If you can't beat them, join them. Microsoft is continuing its campaign to cosy up to its business rivals by developing the first app for Google's Android.
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The Queensland government will roll out radio frequency identification devices (RFID) in a $61,000 trial to track the supply chain of kangaroo meat.
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Many U.S. consumers whipped out their smartphones in brick-and-mortar stores to find better deals online last year, tripling mobile shopping revenue in just one year, an ABI Research analyst said Wednesday.
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Since its arrival on the App Store back in 2008, has won raves for people who use the mobile app to manage their shopping lists. But developer plans to introduce new features shortly that should keep the $5 app at the top of most users' lists.
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Judging by their growing presence in the App Store, it's clear that barcode scanning apps have struck a nerve with some iPhone users. I recently reviewed and found it to be quite useful and fun to use. I thought I would give $5 a spin next. Unfortunately, I was less than impressed considering that the more reasonably priced $2 RedLaser usually produces superior results.
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, Research In Motion's (RIM) mobile IM application that uses unique "PIN" codes associated with every BlackBerry to connect RIM smartphone users, isn't new. But due to the BlackBerry platform's rising popularity, BBM--which you can think of as a mobile version of AIM or Google Talk that only works with BlackBerrys -- is suddenly getting a lot of attention. And . In fact, Web-security-software-maker ...
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Fraunhofer-Leitfaden für den Mittelstand:
Forscher der Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe für SCS (Supply Chain Services) haben ein branchenneutrales Verfahren entwickelt, um Nutzen und Kosten von RFID-Anwendungen im Mittelstand zu bestimmen.
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Alastair Sweeney's book , released last year, tells you more than you ever needed to know about Research in Motion and its famous , but as a relatively new BlackBerry user I figured getting a good backgrounder would be useful.
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With all the fuss that's been going around the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) radio frequency identification (RFID) project, only one thing is certain -- RFID, per se, will affect many people's lives. As for LTO's project, many believe the system will be used to spy on vehicle owners -- a perception the LTO claims is a myth.
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We've all experienced some form of holiday shopping panic: "There's only of months/days/hours left before Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa! What am I going to do" Well, 's here to help with the Mac lover in your life. We've polled our staff of contributors to get their ideas for gifts that you can, if necessary, pull out of your festive hat at the last minute with a minimum of fuss (and muss).
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Amidst the slew of Google announcements this week, one that really made me sit up in my chair concerned a new mobile service called . Now, I don't have an and therefore have no easy way to try out this "visual search" technology, but I know some people who have, and they have confirmed it works -- . While Google Goggles promises to bring to owners of Android phones, I am convinced there will be ...
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Erste Pilotprojekte:
Eine Studie der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) vergegenwärtigt den Ernst der Lage: Demnach sind zurzeit rund zehn Prozent aller Medikamente weltweit gefälscht - in den Entwicklungsländern liegt die Zahl sogar bei 25 Prozent.
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Google is introducing a mobile marketing campaign for Place Pages, a service for businesses that faced some early criticism when it launched in September.
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Search for the Rs 1,200-crore (US$259 million) Reliance Consumer Finance on the Web and you'll get a link that announces 'Fast Approval Home Loans, Personal & Business Loans, Commercial'.
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Studie der RWTH Aachen:
Euphorische Berichte über RFID sind seltener geworden. Dabei gibt es immer mehr Einsatzgebiete, wie das Asklepios-Krankenhaus Barmbek in Hamburg, das Klinikum Duisburg und der DRK Blutspendedienst Sachen zeigen. Ergebnisse aus der „Metastudie RFID“.
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At least 22 retailers have been driven into bankruptcy protection during this recession, including RedEnvelope and Eddie Bauer, or gone out of business altogether, like Circuit City. Blockbuster, Virgin Megastores and many more have closed stores. Survivors, suffering deflated profits and slow sales, warn of bleak holidays: The National Retail Federation predicts a 1 percent sales decline for the ...
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I can't remember the last time I had this much fun on my iPhone. No, I wasn't making music or playing a game. I was scanning barcodes with app, . Maybe that doesn't sound like an exciting way to spend a Saturday night, but you really need to try this $2 iPhone app. Once you start, you won't be able to stop.
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Not to be outdone by Microsoft's recent invasion into the retail space with Apple Store replicas its own stores, Apple is reputedly getting ready to bring some changes to its own fleet of brick-and-mortar outlets. To better equip the stores for the upcoming sales juggernaut that is the holiday season, Apple is looking to make the checkout process more efficient and eliminate confusion about which ...
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For decades, cyber technologies brought forth from human genius have been radically transforming our society. Business, government, science and culture have changed swiftly and dramatically. Consequently, for decades, our collective psyche has been trying to work out its intense and complex relationship with these powerful cyber technologies. Just as (1954), and its spin-offs, reflected the collective ...
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While sipping a cup of organically farmed, artisan-brewed tea, I tap on my gigabit-wireless-connected tablet, to pull up a 3D movie on the razor-thin HDTV hanging on the wall. A media server streams the film via a superspeedy USB connection to a wireless HD transmitter, which then beams it to the TV.
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Nuance SpeechMagic:
Das Zentralröntgeninstitut der Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung der Stadt Wien verfügt über längere Erfahrung mit den Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Spracherkennung in der Radiologie. Wie Professor Dimiter Tscholakoff, Vorstand des Instituts, erklärt, wurden dadurch der 24-Stunden-Service optimiert und die Arbeitsbelastung des nicht-ärztlichen Personals reduziert.
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Google's Android operating system, native to and smartphones and in a number of new phones and even netbooks, is an impressively open and versatile platform. As with -- Apple's iPhone OS, RIM's BlackBerry OS and Palm's new WebOS -- the out-of-the-box features offered by Android are just a starting point.
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A Document Organizer and browser-based proofing tool highlight the changes in Workgroups 2010. MetaCommunications announced the updated version of its productivity management software suite for marketing, creating design, packaging, and prepress workgroups on Wednesday.
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San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the Bay Area's first airport to employ a secure barcode-scanning system for paperless boarding passes so travelers with Internet-connected smartphones, like BlackBerrys and iPhones, can check-in using their handhelds. The system, which is currently being used on an experimental-basis, has the potential to save airlines money on printing costs and reduce ...
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