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- RFID
- Radio Frequency IDentification A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made...
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- Compliance and IT
- Compliance and ITOne Small Comment[i]for the average company with three or four sites and a few thousand employees[/i]The average company doesn't have a few thousand employees. 99% of all companies are SME's.AccuracyIf I only had a dollar for every time I was told the tracking data in some system...
- Tags: compliance, IT IS, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Geek Gifts 2008: The RC Battle Tank Type 90
- Think Geek sent us the RC Battle Tank Type 90 to review for our annual Geek Gift Guide. The tank is obviously based on the U.S. battle tank the M1 Abrams. We took our battle tank for a little field testing and came away more than a little disappointed. by...
- Tags: Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic Inc., Tank, Geek Gifts 2008, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-08-14
- Forrester: The X Internet is coming (for real this time)
- Forrester Research is pitching an "IT everywhere" vision that's comprised of existing technologies as well as some emerging trends--including the X Internet where physical objects are networked to the Web. In a report, Forrester analyst Bobby Cameron concludes: Today's technology trends may appear like only incremental...
- Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Extended Internet, Internet, RFID, Operational Planning, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Geek Gifts 2008: The RC Battle Tank Type 90
- Think Geek sent us the RC Battle Tank Type 90 to review for our annual Geek Gift Guide. The tank is obviously based on the U.S. battle tank the M1 Abrams. We took our battle tank for a little field testing and came away more than a little disappointed. ...
- Tags: Tank, Mark W. Kaelin
- Download resources 2008-08-14
- Webcast: Mobility 2.0 for Business On-the-Go
- The explosion of mobile technology is transforming our society and nowhere is this more apparent than in the workplace. From laptops and cell phones to RFID and Wi-Fi, mobility is now essential to remaining competitive in the ever-changing business landscape. TechRepublic is proud to present Mobility...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Webcast, Mobile, On-demand, Mobility, Advertising & Promotion, Cloud Computing, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-08-14
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)Where's the Hydrogen?I'll tell you how to get enough hydrogen to run the world for millenia. There are certain, very large areas of the world, typically volcanic, which have a massive heat gradient. One such is Kamchatka, on the Eastern border of Siberia. Here...
- Tags: hydrogen, Hydrogen Road Tour, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- When equivalence is the wrong question
- When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Hack-the-T presentation hits the Web
- So, the presentation of hacking the T that three MIT students were barred from presenting is now on the Web, hosted on MIT's own servers. Apparently, this is OK because the presentation was included in the MBTA's complaint. News.com reports though that MBTA says the...
- Tags: Card, Web, Open Source, Student, Presentation, MBTA, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Share, compare gas mileage
- New web app Fuelly tracks your car's mileage per gallon MPG, shares it with friends and compares it to the mileage of other Fuelly users. Sign up for Fuelly and specify your car's make, model and year. The app will display the EPA's MPG estimates for your...
- Tags: Car, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...
- Tags: INTERNET, Desktops, Operating systems, nich, Sun Ray, mission critical, institute, PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., research institute
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- The "Mojave Experiment" - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it highlight some of the problems with Windows Vista
- The "Mojave Experiment" - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it highlight some of the problems with Windows VistaSUV test driveIf you gave people an SUV to drive for 10 min, but they never had to park it or fill the gas tank, people would love the big...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- iPhone gas application roundup
- On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...
- Tags: 3G, AccuFuel, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Finance, Gas Finder, GPS, Handhelds, Hardware, jason D. O'Grady, Managerial Accounting, MPG, Personal Technology, Roi/Tco, Vehicle, Apple iPhone
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and moraleWe need better Wall Street analystsI frequently see the phrase "fell short of Wall Street analysts predictions", as if a company did not do as well as it should have, and has a negative connotation.I'm seeing this phrase with increasing frequency, these...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)
- (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first!1. Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first! Not long enough to melt the badge but just enough to zap the RFID electronics.2. If you require the RFID to work to...
- Tags: SECURITY, badge, Tracking Last HOPE, RFID, noise level, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- First paper-based transistors
- Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors FET with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team, these new transistors offer the same level of performance as 'state-of-the-art oxide based thin film transistors TFTs produced on glass...
- Tags: Team, Transistor, TFT, Semiconductors, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers
- The New York conference, where attendees are tracked via RFID, attracts hacker celebrities including the guys behind the phone phreaker movement and the TV-B-Gone remote control. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Hacker, RFID, Hacking, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-07-21
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