News 12/17/08

From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57

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Sun Microsystems to Lay Off 350

Nortel is likely to cut about 10 percent of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to component makers. For instance, JDSU cut 400 jobs, shut down seven R&D centers and three plants. Anadigics, a Warren, N.J.-based broadband wireless and wireline chip maker cut 15 percent of its work force [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 17:02:09

The Future of Clinical Computing: A Vision from Panasonic

This week, Panasonic quietly gathered some of the bigger brains in medical technology and introduced them to the company's upcoming Mobile Clinical ... . Not surprisingly, we spent time discussing Panasonic's family of mobile healthcare products, including [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:56:22

SOA for the greatest logistical night of all

SOA for the greatest logistical night of all Posted by Joe McKendrick @ 10:09 am Categories: General, Case Studies, Links, Management Tags: Cloud Computing, SOA, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware ... to prepare. Dave suggests RFID-tagging all goods, with information flowing real-time across an SOA [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 18:09:50

Holidays Gadget Deals

This holiday season, it seems highbrow concepts are better off making their commercial debut in low-tech gadgets. Nabaztag, an electronic device shaped like a rabbit, can read you weather forecasts from the Internet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:25:29

Arphid Watch: Amsterdam, arphids and Elvis

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-rfid-passport-hack-has-scanners-seeing-visions-of-elvis (((In a word, "huh? ... RFID behavior, apparently written by van Beek, is uploaded onto a blank card. Using a free Python ... cheese. The sleep of reason brings forth Elvis.))) Link: RFID passport hack has scanner seeing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 22:25:52

Posts about Mobile Internet as of January 10, 2009

PROTOTYPE: Mio shows Windows Mobile powered MID at CES - theunwired.net 01/10/2009 jkOnTheRun just reported about a Mio Technology MID (Mobile Internet Device) … to Intel’s MID definition, this device class is mostly running on Linux and designed for mobile Internet access and use. However Mio’s MID prototype (which hasn’t has a name yet) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:48:33

Rfid tags for dog collars to help owners make new friends

dogs-running.jpg Rfid Tags for dog collars which record the wearer's activity and interaction with other dogs, and transmit the data to a website. To follow up on Paolo's recent idea about Rfid tags ... is a small RFID device that attaches to a dog's collar and records his or her daily movements and social [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:04:04

BETA: Biztalk Server 2009 releases Beta 1

clip_image001 4 We recently released the first public beta of the BizTalk Server 2009 and made available RFID mobile features for the current ... to utilize the integrated source control, bug tracking, team development support, Project Server ... experience. BizTalk RFID Mobile also extends the power of BizTalk Server RFID to mobile devices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 22:28:29

Connecting online and off with rfid for the masses

The online and offline worlds are becoming increasingly interconnected, as our sister site trendwatching.com recently noted ... tikitag and Amazon.com for USD 49.95, contains one USB-enabled RFID reader and 10 RFID tag smart ... . Now, a new venture from Alcatel-Lucent is using a version of RFID to give consumers the ability [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:25:01

Why The Software As A Service Business Model Makes Sense For e-Commerce

Why The Software As A Service Business Model Makes Sense For... Software as a service (SaaS) ... To Mobility Leading Domestic Logistics Provider SingPost Streamlines Express ... Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI With RFID... HDNL Adopts Intermec CN3 Technology To Improve Productivity [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 10:17:47

The Key2SafeDriving: Halting Cell Phone Use Behind the Wheel

I wrote earlier about DriveAssist, software designed to detect when a cell phone is moving at car speeds, ... Key2SafeDriving aims to do the same thing, but in this case relying on hardware as well as software. Key2SafeDriving has connects the car key to a cell phone via Bluetooth or RFID. When the key is used [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 04:50:46

Tools of the Trade - 4002 Edition

Hey everyone, Technocrat here. Things have been super crazy around my parts, so I didn't even notice that this is post number 4002 ... RFID devices. It currently drives a couple of RFID readers made by ACG, called the HF Dual ISO [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:06:00

SNIF Tag: pet tracking meets four-legged Facebook

Using RFID technology to track the whereabouts of your pet isn't a new idea, but the SNIF Tag takes the process a step further by incorporating an accelerometer and motion analysis software, meaning that not only can you locate your canine companion, but you can also [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:02:58

Trend Confirmed: Social Media "First Responders"

Trend Confirmed: Social Media "First Responders" by Jeff Hilford | 1 Comments 3 5 Big Implications of YouTube's New Govt Channels by Alvis Brigis | 2 Comments 4 Sentilla raises $7.5 million for 'smart' software-sensor solutions ... by Garry Golden | 0 Comments 3 Earth 2100 Game Imagines "Perfect Storm" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:55:13

It's not a supermarket, it's a behavioural science lab

The Economist has a fascinating article on how new technology is turning supermarkets into behavioural science labs and how you are an unwitting ... gathered in almost frightening detail every time you shop. Three technologies are mentioned: RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 16:17:38

INC2009: Call for Papers, Workshops and Invited Sessions

INC2009: Call for Papers, Workshops and Invited Sessions 5th International Conference on Networked Computing (http://www.aicit.org/inc) Multidisciplinary and Hybrid/Convergent research in the Theory, Development, Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation of Networked/Ubiquitous Computing INC 2009: August 25-27, 2009 - Seoul, Korea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:37:00

Culver’s Optimizes Its Business With Retail Performance Management

Culver's Optimizes Its Business With Retail Performance.. ... Office application and provide extensive performance monitoring and analysis to provide... Family Christian Stores Leverages Point-of-Sale Solution To Gain ... Industry Brief: RFID Technology [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 10:40:13

Panasonic Announces the Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant

The mobile medical space better make some room - Panasonic, one of the kings in the rugged mobile pc space, ... Contactless smartcard reader RFID reader Fully rugged MIL-STD-810F and IP54 compliant 3 foot drop ... ) Global position system (GPS) receiver 2D barcode reader (also reads 1D barcodes) 6 hour [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:59:02

Amcom Software Adds RFID to Call Center Capabilities

Amcom Software has added radio frequency identification (RFID) capabilities to its call center suite. With this update, Amcom offers precise, automated, staff location and management using RFID. The RFID technology works with the Amcom system to automatically update where hospital staff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 21:28:44

Interview with Dr. Ramin Sadr, Mojix

Dr. Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com) ... -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market ... extend the range of passive RFID tags, used for things like supply chain automation, asset tracking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:28:26

MINDTREE LTD OSMOSIS PAPER CONTEST 2009

The Mindtree OSMOSIS Student Paper Presentation Contest Introduction: The  Osmosis Student Paper Contest organized by Mindtree Ltd ... technical ideas. The topics for the paper are : 1. Implementing solutions using RFID 2. Grid ... year of engineering / and final year M.C.A. students. Application Procedure: http [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 09:39:58

Roland’s Sunday Smart Trends #238

The possibilities of a ‘portable eye’ Inventor says device for blind has much broader uses ... in software loaded onto the $600 device. But then it becomes apparent what’s unique about Smith’s phone [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 12:29:11

how to be invisible

I’ve always been of the opinion that people over concerned with surveillance and data security are displaying the first stages of clinical paranoia. It’s well known, for those that care to look [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:47:17

Oyster Card RFID hack gets detailed

Filed under: Wireless The vulnerability of cards based on the Mifare Classic RFID chip (like the Oyster Card used for the London Underground) ... gizmos tech toys best buy motherboards new microsoft products high end computer new software hard [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 19:49:40

Matching Gems

Matching Gems Featured Software Blog Blaster ping your blog to over 30+ blog directories with just one click, gain more blog traff. ... : Bluesea DVD to Divx Xvid limewire extended pro free dow.. rfid or even the regular keybo.. iphone SMS to computer,Backup .. virus ossurance Bluesea DVD to MPEG FLV 8-21-2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 04:26:11

Digital Nomads and Webpreneurs: Combining Work and Travel

Photography: Annie Mole. Have you ever thought what the ultimate telecommute might mean to you? Not the kind of telecommute where you work at home, but rather the kind where you travel the world and work wherever you can. You probably already know the story: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:26:50

GAO’s 2 Port UHF RFID Reader Identifies Objects Moving at 40km/h

GAO’s 2 Port UHF RFID Reader Identifies Objects Moving at 40km/h Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its newly designed UHF RFID Reader Writer (GAO 236002). This modular unit provides easy ... and other applications. GAO RFID’s UHF RFID Reader/Writer has high accuracy and the capability [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:38:08

The next Internet

9/25/2008 04:34:00 PM The Internet has had an enormous impact on people's lives around the world in the ten years since Google's founding ... , as will appliances and sensors of all kinds. Many of the things on the Internet, whether mobile or fixed [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 17:34:00

Audi and Germany’s Travolution System lets you Predict when the Light will turn Green!

Presumably using RFID, sensors, and other neat things, these test Audi cars in Germany will be able to count down every stoplight they encounter. I think this is a really great idea so people [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 19:15:30

Tyco Electronics Introduces the Industry's First Multi-Touch Gestures Technology for Analog Resistive Touchscreens

Tyco Electronics Introduces the Industry's First Multi-Touch.. ... Software Development Tools Now Available From MCL... Multidev Technologies Announces New Store Budgeting... Industry Brief: RFID Technology In Action: The Retail Sector... more... Ryzex Full Use [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:13:06

Sheetz, Wright Express Launch NFC Pilot to Field Test Mobile Payments with Fleet Vehicle Drivers

ViVOtech Enables First Real-Time Card e.Wallet for Mobile Phones South Portland, ME ... now and have been accepting contactless chip cards, using RFID technology for payments at the pump and in-store. ViVOtech [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:27:00

Sonic's Sonolator processing systems offer a wide range of benefits including Reduced Processing Time

Sonic's Sonolator processing systems offer a wide range of.. ... Sulfide Oxidation System PRINTRONIX SL4M MP2 RFID Printer Mobile Vacuum Conveyors ... together to deliver world-changing products. The next time you develop a new material, consider how [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 05:02:11

Fancy TVs, Fun Telescopes at Vegas Tech Expo

This year's Consumer Electronics Show opens to the public in Las Vegas today ... trying to help big companies like music labels, broadcasters and sports leagues better leverage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:26:00

ACR88-CL1 dual mode contact and contactless smartcard reader

With the increasingly wide acceptance of smart card in the market in the recent years, ... in the market. With this, a versatile smart card reader becomes an emergent need.ACR88-CL1is a versatile handheld portable smart card reader contact and cobtactless (mifare technology), having a built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:29:00

RFID World China to Host the First 2009 China International RFID Technologies and Applications Show

Shenzhen, China (January 08, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Dedicated to create an first-ever RFID application show in China, UClink Media ( ... , RFID peripheral equipment and RFID system integration solutions, GPS, RTLS and wireless sensors ... RFID World China) along with GD-HK RFID Alliance, GS1 Hong Kong and EPCglobal Hong Kong [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:02:49

Futronic Launches FS25 USB2.0 Fingerprint Mifare Card Reader/Writer

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a global provider of fingerprint recognition software and hardware products, announces the commercial release of FS25, a USB Fingerprint Mifare Card Reader and Writer. Together with its previously launched FS82 USB Fingerprint ISO7816 Smart Card Reader and Writer, Futronic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 09:35:22

Testking comptia SY0-201

Vendor: comptia Exam Code: SY0-201 Exam Name:CompTIA Security+ (2008 Edition) Practice Test ( comptia certifications ) comptia SY0-201 value pack SY0-201 Q & A with Explanations + SY0-201 Study Guide + SY0-201 Preparation Labs When we first started offering the SY0-201 exam questions and answers and exam simulator, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:01:06

Free biometric time and attendance software

Is your organization still using the old time clock to track employee’s attendance? ... Finger Print Devices - scans the fingerprint of the employee Proximity Card Reader (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 12:22:08

Homeland Security - Protecting our Borders and Ports through Biometric, RFID, Sensor and Surveillanc

Homeland Security - Protecting our Borders and Ports through Biometric, RFID, ... cameras and sensors among others. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff stated before ... into the U.S. of terrorists or others wishing to do us harm.” RFID Biometric Convergence: A key [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:43:43

Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology: David J. Piasecki

... , and software. Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology covers all of these topics ... technologies including bar codes, voice technology, RFID, and light-directed systems. order Inventory [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 01:22:57

BizTalk Server 2006 R3 renamed, to be called BizTalk Server 2009

BizTalk Server 2006 R3 renamed, to be called BizTalk Server 2009 By Emil Protalinski | Published: September 08, 2008 - 12: ... services registry, new and enhanced LOB adapters (Oracle E-Business Suite, SQL Server), enhanced host systems integration (updates to MQ, CICS, IMS, CICS), a new Mobile RFID platform and management [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 00:47:45

Tikitag - your very own RFID kit

Tikitag - your very own RFID kit tikitag-starter-pack.jpg ... RFID - or radio frequency identification - is a technology that allows identification and tracking ... , but now a company called Tikitag is selling an RFID kit that you can use at home. The Tikitag starter kit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 12:41:55

DEMO: Off-stage peeks at products, services and technologies.

DEMO: Off-stage peeks at products, services and technologies. Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:32 pm Categories: General, Demo Tags: Infovell, TikiTag, RFID, Wireless ... taken the stage at DEMO but were showcasing their products and services at their “booths.” There’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 23:32:18

"Product Demonstration Video: CribMaster Multi-Store MRO Vending"

"Product Demonstration Video: CribMaster Multi-Store MRO.. ... to learn more. MTI Wireless Edge is the world's cutting edge antenna technology manufacturer for RFID applications and is dedicated to providing antenna solution to any RFID application, including [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:56:06

Panasonic Debuts Toughbook H1 Clinical Computer

Today Panasonic is set to unveil its new Toughbook H1 medically oriented computer and clinical assistance device ... that has all the "standard" mobile clinical assistant features, such as a camera, RFID and barcode [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:50:46

"Where do you get your ideas?"

One of the perennial questions that I (and every other SF writer) get asked is, "where do you get your ideas?" Harlan Ellison once famously replied, "Poughkeepsie", but the truth is a bit harder [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:29:25

(PN) EOMAS 2009 CFP and Journal Special Issue

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Date: 2009-01-08 04:58:12

Awarepoint Corporation Closes 3.3 M Series D Financing Round - MarketWatch

Awarepoint Corporation Closes 3.3 M Series D Financing Round MarketWatch - 5 hours ago Awarepoint's RTLS Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) platform includes a patented plug-in sensor mesh [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 12:41:21

Multibagger: Micro Technologies (india) Ltd.

Micro Technologies (India) Ltd. (Code: 532494) Rs.112.05Established in 1992 and promoted by Mr. P. Sekhar, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd. (MTIL) ... ), CDMA (Code division multiple access), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), RFID (Radio-frequency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:33:00

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