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March 3, 2003
PERSONALTECHNOLOGY LOCALPEOPLE COMPANIES EVENTS BOOKS
Today’s headlinesRobert Trigaux
State Farm's no nukes policy another sign of the scary times
If you are one of the millions of Floridians whose vehicles are insured by State Farm, brace yourself.
Listen to what the money managers hear
You are not invited to Raymond James & Associates' annual conference for money managers, but you can listen in without driving to Orlando and pressing your ear against the door. All it takes is a computer with an Internet connection.
Fast furniture
Rooms to Go has become the biggest U.S. furniture retailer by offering the next best thing to drive-through decorating: complete rooms, from sofa to silk flowers, at competitive prices.
Three questions: Shelly Wilt
Director of trauma, safety and medical staff services, Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg
On the fashion front
Though its runway shows in New York are as over-the-top as ever, the fashion industry is battling an economy that's diminishing the luxury market.
Tampa's port plays TV role
The millions of dollars Tampa's port has poured into beefing up security will pay off in an unexpected way: some free air time on national public television.
New power plant for St. Petersburg?
Is Progress Energy Florida Inc. planning to build a new power plant in the Tampa Bay area?
Meadowlands development ready to tee off
Landfills don't conjure up visions of swirling sea gulls, rotting garbage and leaking methane to Bill Gauger. He sees fairways and par 5s.
Basking in the sun, but concerned about freezes
The breezes were balmy and the setting elegant as executives of Progress Energy Inc. gathered with analysts on Wednesday and Thursday at the swanky Boca Raton Resort & Club.
Big (and we mean big) celebrities herald clinic's opening
A Lakeland clinic affiliated with Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute came up with a novel way to celebrate its opening last week.
Boom time for money laundering convention
In an era when hotels are starved for conventions and globetrotting execs are reluctant to travel, at least one annual conference in Florida keeps growing into an international event.
Profile: Micheal Coleman
New position: Vice president, conceptual design, T.Y. Lin International, Tampa
Climbing the ladder
ARCHITECTURE
Company Notes
ENGINEERING
At every stage, a stitch of danger
The hopeful
Low tolerance for high fashion
David Wolfe, creative director with New York merchandise consultants Doneger Group, has been watching runway shows for 30 years with growing incredulity and disgust. During Fashion Week in February, he gave forward-looking retailers, wholesalers and designers his interpretation of how high fashion will translate into real-life apparel for spring 2004. Among his thoughts:
Personal Technology
Personal Tech: March 3, 2003
A new TV addiction: high definition
Everything looks better in HDTV, even programs you'd normally not watch.
Solutions: Would a third-party firewall conflict with XP's firewall?
Q. I plan on changing my dialup Internet service provider to a local company but I am concerned about security. Would installing a firewall program, even the free, basic Zone Alarm, disable or conflict with Windows XP's built-in firewall? I understand the flaw in XP's firewall is that it has no outbound protection. I ask because after I installed WinZip I read that installing a zip program into XP deactivates XP's built-in zip capabilities.
Site Seeing
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Postings
Registration for March computer classes at the Elfers Senior Center, 4136 Barker Drive, will be from moon to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Classes include Computer I and II, Digital Camera and the Internet. For information, call (727) 847-1290.
Digital Life: Computer security jargon
Here are some common terms used when talking about computer security:
The Buzz: Thin is in for Hasbro poster phones, radios
Look for cool, tech-related "tween" toys to be hits later this year.
Web sites celebrate women's accomplishments
Women Pioneering the Future is the theme for Women's History Month, which celebrates women's accomplishments in medicine, sports, the arts and more.
Game reviews
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
Latest business news
Monday's Metal Prices
Skilling, Lay optimistic as testimony ends
Wachovia shares fall on Golden West deal
GAO: Sarbanes-Oxley costs high for cos.
London's FTSE-100 index closes down 24.6
Calif. attorney general files fourth suit
Rigas sentencings reset for April
Plaintiffs in insurance fraud lawsuit
Health insurance plans claim vast fraud
TD Ameritrade fiscal 1Q profit up 5 percent
Wells Fargo net rises on deposits, lending growth
Citi misses Street; 4Q profit down 11 percent
Housing bust still haunts the banks
Infosys quarter profit $458M, cuts guidance
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