The Mozilla Foundation, the group that develops the popular Firefox Web browser, is designing a framework to let anyone with a Web page colleges, companies, even individuals issue forgery-proof digital badges that will give potential employers details about an applicant's training at the click of a mouse.

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Iomart, an Internet service provider in Stornoway in the Western Isles, employs 100 people doing such things as designing web pages on contract for Virgin.

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Originally pioneered by the Boston Museum of Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the clubhouse model encourages participants to be creative with technology, whether they are making computer-generated art, developing Web pages or designing animations, according to Miguel Salinas, a spokesman for Intel.

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The two decided to take a shot at designing a custom web application for farmers based on some of the feedback that they received from the community.

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Dierstein got an idea: a website that would pair students who needed extra cash, with small businesses needing cheap, specialized services like designing a website, doing web research and translation.

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Now he is designing a new gene sequencer and making the design available free on the Web.

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While other entrepreneurs focused on using the Web to revolutionize commerce, Vignette set out early (1995) on a quicker path to profits: designing off-the-shelf software that would make all those new outlets work.

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