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- RFID tags and readers are everywhere, perhaps you should know how it works
- RFID technologies offer practical benefits to almost anyone who needs to keep track of physical assets. This chapter excerpt from RFID Essentials explains the basic components of an RFID system. RFID is quickly becoming a ubiquitous technology. With is widespread adoption in manufacturing, retailing, and security systems,...
- Tags: RFID Tag, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- Book chapters 2006-03-08
- RFID tags and readers are everywhere, perhaps you should know how it works
- RFID is quickly becoming a ubiquitous technology. With is widespread adoption in manufacturing, retailing, and security systems, you owe it to yourself to know at least the basics. This chapter excerpt from RFID Essentials, by Bill Glover, Himanshu Bhatt explains the basic components of an RFID system and discusses some...
- Tags: O'Reilly Media Inc., TechRepublic Inc., caveat, RFID, RFID tag, Web, Web site, security, benefit, manufacturing
- Download resources 2006-03-08
- Develop a more agile and effective software development process with continuous integration (CI)
- Developing software requires planning for change, continuously observing the results, and incrementally course-correcting based on the results. This is how continuous integration CI operates. CI is the embodiment of tactics that gives software developers the ability to make changes in their code, knowing that if they break software,...
- Tags: Software, Software Development, Addison-Wesley, Continuous Integration, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Book chapters 2007-07-12
- Vista pirates plunged in to darkness
- An e-mail has been sent to a large Microsoft Windows Vista distributor entitled, "Pirated Vista -- A darkness descends!" The e-mail, sent from a local Microsoft representative describes what users of unlicenced copies of Windows Vista can expect after the activation of Vista's 'Reduced Functionality' mode. ComputerWorld obtained a copy...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Piracy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Facebook chooses greed over privacy
- What are your thoughts about Facebook's changes?According to USA Today, "Last week, Facebook made limited member profiles available to non-Facebook members with a new search box at the bottom of the Facebook homepage. ... Some Facebook users say they are perturbed because they joined the service so they could choose...
- Tags: Blogging, Marketing research, Sonja Thompson, blogosphere, Facebook, greed, privacy
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- Friday yuk? anyone? anyone?
- So what's happening here? I want to see a friday yuk. Here a new bit of George Carlin for you edited."Been sitting here with my @$$ in a wad, wanting to speak out about the bull$h!t going on in New Orleans. For the people of New Orleans... First we would...
- Tags: tax, ITgirli, friday yuk, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2005-11-04
- Trying to make Web services make sense
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today! By ...
- Tags: Channel management, Web services, Web service, Web, Web Services Interoperability Organization, standards
- Technical articles 2004-06-22
- Have the French taken leave of their senses?
- [i]PC World[/i][b]France Bans Laypeople From Reporting Violence[/b][b]New French law says that only professional journalists can film or broadcast acts of violence.[/b]Peter Sayer, IDG News ServiceTuesday, March 06, 2007 08:00 AM GMT-08:00The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people...
- Tags: civil liberties, deepsand, French Law, journalism, off-topic, politics, violence
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice
- In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.” The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then. Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...
- Tags: Strategy, IT services, information technology, outsourcing
- Blog posts 2006-11-01
- Headhunter relations: Getting the most from search firms and recruiters
- You don't always find good jobs in the newspaper. Sometimes the best opportunities find you. Here are some tips for being ready when the headhunter calls.Do you love your current job? Would you consider a better offer if one came along? With the high demand for qualified IT professionals, headhunters...
- Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Jennifer Recktenwald, recruiter, headhunter
- Technical articles 2000-02-10
- Why the Constant Arguing
- Why the Constant ArguingOk, I have my favorite OS...Windows.Others have theirs...Linux, MAC, Unix, etc.Why the constant bickering?If you don't like my OS, Windows, there are plenty of other choices for you. I don't discount your choice of OS, so why discount my choice?I've picked my OS that fits my...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, rickk@..., windows
- Discussion threads 2006-04-01
- 10 things you can do to make your presentations more effective
- To advance and succeed in your career, you need more than just technical skills. You also need to be able to present your ideas clearly and persuasively. Here are some suggestions that may help you in that regard. They assume you are in front of a group, using the ubiquitous...
- Tags: Humor, Audience, Presentation, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Hunter's Blog
- Hunter's Blogblog rootShared Computer ToolkitThe toolkit has been out for a while now, but I am just starting to see uptake and print articles about it. The July 2006 TechNet magazine will feature an article on the toolkit. This looks like something that would be very useful in the MCSD.Shared...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, 64-bit, blog, hunter, Hunter, hfrench@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, external Website, Web site, TechEd
- Discussion threads 2006-06-13
- Welcome the newest members of The Second Network Admin's Club
- Here are some more horror stories submitted by TechRepublic readers who joined The Second Network Admin's Club.Based on the horror stories we’ve heard from TechRepublic readers, some of you have accepted new jobs and found yourselves up to your necks in alligators. Here’s one more round of stories from the...
- Tags: Jeff Davis, Second Network Admin, administrator
- Technical articles 2000-01-24
- Robots replaced by monkeys
- Robots replaced by monkeysSo a monkey walks in wearing a kevlar vest and says.....who knows, but we may soon.http://www.local6.com/news/4392864/detail.htmlI just had to share thisheheheImagine being the guy who has to give the monkeys a physical. "Turn your head and stop playing with that banana."I can see it now...... a little...
- Tags: ITgirli, monkey, monkeys, off-topic, robot
- Discussion threads 2005-04-19
- 10+ things you can do to motivate your team
- To get things done these days, working in teams is almost imperative. But how can you, as a leader, motivate a team to accomplish your objectives? How can you avoid common mistakes that can kill performance and morale? This article discusses ways of doing so. Note: This...
- Tags: Team, Guard, Generalities, Team Management, Management, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- The pros and cons of working for Uncle Sam
- Boasting increasing budgets and an aggressive technology impetus, the U.S. federal government appears to be an improved career venue for IT leaders. Yet, as a former government CIO relates, there are still some downsides to working for Uncle Sam.Simple staff attrition and increased tech spending are boosting the government’s need...
- Tags: Vertical industries, David Southgate, George R. Molaski, government
- Technical articles 2002-04-09
- Consultants say member's actions in dispute were unnecessary, rash
- When he learned that his firm's contract wouldn't be renewed, a consultant deleted files from the client's workstations. It was a legal move according to his contract, but TechRepublic members think his action was less than professional.Despite the fact that the contract he signed with a financial organization stated that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Beth Blakely, Verde Network Consulting
- Technical articles 2002-12-18
- Most members say: Discount rates for diagnosis time
- What did our consultant community have to say about charging clients for the time it takes to diagnose their problems? Most of them said it was good form to discount their hourly rates.Consultants often find themselves in a situation where they are asked to spend hours diagnosing a problem, only...
- Tags: Beth Blakely, Karl E., Microsoft Windows NT, diagnosis
- Technical articles 2000-12-21
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