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Iowa wind projects to install 258 turbines

MidAmerican Energy Co. wind projects in Iowa combined for the largest onshore wind turbine order to date for Siemens Energy Inc.

MidAmerican will receive 258 Siemens 2.3-megawatt wind turbines which will be installed in Cass, …

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Google calling

Google Inc., which helped popularize the idea of automated advertising sales on the Internet, has been quietly turning to an old-fashioned tool — phone calls — to compete in the hot market for local business …

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Apple drops WikiLeaks; Google doesn’t yet

Apple Inc. took a stand Wednesday against the controversial release of confidential information by WikiLeaks, removing a WikiLeaks application from its online mobile store.

Google Inc., though, has kept several apps on its Android Marketplace …

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New net-neutrality regulations pass

The Federal Communications Commission approved so-called net-neutrality rules by a 3-2 vote yesterday, banning Internet service providers, led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp., from blocking or slowing Web content sent to homes and businesses, …

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Biotech association announces new director

The Iowa Biotech Association has announced Rachel Hurley as its new executive director.

Hurley was most recently the director of legislative relations in the office of the Michigan attorney general, where she helped develop the …

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Des Moines data center involved in TDS acquisition

Telephone and Data Systems Inc, the parent company of TDS Telecommunications Co., announced today it has acquired TEAM Technologies LLC.

TEAM owns and operates data centers in Des Moines, Cedar Falls and Madison, Wis., which …

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FCC expected to adopt net neutrality rules today

Communications regulators are expected to adopt Internet traffic rules today that would allow providers to ration access to their networks, Reuters reported. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) members Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn issued statements on …

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Technology Association seeks Prometheus nominations

The Technology Association of Iowa has begun accepting nominations for the 2011 Prometheus Awards program. The 15 award categories, among them Software Company of the Year and CEO of the Year, recognize high-tech excellence in …

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Hobot’s technology news blog takes off


Joe Hobot is turning the technology blog website he built into a full-fledged business.

In 2008, Hobot acquired www.MWD.com, a nearly 15-year-old Web domain, and retooled it the following year. Today the technology news site …

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Investor interest boosts values of social media companies

The combined value of venture-backed Web companies Facebook Inc., Groupon Inc., Twitter Inc. and others has risen 54 percent since June, Bloomberg reported.

As investors hurry to purchase stakes in privately held social media start-ups, …