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Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan
News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, RFID tag, Plan, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.
Budget sufficiently for cloud, SaaS user warns
News Companies rolling out their software-as-a-service projects need to allocate sufficient budget for licenses and pay attention to user acceptance and training.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Positioning, CRM, Singapore, Sales, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing
Microsoft exec: Windows 7 is no service pack
News In a speech to investors, Windows business unit head Bill Veghte says there will be plenty to make the upcoming operating system a major release.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web sites, Search, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack, Positioning, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Western Digital shipping high-speed 2TB hard drive
News WD launches high-performance, 7200rpm, 2TB hard drives for desktop and enterprise environments.
Tags: Storage, Western Digital Corp., Positioning, network storage, OEM, Serial ATA, hard drive, network, disk, Storage
Skyhook teams up with Texas Instruments
News Skyhook's hybrid Wi-Fi/GPS location technology will soon be used in Texas Instruments chips for mobile devices to get more accurate location information.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Mobile processors, Apple Inc., Satellite, Texas Instruments Inc., Positioning, GPS, Skyhook Wireless, phone, Wi-Fi
Speed-limiter tech trial coming to UK this summer
News A six-month trial of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) tech will start this summer, utilizing GPS tech and a digital speed-limit map of London to limit a driver's acceleration so he or she keeps within the speed limit.
Tags: GPS, Trial, Positioning, Environment, London, Silicon.com, monitoring, U.K., carbon dioxide, Benefit
Yahoo's Bartz willing to sell search
News But, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says, the right company would have to have a technology she believes in and "boatloads of money".
Tags: Search, Business development/management, Twitter, Positioning, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., co-founder, CEO, Search Technology, brand
Insert a line above a Word table at the top of the page
Techguide If you've ever gotten stuck trying to add text above a table at the beginning of a document, this tip's for you--and you won't believe how easy it is.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Table, Cell, Positioning, font, Mouse, Microsoft Excel, mouse pointer, Microsoft Outlook
The 10 most useful Word shortcuts
Techguide How many Word shortcuts do you remember and use on a regular basis? Fifty? Twenty? How about just 10 solid go-to shortcuts?
Tags: Microsoft Office, Positioning, Tool, Mouse, Microsoft Excel 2007, Ctrl, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, camera
Malaysia won't capitalize on Satyam fallout
News Local outsourcing players can't compete directly with India, but will gain long-term benefits from increased transparency and governance, say market watchers.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Competitive advantage, Outsourcing, India, Positioning, International Data Corp., Malaysia, Kelly Outsourcing
Broadcom to use Wi-Fi positioning tech in chips
News Chipmaker strikes a deal with Skyhook Wireless to use its Wi-Fi positioning technology in its chips for mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile processors, 802.11/Wi-Fi, GPS, Location-based services, Apple Inc., Mobile, Broadcom Corp., Positioning, Cell Phone, Chip
Open source groups to merge
News Paris-based OW2 Consortium and Open Solutions Alliance of California, say new entity will be a global platform for supporting R&D, distribution and adoption of open source software.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Alcatel, France Telecom, Organization, Open-source Software, Ingres, Spokesperson, consortium, Paris
Facebook and MySpace 'in talks'? Of course
News Good move for both companies as MySpace tries to move away from its image as a social network that lost to Facebook.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, MySpace, CEO, U.K., network, Web 2.0, Video, News Corp.
With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
News By showing first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also showing it's serious about building competitive browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Acceleration Feature, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Microsoft Internet Explorer, performance, Hardware, JavaScript
App stores unfazed by proprietary threat
News Arrival of proprietary mobile app stores such as Windows Marketplace won't topple third-party stores that can still differentiate, say MobiHand and Handango.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Phone, App, MobiHand, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications, Spokesperson, Developer
