November 05, 2007 / Tech Tips         


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RFID - Continual Advancements

RFID technical advances and new applications are in the news so often that we could tend to lose a bit of perspective.  This recent news item may help restore some of that perspective: renowned penny-pincher, Wal-Mart, has RFID inventory control in only 976 of its 4000+ stores. 


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Florida Water Crisis

According to government studies, within five years, thirty six states (including Florida) in the United States may experience water shortages. Unfortunately, the state of Florida only compounds the water crisis. Year after year, the state of Florida flushes millions of gallons of excess water into the ocean to prevent flooding. The state also dumps hundreds of billions of gallons a year of treated wastewater into the Atlantic through pipes — water that could otherwise be used for irrigation.


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Bluetooth Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks

According to a recent article, “Bluetooth-enabled devices are vulnerable to unscrupulous hackers…various attacks…have proved to be very effective over the last few years. Some of these attacks include making unauthorized calls and transactions, reading and sending SMSs on a target phone, erasing information and downloading personal information such as phone books and access codes… 

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Florida Cities Rank High in Job Growth

According to Forbes.com's annual list of the 200 Best Places for Businesses and Careers, five areas in Florida ranked in the top 10 for U.S. cities with the highest job growth. Cape Coral, Fla. held the top spot for cities with the highest job growth. Las Vegas, Nev. ranked second, followed by Naples, Fla. and Sarasota, Fla. McAllen, Tex. rounded out the top five. 


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Google - Staying Current

If you regularly visit websites of suppliers, wholesalers, competitors or industry commentators to see what is new on those sites, Google has new date-specific search options on its advanced search page that can make your job much easier. The new search options allow you to limit your search to items added during the past day, past week or past month.  Until now, Google responses were based on pages that Google had “crawled” recently, but not as recently as within the past 24 hours.   


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Creative Abrasion

“Successful innovation relies on people—and people have different cognitive approaches for assimilating data and solving problems…Cognitive differences are often subtle; people don't naturally appreciate their significance. Managers who dislike conflict or who value only their own approach often fall victim to the comfortable clone syndrome, surrounding themselves with people who think alike and who share similar interests and training…” 


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Brain Gym

If a brain is a terrible thing to waste, is it then simply a bad thing to challenge as little as possible?*  In either case, the result is highly undesirable.  The “mission” of the principals of SharpBrains.com is “…to provide individuals, companies and institutions with the best science-based information and guidance for Brain Health and Fitness.”  They created MindFit Brain Workout “…specifically for adults who want to maintain good memory and a sharp, agile, and vigorous mind.” 
 

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Marketing Via Facebook

From AssociatePrograms.com: “Savvy affiliates are scrambling to take advantage of the opportunities provided by social networking website Facebook, which has 43 million users and is growing extremely fast.” In a recent article entitled “How to make money off of Facebook”, SocialMedia.biz reports that (a) “As Facebook increasingly becomes the center of people's digital lives, it's also becoming a venue for selling things - digital and otherwise - to its fast-growing audience...”(and) (b) a site named Amazing Giftbox sells “virtual Amazon merchandise” at the Facebook venue. 



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