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- Clear and Newark Airport TSA Lines
- Clear (flyclear.com) registered traveller program technology in use, compared to the TSA lines at Newark International Airport Terminal C by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Transportation Security Administration, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow, clear, security, continental airlines, tsa, airports
- Image galleries 2008-06-12
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- Why bother with desktop virtualization?
- Why bother with desktop virtualization?PortabilityNo matter where you are, there you are.Sit down at a workstation and light up your working environment. No need to drag the hardware with you, which ranges from annoying to hazardous, what with laptops being popular targets for confiscation at airports. Especially since...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, desktop, English Language, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Aussie Airports (zip)
- Aussie Airports contains information on over 250 airports around Australia. Information includes 11 common frequencies needed when approaching, landing, and taxiing around an airport. Navigation frequencies included are VOR, DME, and NDB frequencies. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Frequency, Airport, AvForce Software, Aussie Airports
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe It
- Can't We Have a More Civilized Flying World? c Several media outlets picked up on a study released by the Travel Industry Association last week that indicated that 41 million Americans are forgoing air travel due to the hassles involved in doing so today....
- Tags: Security, Southwest Airlines Co., Beverage, Entertainment, Carrier, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrumEasy Terrorism Target?As we rely more and more on the Net, who will defend these floating farms in a no jurisdiction, no taxes, etc, area?Any protection from pirates and terrorist?Firstly, I think this google 'solution' is cool. However as my...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Google Makes, Google Inc., data center
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...
- Tags: Government, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Recruitment & Selection, Forcast, FAA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- FAA computer failure slows nationwide air traffic
- A computer problem at the Federal Aviation Administration center in Atlanta has created air traffic problems across the country. From WSB Radio in Atlanta: FAA Computer Problems: Failure in the system that processes flight plans in the eastern U.S. FAA says no danger is involved. System...
- Tags: FAA, Atlanta, Computer, Productivity, Manufacturing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Office 2.0: an Irregular mashup
- The upcoming Office 2.0 conference is one of the first in the fall calendar that keeps people like me in more airports than I care to think about. It's also one for which I have fond memories. Office 2.0 started out as an idea put out into the Enterprise Irregulars'...
- Tags: Innovation, Conference, Office 2.0, Mashup, Unconference Session, Ross, Susan Scrupski, Zoli Erdos, Vinnie Mirchandani, Vinnie, David Tebbutt, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
- Just when you think the federal government has come up with a plan to make the security process at airports more efficient, it turns out that the fine line in security is now blurrier than ever and I suspect the wait times at security checkpoints will actually grow longer. ...
- Tags: Security, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Best Buy goes kiosk
- Best Buy is rolling out automated kiosks to pitch its wares to travelers in 12 major airports. The effort, dubbed Best Buy Express, will be launched with ZoomSystems. ZoomSystems makes automated stores for Apple's iPod, Sony, Rosetta Stone and Macy's. Most of Best Buy's...
- Tags: best buy co. inc., kiosk, games, digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Unique corporate service relies on good human nature
- Last week I was on a call with Frank Hannigan, Managing Director of YouGetItBack.com, and quite possibly the best thing to come out of Ireland since Guinness. YouGetItBack is a lost and found company, the idea created in 2004, probably from a drunken...
- Tags: phone, mobile, service, yougetitback, o2 bluebook, advertising & promotion, marketing, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"
- AP Newswire is reporting this morning that CLEAR has found a laptop also see CLEAR Press Release that had gone missing for over a week from one of its kiosk locations that contained the "personal data" of over 30,000 enrolled members at San Francisco International Airport,...
- Tags: Clear, Enrollment, Laptop Computer, AP Newswire, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Where are the expense management startups and Dirty SaaS?
- My Irregular chums have been fiercely debating the need and merit of a sensible expense management solution that combines the best of online purchasing with accounting and the ability to re-bill (where appropriate.) It all started when there was a discussion around Concur and Rearden Commerce...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Receipt, Microsoft Corp., Zoli Erdos, Vinnie, MDI, Microsoft Excel, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
- Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Computer Science, Broadband, Computer, Intel Corp., Robots, Corporate Governance, Digital Cameras, Federal Government, Monitors & Displays, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Recent IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellers
- Recent IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellersI like this formatIt's always fun to read about somebody else's major failures. :)RE: Recent IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellersThe format's nice but you left out the link to the Reuters article on the Chinese airport passenger revolt.(flunky to...
- Tags: angry traveller, traveller, IT Failure, airport boss, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- IT failures roundup: Airports; jail system; angry travellers
- To describe more failures than one lone blogger could possibly investigate himself, here's a new type of post: the IT failures roundup. I'll periodically report on interesting failures using a brief, overview format. JFK airport baggage handling system goes down. American Airlines scored...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Failure, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Networking, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Microsoft's Dana Perino problem with open source
- Microsoft's Dana Perino problem with open sourceDoing some campaining for the Democrats today?As all I see is you using your technical blog as a way to talk down the Republicans, maybe "help the cause" a bit?Oh well, I guess anyone that has to beg for a free Linux laptop might...
- Tags: Linux, Dana Perino, Dana Perino problem, Dana, open source, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Avanquest Connection Manager - Free (exe)
- When you connect to the Internet for the first time from a new location, Avanquest Connection Manager automatically leads you to the best available network. Connect quickly and easily to public WiFi hotspots in coffee shops or airports, in your hotel while traveling, when at home or in the office....
- Tags: Avanquest Software, Internet, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Software downloads 2008-07-30
- Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosks
- Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosksNot just at YYZI know those kiosks at Toronto Airport, having just used one. I don't think someone added a skimmer externally. They have trained staff helping passengers, and who would spot anything amiss. Also, airports have CCTVs, so the...
- Tags: airport kiosk, skimmer, airport security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosks
- We've talked a lot about airport security here see other links at the bottom of this article, but one thing we haven't covered yet is airport kiosks. Not that they haven't caught my attention, there's just so much wrong at the airport, it takes time to cover it all. Richard...
- Tags: Credit Card, Airport Security, Airport Kiosk, Stiennon, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
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