by 2010. Although staff and students interact wirelessly through IP phones, Tablet PCs, email messaging and MSN Messenger Services for a student-centric learning environment, its growth demanded solutions for the...
- Tags: MSN, MSN Messenger, Student, Microsoft Corp., Singapore, Republic Polytechnic, Tablets, Entrepreneurship, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, VOIP, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Office Suites, Software, Telecommunications, Networking
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- Army Medical Center Speeds Development 15 Percent, Gains Agility, Reduces Cost
- Madigan Army Medical Center AMC surveys tens of thousands of people each year, both to improve the health of its patient population and to assess the medical status of troops being deployed to Iraq. But the paper-based and proprietary online solutions it used were costly, inflexible, and time-consuming. After participating...
- Tags: Patient, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Tablets, Marketing Research, .Net, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- Commercial Airline Technology Provider Helps Reduce Flight Operations Administration
- Based in the United Kingdom, Evoke Systems, is a software developer that serves the commercial airline industry. Its Electronic Flight Operations System replaces paper-based processes and supports operational tasks typically carried out on commercial planes. Because the application is currently Web based, users must find Internet-connected computers to complete checks...
- Tags: Administration, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Development Tools, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources
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- Putting Process Improvements to Work Enhancing Patient Care
- For a world-class healthcare organization like Baylor, creating an environment of superior care delivery means meeting the needs of many customers: physicians, nurses, administrative staff, and the patients they serve. With the Tablet PC running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Baylor Health Care System has enabled new levels of...
- Tags: Patient, Process Improvement, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- U.K. Financial Advisors Improve Client Servicing With Tablet PC
- Independent Financial Advisors existing systems for collecting data were inefficient, with data needing entering multiple times at different stages in the customer advice process. Positive Solutions Financial Services looked to create a more time-effective, automated system that delivered a user-friendly data entry system for IFAs while on the move. The...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Data Entry, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Development Tools, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- Rail Transport Leader on the Right Track to Cut Costs With Tablet PC Reporting Solution
- Conductors for BNSF Railway Company report on work events and rail-car status for management and customers, but using manual reporting methods to enter inventory data into a mainframe computer resulted in excessive clerical costs. The company automated inventory reporting with a mobile computing platform. BNSF chose to replace the original...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Leader, Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Growing Beyond Wires
- Verb Exchange Inc. is a communications solution company that simplifies access to voice, wireless, fax, e-mail and web-based communications for people on the move. With a mobile workforce spanning Canada and the United States, Verb Exchange needed to equip its staff with new tools to manage its growing customer base...
- Tags: Workplace, Mobile, Intel Corp., Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Advertising & Promotion, Workforce Management, Tablets, Human Resources, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Back to School: Intel Technology Transforms Education at Houston County High School
- Located in rural Georgia near a large Air Force base, Houston County High School faced the challenge of educating a diverse and often transitory student body. Meeting the needs of 21st-century learners, little or no technology, and teacher morale were some of the issues. In 1998, Houston County High School...
- Tags: Education, School, Mobile, Intel Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Tablets, Pocket PC, PDAs, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Semiconductors, Components
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- Real Estate Broker/Agent Improves Client Service and Boosts Productivity by Staying Connected Almost Anywhere His Work Takes Him
- Exceptional service is how the client differentiates himself, so the client is always looking for ways to give his clients a little something extra. Using a tablet PC equipped with Intel Centrino mobile technology - and using Verizon Wireless connectivity and Skype, a software that enables Internet calling - helps...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Client, Connected Corp., Real Estate, Service, Intel Corp., Real Estate Broker/Agent, Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components
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- Tablet PCs Help Nationwide Insurance Resolve Claims Quickly and Accurately
- Everybody benefits when a field adjuster from Nationwide Insurance, one of the world's largest insurance and financial services companies, resolves a claim on-site. Customers receive their check immediately, and Nationwide obtains more accurate estimates, reducing the time and expense needed to resolve each claim. Though completing claims on-site has been...
- Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Tablets, Notebooks, Financial Planning, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance
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- Tablet PC Solution Improves Students' Learning Outcomes at Kansas State University
- Kansas State University (K-State) has long been an innovative user of technology to improve learning both in the classroom and through distance education courses. In an effort to enhance its students' knowledge retention and note taking, K-State began piloting the Tegrity Notes solution based on the Tablet PC running Microsoft...
- Tags: Solution, PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablet PC Solution, Instructor, Tablets, Notebooks, E-learning, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Hospital Deploys Mobile Vaccination Solution to Reach Employees Where They Work
- Washington Hospital Center WHC, the largest teaching hospital in Washington, D.C., is at the vanguard of a major public health effort to raise influenza immunization rates among healthcare workers nationwide. The hospital is employing a multipronged approach to ensure a continuous increase in immunization rates among its employees, including the...
- Tags: Hospital, Mobile, Public Health, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Healthcare Clinic Saves Money and Improves Quality of Care With Tablet PC Solution
- To improve access to patient information, Marshfield Clinic is deploying an electronic medical records solution to replace paper-based methods. A pilot group of 60 physicians is using highly mobile Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to manage medical records; by 2006, all 2,000 practitioners and support staff...
- Tags: Patient, PC, Tablet PC, Health Care, Healthcare Clinic, Tablets, Notebooks, E-health, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Healthcare
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- Road-Building Firm Gains Better Visibility of Construction Costs With Mobile Solution
- Eurovia, a world leader in road design and construction, manages more than 30,000 work sites in France and 60,000 around the world. Until recently, its 2,500 site managers lacked a real-time communications link with the head office. Eurovia then equipped its site managers with Tablet PCs from HP to give...
- Tags: Mobile, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, C#, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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