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by James Koopmann on July 11, 2008
It seems, from a recent survey, that people in the UK have really taken to wireless technology.
A Linksys survey has recently found that:
60% of broadband customers have wireless at home
87% of wirel...
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by James Koopmann on June 19, 2008
As of an October 2007 survey Yahoo had 25% of the IM market, AOL 22%, MSN 18%, and Google 5%. Within the mix there are various relationships where one service can communicate with another. Ultimately...
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by James Koopmann on June 18, 2008
How old does your child need to be to have a cell phone, how about a PDA, a portable laptop to do with a port-a-potty? It is an interesting question but I'm not too sure there is an exact answer. ...
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by James Koopmann on June 7, 2008
Wireless technologies have been utilized in hospitals for tracking inventory, keeping on top of patient care, and information workflow. Many of the high-tech hospitals are wireless and use technologie...
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by James Koopmann on June 6, 2008
We all know that what typically happens in California will soon spread east across the US. Time to look out and get ready for the push to ban talking on cellphones while driving. Starting July 1, 2008...
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by Rom Feria on May 24, 2008
In a recent press release, Singapore Airlines became the first airline to offer iPod integration to the in-flight entertainment system. Singapore Airlines' select business class for flights from...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on November 17, 2007
Here are some real suggestions as to how to shave hours off your working week. There is no single thing you can do, but in aggregate, if you apply all these little ideas, you can take back at least 10...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on November 11, 2007
Use of Blackberry phone/computing devices is on the increase and according to work related psychologists, the use of Blackberrys is often to the detriment of family life.
Work is now invading person...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on October 14, 2007
An in-depth article "Christine Rosen on Virtual Friendships And The New Narcissism" discusses social networking online. Basically the question raised in the article centers on the way people...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on October 11, 2007
Got 15 minutes to spare? Don't waste that 15 minutes, do something that will bring about a sense of satisfaction.
If you frequently have 15 minutes to spare, maybe you should carry a book with y...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on September 5, 2007
Everyone is gasping at the new iPod range which includes the iPod Touch — an iPhone look-alike that is an iPod and not a phone.
But many are asking if that is really what they want. Opponents t...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on August 26, 2007
Ok so we all know that you and I alike are avid users of a computer coupled to the Internet. But does the Internet rule your life?
I found this interesting list of 25 Signs That Computers and the I...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on August 15, 2007
I know that many of you are road warriors, traveling for work, and often when this is the case, the road warrior does not like to travel for a holiday. However, traveling for oneself is often much nic...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on August 8, 2007
In which city of the world would be the best city in which to lose your phone? Now that is a difficult question, unless you are a Reader's Digest researcher who purposely "lost" 30 phone...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on July 29, 2007
Just where is your home office?
If you are running a home wi-fi network your computer can be just about anywhere you want in and around your home.
Doug Johnson shares with us where his home office i...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on July 25, 2007
For those of us who are employed by a boss, you might want to think about gossiping about work.
A new site Wurkpal (thanks to TechCrunch for pointing this site out) is designed for that very reason, ...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on July 9, 2007
A while back we talked about the spaghetti that often clutters a home office, all the cords that plug into the energy system, the cords that span the gap between computer and peripheral devices, such ...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on July 4, 2007
The NameWire Blog wishes everyone a Happy Fourth of July!
But in addition to wishing everyone a Happy Fourth of July, a discussion about how we write and say dates ensues. This is rather an intriguin...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on July 4, 2007
"Touched by an Angel" discusses on her site the concept of a "virtual office". So what is a virtual office?
According to "Virtual Office" the article at Touched by an An...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 25, 2007
Everything I do has something to do with a computer. Whether I am searching the Internet on my computer to find a florist, writing an email to a client, even going out for the day has something to do ...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 21, 2007
There are five (5) reasons I run a wireless office:
FLEXIBILITY. I can run my office from anywhere. I am totally flexible in preparing and emailing proposals, answering client questions and writing n...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 18, 2007
An article "Do Woman Define Success in Business Differently Than Men?" makes one sit up and think.
The author provides some insights:
# women are starting businesses a rate of twice that o...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 16, 2007
Learn about your new role once Google takes over the world in 2050. I believe you will be the new "prosumer" a producer and consumer of information.Davide Casaleggio sent a tip to Read/Wri...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 15, 2007
Did you know that 40% of energy used in your home/office is consumed by consumer electronics when they are powered-down or turned off?
The New York Times article "Putting Energy Hogs in the Home...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 10, 2007
Solo Technology pointed out a very timely article "Ten steps to a Zen-like working environment".
The article inspired Solo Technology to spend 45 minutes removing the un-wanted from his des...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 9, 2007
Lifehacker points to an article from Smart Money about working from home. The gist of the article suggests that when you work from home there needs to be a set of rules created to ensure you are givin...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 5, 2007
I have not been to a Starbucks recently so I thought I would go and try to connect wirelessly and do a post or two at my local Starbucks. So today was it.
I know from about three months ago my local ...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 5, 2007
I have not been to a Starbucks recently so I thought I would go and try to connect wirelessly and do a post or two at my local Starbucks. So today was it.
I know from about three months ago my local ...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on June 3, 2007
Ever been stuck in an airport waiting for your delayed plane? If you have ever traveled through USA airports you certainly will have come across delayed flights!
Well, just take one look at what th...
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by Elwyn Jenkins on May 30, 2007
Since the arrival of Twitter and Jaiku we have seen a whole lot of micro-detail posted. Does all this micro-detail actually have a use?
David Weinburger seems to think there is a use for microblogs. ...
