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FCC unveils bold broadband plan

The Tennessean, 3/16/10

Jim Puzzanghera and David Sarno

Declaring expansion of broadband Internet access the nation's next great infrastructure challenge, federal regulators on Monday unveiled an ambitious, decade-long strategy to make super-high-speed connections available in every corner of the country.

Ultra fast Google for city?

The Oak Ridger, 3/16/10

Leean Tupper

Could ultra high-speed Internet be coming to Oak Ridge?

UCHRA program helping senior citizens surf the Web

The Herald-Citizen, 3/15/10

Buddy Pearson

Modern technology has increased the ability to keep in touch with friends and family or communicate with congressmen, state and local government officials in virtual real time.

Franklin-based Website ranks livability of cities

The Tennessean, 3/12/10

Nancy Mueller

With an unemployment rate of 11.9 percent, a high school that failed to meet its academic goals last year and a shrinking population, the city of Kinston, N.C., would not match some people's definition of a highly livable town.

University of Tennessee system linking to AT&T’s Tennessee virtual private

Memphis Business Journal, 3/11/10

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis will be a part of the NetTN virtual private network, developed by AT&T for the state of Tennessee.

County officials consider new Web site policy

The Herald-Citizen, 3/11/10

Liz Engel

A new policy could soon regulate Putnam County-controlled Web sites and has been proposed for study by one county commissioner.

Knoxville to vie for Google test site

Knoxville News Sentinel, 3/10/10

Knoxville wants to be a Google city, but is Mayor Bill Haslam willing to peel down to his T-shirt and shorts and jump in Fort Loudoun Lake to make it happen?

AT&T invites college students to e-learning app

The Daily News Journal, 3/9/10

AT&T launched its 2010 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus ChallengeSM, a national higher education contest that invites students to design the next generation e-learning mobile application.

State agencies go online

Chattanooga Times Free Press, 3/8/10

Joy Lukachick

Posted to the Georgia Department of Corrections' Facebook page is a notification that says 13 people "like" the photo album of 143 cadets who graduated from one of the department's training classes.

IP launches environmental Web site for industry

Memphis Business Journal, 3/4/10

International Paper Co. has launched a new company Web site that will serve as an information base on environmental issues and trends in the paper and printing industries.