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A new Harvard Business School working paper traces the evolution of IT management consulting and trends for the future. Read our e-mail interview with professor Richard Nolan and HBS Interactive Senior Vice President Larry Bennigson. 12:43:17 PM  comment
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HP Adds 54g to New Notebooks. HP is the latest laptop maker to begin using Broadcom's draft-version of 802.11g; HP likes it so much, they'll use the 54g brand and provide some extra marketing. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 12:39:52 PM comment
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Intermec Introduces Rugged Tablet PC. Intec adds a Tablet PC to its line of rugged mobile computing products. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 12:39:35 PM comment
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SIP fuels communications interplay. Driven by voice and platform vendors, protocol promises to unite IM, video, voice [InfoWorld: Top News] 12:39:16 PM comment
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Interview: 'Gentle' SAS out to conquer (banking) world. CEO Jim Goodnight charts the company's course [InfoWorld: Top News] 12:38:55 PM comment
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The assault on Iraqby theU.S.and its allies is curtailing economic activity throughout the Middle East as tourism and business travel plummet, consumer spending is put on hold and investment uncertainty deepens. But when the war ends, the reconstruction in Iraq will lead to billions of dollars of spending on infrastructure as well as opportunities for entrepreneurs in the region. Indeed, the Middle East could become more attractive to foreign capital -- but only if the Israeli-Arab conflict is resolved and the region grows more stable and democratic. 12:29:14 PM comment
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Some say drinking water should come first 12:25:50 PM comment
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Genetically engineered pest control. Tyrell: You were built as good as we could make you... Roy Batty: But not to last.
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An inside view of America's cable and telecom industry 12:23:21 PM comment
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Industry is having a hard time finding new catalysts to supercharge many of today's complex reactions. So researchers are scouring the world for bacteria and fungi that can do the job biologically 12:21:48 PM comment
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Despite their complexity, can protein biochips do for proteomics what DNA microarrays did for genetics? 12:21:05 PM comment
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It was naive to imagine that the global reach of the internet would make geography irrelevant. Wireline and wireless technologies have bound the virtual and physical worlds closer than ever 12:20:27 PM comment
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A new attempt to get people shopping by mobile phone 12:19:52 PM comment
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New wireless technologies for delivering broadband to the home are about to challenge DSL and cable 11:37:34 AM comment
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New wireless technologies that render bandwidth irrelevant could kick-start a revolution in communications bigger than the internet 11:36:52 AM comment
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While it is important to garner support for your business decisions, the most difficult decisions are ones you make on your own, said Carly Fiorina, the chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, in a recent talk at Harvard Business School. 11:34:07 AM comment
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Clay Shirky explains why 3G's mindset is permanently wrong, and Wi-Fi is enough by being nearly enough: Shirky explains how the misguided logic of airphones, those expensive seatback calling devices, is also at work in third-generation (3G) cellular data network marketing and deployment demonstrated in the confusion by telecom strategists between ubiquity and utility. [80211b News]11:24:40 AM comment
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SJ Mercury: Cellular pioneer still causing stir. Dan Gillmor. Many carriers still exhibit the monopolistic attitudes of legacy telecom companies. They control the networks and the service, a combination that holds back the kind of furious innovation we need, Cooper says, not to mention the essential basics. [Tomalak's Realm] 11:23:56 AM comment
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What Your Clothes Say About You. Clothing designer Benetton plans to weave radio frequency ID chips into its garment tags. While Benetton is poised to save money by tracking the clothes with RFID, it could also mean a loss of customers' privacy. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] 11:16:15 AM comment
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Free Wireless on Newberry Street. A computer reseller in Boston sets up a wireless network that gives denizens of cafés and bookstores in the vicinity free access to the Internet -- as long as they don't mind viewing an occasional pop-up ad. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 11:11:12 AM comment
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How Hydrogen Can Save America. Oil has held the United States hostage for a century, but the nation can be energy-independent in 10 years. Here's a five-point plan to reshape the economy. By Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 11:10:23 AM comment
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Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone. A pilot program in Canada is converting the telephone booth into a wireless Internet access point. Meanwhile, a Chinese company is developing public cell-phone charging stations that resemble pay phones. What does that leave for the humble pay phone? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] 11:09:16 AM comment
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Nanotech's Far-Reaching Promise. Care to head to space on the Starlight Express? Someday -- in the next 10 years -- a carbon-nanotube elevator stretching 62,000 miles straight up into the sky could be a viable means of transport. By Kevin Kelleher from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 11:08:44 AM comment
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Smart Phones To Outpace Handhelds in 2003. New research from Canalys predicts that shipments of smart phones such as the Orange SPV and Sony Ericsson P800 will exceed those of traditional handheld devices. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 11:07:16 AM comment
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No Money at Hotspots -- Yet. The latest from Gartner says that while the number of users of WLAN equipment in North America will continue to grow through 2007, hotspot providers shouldn't count on making money until then. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 11:06:34 AM comment
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For Razor-Sharp Reception, Twirl an Old-Fashioned Knob. With convergence spreading throughout personal electronics - hand-held organizers that make telephone calls and cellphones that take pictures, for example - the idea of a stand-alone radio might seem a bit retro. Yet Boston Acoustics is touting its new AM-FM radio (well, it does include an alarm clock) as the culmination of 20-plus years of engineering. By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology] 11:05:51 AM comment
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Motorola aims to ease wireless development. The company's goal is to help wireless infrastructure vendors build products at lower cost and with more flexibility through software and hardware. [Computerworld App Development News] 11:04:53 AM comment
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Wipe out your wireless worries. Security expert Douglas Schweitzer offers tips on quick and simple ways to protect your wireless network. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 11:03:43 AM comment
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Analyst: mobile computing should not be ignored. If enterprises don't see mobile computing as being business critical, they'd better hope they're correct in that assumption, according to one analyst. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 11:03:07 AM comment
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Centrino-based Tablet PCs on the horizon. Although they have been slow to emerge, Centrino-based Tablet PCs are heading for the market, with early devices to be based on the 900-MHz, ultra-low-voltage Pentium M processor. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 10:55:37 AM comment
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Behold, the Invisible Man, if Not Seeing Is Believing. Susumu Tachi's invisible raincoat, unlike Hollywood "science fiction," is a "true scientific development." By James Brooke. [New York Times: Science] 10:55:04 AM comment
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Army CIO touts war technology, plans for 'network-centric force'. Lt. Gen. Peter Cuviello said Army technologies are holding up well in the war with Iraq and went on to describe plans for the military to become more wired. [Computerworld IT in Government News] 10:54:45 AM comment
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Microsoft fortifies Wi-Fi security. The software titan releases a Windows XP update that uses multiple encryption keys to enhance security for computers that connect to wireless networks. [CNET News.com] 10:54:26 AM comment
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Killing time with a handheld 10:53:36 AM comment
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Nortel enters wireless LAN space 10:50:34 AM comment
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The Next Chapter. In a collection of predictions about server operating systems, pundits say that the OS will become vital to Web services. And Linux will become hugely successful but fragmented, like Unix. [Computerworld Unix News] 10:49:40 AM comment
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The Story So Far. The history of operating systems may begin in 1955, when General Motors created a batch-processing monitor. [Computerworld Unix News] 10:47:04 AM comment
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The Sound of Things to Come: "Norris is demonstrating something called HyperSonic Sound (HSS). The aluminum plate is connected to a CD player and an odd amplifier -- actually, a very odd and very new amplifier -- that directs sound much as a laser beam directs light. Over the past few years, mainly in secret, he has shown the device to more than 300 major companies, and it has slackened a lot of jaws. In December, the editors of Popular Science magazine bestowed upon HSS its grand prize for new inventions of 2002, choosing it over the ferociously hyped Segway scooter. It is no exaggeration to say that HSS represents the first revolution in acoustics since the loudspeaker was invented 78 years ago -- and perhaps only the second since pilgrims used 'whispering tubes' to convey their dour messages." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 10:45:22 AM comment
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Changing World Technologies. This company is about to open the doors on its first commercial plant. It is working with ConAgra to turn turkey offal (a byproduct of Turkey processing) into light commercial quality oil, natural gas, purified water, and commercially valuable minerals (all at very high quality levels). Amazingly, this same plant can process just about anything (from plastic bottles to sewage) and turn it into commerial materials without any nasty byproducts. Economic analysis indicates that the plant will produce oil at an estimated price of $15 a barrel (which is commercially competitive). The process involves changining the waste products at the molecular level. This could mean that landfills may become valuable sources of raw materials for reprocessing and that recycling will become a thing of the past (no downcycling of plastics for example). Very cool and seemingly credible. If the claims are correct, we should see these plants become ubiquitous in the next ten years. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 10:45:04 AM comment
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Michelin Man Enlists Palm to Move Tires. Michelin is offering a free Palm Zire, Palm's entry-level digital organizer, to customers who buy four new tires. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Business] 10:42:01 AM comment
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Wireless Week: Wherefore art thou, Bluetooth? Brad Smith reports on Bluetooth from CTIA. [The Bluetooth Weblog] 10:40:01 AM comment
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