Possibilities include directing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to prod states to submit more records, upgrading technology to automatically notify law enforcement when someone fails a background check and improving incentives for states to submit records.

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Founded in 1999, the tiny company operates 12 subsidiaries and claims to work with 10, 000 churches on everything from fundraising to event planning (it provides speakers and artists for events) to upgrading technology by helping sell new audio and visual equipment and sound systems.

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And when applying cloud solutions to the mix, the implications extend beyond simply replacing or upgrading or reconfiguring technology.

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We learned this long ago in the U.S. and it resulted in major U.S. corporations offshoring repetitive, manufacturing work or upgrading it through technology to the point where it became skilled work.

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Apple is also upgrading its Airport wireless networking technology.

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The focus of the plan is on upgrading the existing CDMA network while providing technology flexibility for the Sprint 4G platform.

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Verizon also is upgrading its network to a higher-speed technology, so Apple has said it believed CDMA was a short-term technology.

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The report, by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), urges greater federal government investment in upgrading voting equipment and the creation of a new agency to oversee standards.

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Cellular providers have spent billions upgrading their networks to provide high-speed data services, but still don't have the technology available to offer high-quality live TV.

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