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- Ubiquitous Computing Systems Implementation: Bluetooth Software Development on Windows and Linux
- Developing Bluetooth software systems in a very diverse computing environment involves solid understanding of the Bluetooth Specification as well as operating system and programming language nuances. For the author's research endeavors, the author used C and VisualBasic.NET to implement a Bluetooth serial communications system that runs across Windows XP, Windows...
- Tags: Operating System, Ubiquitous Computing, Olive Informatics, Bluetooth, Linux, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Software
- White papers 2009-10-17
- Ubicomp 2009 and the fusion of our digital and physical worlds
- Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless invisible interactions we're having with sensing, inferring, and data transferring machines every day. It's...
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- A Security Architecture for Application Session Handoff
- Ubiquitous computing across a variety of wired and wireless connections still lacks an effective security architecture. In the research work, the paper addresses the specific issue of designing and building a security architecture for Application Session Handoff,a functionality which the paper envisions will be a key component enabling ubiquitous computing....
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Security Architecture, Security
- White papers 2008-10-10
- Privacy and Security in Ubiquitous Personalized Applications
- Personalization systems provide customized service based on user preferences. In ubiquitous computing environments, personalization can be achieved based on user preferences stored on mobile devices. This requires a mechanism for capturing user information and making it available to users. However, storing and exchanging potentially personal information raises user privacy concerns....
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Privacy, Personalization, University Of Sydney, Security
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Path Prediction Through Data Mining
- Context-awareness is viewed as one of the most important aspects in the emerging ubiquitous computing paradigm. However, mobile applications are required to operate in pervasive computing environments of dynamic nature. Such applications predict the appropriate context in their environment in order to act efficiently. A context model, which deals with...
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Data Mining, Classification, Prediction, University Of Athens, Context-awareness
- White papers 2007-02-18
- SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid
- This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the SenseCam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer's day, by recording a series of images and capturing a log of sensor data. The authors believe that reviewing this information will help...
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Memory, SenseCam, Flash Memory
- White papers 2006-07-26
- A Study of Bluetooth Propagation Using Accurate Indoor Location Mapping
- The ubiquitous computing community has widely researched the use of 802.11 for the purpose of location inference. Meanwhile, Bluetooth is increasingly widely deployed due to its low power consumption and cost. This paper describes a study of Bluetooth radio propagation using an accurate indoor location system to conduct fine-grained signal...
- Tags: Propagation, Ubiquitous Computing, Springer Science+Business Media, Ubiquitous Computing Community, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-07-19
- Security Requirements in Service Oriented Architectures for Ubiquitous Computing
- This work presents a detailed analysis of the security requirements for Service Oriented Architecture in mobile computing, still missing in the current literature. The purpose of this work is twofold. First, to provide protocol architects and software engineers with a map of security requirements in ubiquitous computing, through the evaluation...
- Tags: Security, Security Requirement, Ubiquitous Computing, SOA, Association For Computing Machinery, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-02-20
- Support for Personal and Service Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
- Ubiquitous computing environment is defined by the shift of computing technology from the desktop to the background. One of its most notable attributes is its potential to extend the scope of service and personal mobility. This paper describes an agent-based architecture that brings personal and service mobility to the ubiquitous...
- Tags: Agent, Ubiquitous Computing, University Of Ottawa, Mobility, Ubiquitous Computing Environment, Real Estate, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-09-16
Additional Resources
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business
- I had the pleasure to sit down with Steve Ballmer for an interview at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this week. My research team at Forrester spends a lot of time thinking, researching, and writing about the future of information work. So getting Steve’s view on SharePoint’s decade-long...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Steve Ballmer, Forrester Research Inc., Steve, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Brown
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- JumpBox for Tracks Task Management 1.1.2 (Mac)
- Tracks helps you dominate your todo list with an elegant implementation of the "Getting Things Done" methodology. If you find yourself overwhelmed by tasks that are either slipping through the cracks or being procrastinated, learn the GTD system and stick with it using Tracks. Desktop-based GTD implementations are traditionally...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Task Management Inc., JumpBox, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Servers, Hardware, Management, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2009-09-14
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- What should the next MacBook look like? Cost?
- Wasn't the idea for the 13" MacBook Pro going to replace this?Here Apple seemed to be heading to killing the plastic MacBook. Originally the 13" UniBody MacBook was just "MacBook" then later they added a "Pro" to the name (which made sense, as it was so like the existing MacBook...
- Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Apple MacBook, tablet, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Virtualization Reference Guide
- From the time computers became ubiquitous in the business world, IT managers have been trying to find ways to make them more efficient, secure and flexible. As early as the 1960s, engineers at IBM developed a way to partition large mainframes into separate "virtual" machines, essentially carving up the mainframe's...
- Tags: CDW Corp., Mainframes, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Productivity, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2009-07-22
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...
- Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chipsBut does it run Flash?I figured I would chime in since people feel that it is the OS writers issue to provide Flash compatibility - witness all the users griping about lack of FLASH in the Iphone, Android...
- Tags: Operating systems, gmail, ARM, Google Inc., operating system, Intel Corp., Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, chip
- Discussion threads 2009-07-09
- Creating Next Generation Cloud Computing Based Network Services and the Contributions of Social Cloud Operation Support System (OSS) to Society
- Emerging virtualization technologies are making ubiquitous access to on-demand computing, network and storage resources o deliver various applications over public Internet. This paper presents how the telecom Operation Support SystemsOSS that provide Enterprise to Enterprsie (E2E) transactions, switching management, on-demand service management and scalability have evolved to provide next generation...
- Tags: Network, Network Service, On-demand, IEEE, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-09
- Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?
- Reading the commentary from the likes of TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian and even our own esteemed Sam Diaz on the pre-launch (you've got another YEAR to wait) you'd think the Google ChromeOS was the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Get a grip people. First up MG...
- Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Register, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
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