Wheeling start-up aims to be `the Google of food’
Like any Silicon Valley entrepreneur looking for funding during the 1990s, he's young, brash and confident. Only this 23-year-old with a hot tech idea is based in Wheeling--not exactly a...
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College course prepares computer sleuths
In Chicago, only the FBI and Secret Service have one. But on August 30, Wright College became the third Chicago institution to operate a computer forensics and security lab. The...
Web tool helps students navigate academic jungle
Dave Dulany was an information technology executive in the corporate world before he started teaching IT at Aurora University about two years ago. "In corporate life you stay on top...
Web scores with record for ballpark attendance
Joe Pfeiffer, 30 Irvine, Calif. Want to set a Guinness world record? All you have to do is hit the Web and point your browser to www.guinessworldrecords.com, where you can...
Online grades a matter of course at York High
Most of the students attending York High School in Elmhurst will not receive a report card this year, but they--and their parents--will be watching their grades more closely than ever....
Behind-the-scenes organization keeps motivational shows singing
Jeff Bizar's deejay company handles music for about 400 bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs around the Chicago area each year, but this is not a story about how his firm...
Flaming monsters all in a day’s work
For the sake of conversation, let's say the script calls for an actor to cross a bridge 10,000 feet above the ground, and that there's a giant, flaming creature at...
Chicago sights draw many to photos site
Search Google for "Chicago skyline," and a Web site called Chicago Uncommon occupies the coveted first position in the results. Search for "Chicago photography," and the same site is listed...
With geocaching, finders are keepers
Keith Sullivan, 53 Retired police sergeant Chicago There are 394 within 25 miles of Chicago and 505 around Wheeling. China has 52, and there's even one in Afghanistan. We are...
Blogs flex muscle in `viral marketing’
"The door to the front lavatory on MD-80 aircraft may go down as one of the worst user interfaces in the annals of aircraft design," Jim Roberts' July 11 blog...