Redistricting draws business to small firms

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Small software consulting firms are taking advantage of the realignment of new electoral districts by providing computer services and expertise. The districts are changed once every ten years to conform to population shifts that have occurred in the past decade. The old days of redrawing districts on maps with pencils have given way to computerized graphics, where entire blocks of the population can be moved from one district to the next and the results totalled as requested. The redistricting has created considerable opportunity for software companies versed in the art of geographic information systems (GISs), or computer mapping with integrated with data. Sales of actual GIS software are also up, as companies with vested interests in this realignment of voting districts are willing to expend considerable money for in-house expertise.

Business, Activism, Political protest, Government, Political Issue

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Hello? Still there? Videophone enthusiasts insist the time has finally come. Really

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Two products are scheduled to be released that will make videoconferencing more popular, Eastman Kodak's $549 ViaTV and C-Phone's $349 C-Phone Home videophone. ViaTV connects to a television set and normal phone lines, which allows users to sit in their own living rooms while they talk to each other. The C-Phone Home device also connects to the television, similar to a VCR and obtains a speakerphone by using remote control. Using a system that hooks up through the television is one option, another is to use computer technology. US Robotics has a $399 product called the Bigpicture Video Kit that can be added to a PC. The kit comes with a video modem, a suite of software, a camera and a video capture card.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Prepackaged software, Product description/specification, Product information, Equipment and supplies, Design and construction, Eastman Kodak Co., EK, Videoconferencing, Videoconferencing equipment, Videoconferencing systems, Videoconferencing software, U.S. Robotics Corp., USRX, C-Phone Corp., C-Phone Home (Videoconferencing equipment), ViaTV (Videoconferencing equipment), U.S. Robotics Bigpicture Video Kit (Videoconferencing equipment)

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