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Graduates Leave UHart, But It Won't Leave Them

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:55:04 GMT

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A commencement speech that touched on elephant excrement, the stupidity of drinking and driving, and Balzac's thoughts on the relations between the sexes delighted graduates of University of Hartford Sunday, so much so that they gave novelist and commencement speaker Bernard Cornwall a standing ovation.

Kevin Hunt: Why Consumer Cellular Is Better Than Your Wireless Service

Kevin Hunt - The Bottom Line — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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Consumer Cellular remains relatively unknown among wireless carriers despite giving its subscribers what every AT&T or Verizon (or cable television) customer desires: a no-contract, low-cost, buy-only-what-you-need option with basic service starting at $10 a month.

Kevin Hunt: Bowers & Wilkins Z2 Speaker Dock Review

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:00 GMT

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The aerophobic Z2, the first speaker dock from Bowers & Wilkins that doesn't look like a dirigible and doesn't cost $600, would still be easy to pick out in a police lineup of compact, midpriced systems.

Hospitals' Prices Vary Widely For Same Procedures

By Sarah Kliff and Dan Keating, Washington Post — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:47:00 GMT

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The price of major joint-replacement surgery, without serious complications, is nearly three times more at Greenwich Hospital than at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington.

State Offers $5 Million In Subsidized Loans To Three Companies

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:15:25 GMT

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The state is offering low interest loans to three Connecticut companies, the governor's office announced Tuesday.

Connecticut's Venture Capital Tallies Sink Compared To Last Year

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:52:54 GMT

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Venture capitalists invested $29.8 million in 10 Connecticut businesses in the first quarter of the year, compared with $61.7 million in 14 businesses in the first quarter of 2012.

Southbury IBM Workers Whose Jobs Moved To India To Receive Gov't Benefits

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:01:55 GMT

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More than a year after 26 people lost their jobs at the Southbury offices of IBM, the U.S. Department of Labor has certified that their jobs moved to India, and therefore, they qualify for Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Kevin Hunt: WD TV Play a Roku rival for HD streaming?

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:36:35 GMT

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Western Digital's WD TV Play has your number. You're 18 to 55 years old, technologically savvy, a Windows user with movies and music in assorted formats and assorted resolutions on a PC or external hard drive.

Health Analytics Firm Expands in West Hartford

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:35:10 GMT

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Greater Hartford is one of the smallest employment centers for SCIO Health Analytics, but one of the most critical sources of talent, according to CEO Siva Namasivayam.

Microsoft Adviser Talks Future Of Technology To Yale Crowd

By JIM SHELTON, New Haven Register (MCT) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:13:00 GMT

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NEW HAVEN — With a few flicks of his finger, Craig Mundie introduced Yale folks to the future of technology Wednesday.

Kevin Hunt: Denon's Cocoon Home speaker dock not quite ready to fly

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:02:00 GMT

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Oh, the beauty of the insect life cycle. Let's see if Denon's Cocoon Home, stuck in the pupal stage of speaker-dock metamorphosis, someday emerges as a newly molted ... Zeppelin Air?

Kevin Hunt: iTunes 11 Tricks

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:06:44 GMT

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There's something for almost every traditionalist to dislike about iTunes11, introduced around Thanksgiving and updated for the second time in February.

Kevin Hunt: Wireless HD: Confusing Formats, But Nyrius Aries Makes It Work

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:55:00 GMT

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For this week's column, we'll ask 3D HDTV to please remain seated while we introduce an even newer technology, wireless HDMI, that has struggled despite its marriage of two contemporary digital heavyweights: wireless and HDMI.

Kevin Hunt: Six Secret Credit Scores And How You Can Alter Them

Kevin Hunt - The Bottom Line — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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When you sign up for a credit card, you're making the credit-card company a life partner. It knows where you shop, when, what you buy, whether you pay your debts on time and if you're a sucker for a balance-transfer offer that leads to high interest rates.

Kevin Hunt: Earphone value, via Glasgow, from RHA

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:58:00 GMT

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It's a long way from Glasgow, Scotland, to your Apple Store, but it shows how far RHA has come since it started making value-priced earphones and headphones in 2011. Here's a look at three models:

Korky Vann: Priming The Pump for Gas-Rewards Savings

Korky Vann — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

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I love the new Ford commercial that shows desperate customers asking a gas station attendant if he has any marked-down "day-old gas." I've been tempted to do the same thing myself, because prices at the pump are cutting into my budget — and my shopping.

Kevin Hunt: DIY 'Cloud' Storage (Cheap) With Pogoplug

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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A little space in the cloud doesn't cost a lot. The first five gigabytes, in fact, are usually free from services like Amazon's Cloud Drive, Google Drive and Apple's iCloud.

Kevin Hunt: How Not To Drive Like An Idiot On Snow And Ice

Kevin Hunt - The Bottom Line — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

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It's no secret, at least in Connecticut, that this state has the country's best drivers on snow and ice.

Using The Web To Create New Webbs: A Digital Pro Seeks Husband And Baby

By DAN HAAR — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:06:51 GMT

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Not many of us can claim to be as emotionally invested in our work as Amy Webb.

Kevin Hunt: The Top Consumer Complaints, Scams Of 2012

Kevin Hunt - The Bottom Line — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:32:00 GMT

Have you been duped, scammed or over charged for services? Have you hired no-show contractors or bought food already past its expiration date?

Achillion Nets $133.5 Million From Selling Additional Shares

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:40:45 GMT

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New Haven's Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. sold almost 16.9 million new shares at $8.40 a share Wednesday, and after deducting offering expenses, underwriting discounts and commissions, will net about $133.5 million, more than the $118.5 million it had originally projected.

City Steam Owners To Open New Restaurant In Bishops Corner

By JULIE STAGIS, jstagis@courant.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:08:41 GMT

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The owners of popular Hartford restaurant City Steam Brewery Café announced Tuesday that they expect to open their next venture in the former Petco space in Bishops Corner this fall.

Pentagon Suspends F-35 Flights After Finding Cracked Blade

Combined Staff and Wire Reports — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:58:51 GMT

The Pentagon on Friday suspended the flights of all 51 F-35 fighter planes after a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an F-35 test aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Kevin Hunt: Smart LEDs, A 1TB Jump Drive And A 'Connected' Fork

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:52:32 GMT

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Here are a few things, technologically speaking, sure to arouse interest, awe, suspicion or ridicule in 2013:

Kevin Hunt: Carnival Triumph Fallout: What Are Cruise Passengers' Rights?

Kevin Hunt - The Bottom Line — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:24:21 GMT

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After five days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with no working toilets, sewage oozing down walls and no air conditioning in their cabins, passengers on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship were offered a full refund, reimbursed on-board expenses, a free flight home, a free future cruise and a check for $500.