Computer Software and Hardware

Computer Systems

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  Milking Technology for Profit

  Electronic IDs, special software, and a computer workstation can track milk produced, births, cow activity, and sickness at Wolfe's PowerLine Dairy. Next time your crews resist a high-tech improvement, tell them about Ray Wolfe's cows. Wolfe, who runs Wolfe's PowerLine Dairy off RR 1 in Milton, Pa...

   

• Building a better computer mouse

  An optical mouse replaces the ball and rollers of a conventional mouse with a camera chip. As the camera passes over any flat surface, it takes tiny photographs at the rate of 1,500 frames per second.

   

• New software products

  Many of the estimating programs today can be integrated with other software operations, such as QuickBooks and project management programs. VectorWorks Architect CAD software integrates all project information into one file so that all views are updated when a change is made, reducing risk of...