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Oct. 20--In the past two weeks federal prosecutors have charged at least eight real estate professionals with some type of mortgage fraud in Duval and St. Johns counties.
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Leading tech firms combine forces to offer best-of-breed products to builders.
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Construction management software provider Builder MT is now marketing and supporting Corrigo's Web-based warranty application.
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A FAMILIAR COMPLAINT among builders is that they can automate their own companies, but getting subs to buy into such automation is still very difficult.
A new Internet Home Alliance pilot program looks to use technology to ease the pain of doing laundry.
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- The NAHB's education simulation program is named as a finalist for the first Computers for Youth Family Learning Software of the Year Award.
- The National Housing Endowment receives a $1 million gift from The M/I Homes Foundation.
- The NAHB releases a national study of more than 350 builders'...
Many small businesses lack plans to weather—and recover from—a disaster, whether it's natural or man-made, unique to their business or affecting an entire region.
A common-sense construction philosophy combined with back-office software keeps cycle time down for this Texas home builder.
A FAMILY OF FOUR DECIDES TO SPEND the first night in their new home watching a movie. After dinner, they retreat to the entertainment room to try out the new media server and voice command system from Honeywell and its partner, software maker DigitalDeck.
THE PROBLEM WITH DISTRIBUTED AUDIO systems up until now is that most of them worked from a central media server. The systems could send audio throughout the house, but the homeowner couldn't initiate audio from every room.
Microsoft's new platform for home entertainment and home control, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, could very well become a strong force in the home building industry.
Many builders we've talked to have experienced serious slowdowns or have had to scrap their computers altogether because of spyware invasions.
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THE COMPUTER HAS MADE life easier for architects, builders, and contractors who send and save files and images. The necessary hardware and storage space can get pricey, however. Santa Monica, Calif. –based Xdrive offers a solution: an Internet-based virtual drive that allows construction...
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Spyware Alert!
The message is clear: Spyware is a threat to all industries and home PC users, and home builders are not immune. If anything, builders are more at risk, since so many builders don't always put computers issues on the front burner. Here's how to fight the spyware plague.
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The message is clear: Spyware is a threat to all industries and home PC users, and home builders are not immune. If anything, builders are more at risk, since so many builders don't always put computers issues on the front burner. Here's how to fight the spyware plague.
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Most industry analysts agree that autonomic computing is a vague concept that's been tough for large computer vendors to sell.
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Kim Haegele, design gallery manager at St. Louis-based Taylor-Morley, is a testimonial to how technology can influence employees' attitude toward their job.
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By far, the technology person who can have the most impact on your company is the product-specific consultant who manages a back-office deployment.
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Its June 1 acquisition of FASTgives Constellation Software what it wants: a consolidated builder software market.