Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020

November 20th, 2009
“Pomerleau said researchers are close to gaining the ability to build brain sensing technology into a head set that could be used to manipulate a computer. The next step is development of a tiny, far less cumbersome sensor that could be implanted inside the brain.”

Global Mobile Voice Service Revenues to Start Declining in 2011

November 20th, 2009
“ABI Research forecasts annual mobile voice revenues to reach $580 billion in 2010. From 2011 on, rising subscriber saturation will increasingly erode mobile voice revenues, not just in developed markets but also in a number of emerging markets. By 2014, mobile voice revenues will have contracted by 9.6%.”

Utilities eye their own ‘iTunes App Stores’ for Smart Grid apps

November 20th, 2009
“Every major utility, in order to be at the cutting edge of the Smart Grid, will need to have a full portfolio of applications that can help their customers trim their energy use and their monthly bills.”

Wal-Mart’s Web Site Offering Remote Tech-Support Services

November 20th, 2009
“Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), which launched new technical support services in its stores last month, is now offering its online shoppers remote tech-support services–such as virus removal, diagnostics, and repair”

More Details On SimpleGeo, The AWS For Location

November 20th, 2009
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“SimpleGeo is akin to an ‘Amazon Web Services’ for location: developers looking to integrate location based services (LBS) can plug into some simple APIs and SimpleGeo will do most of the legwork for them.”

Researchers say RFID ‘fingerprint’ could prevent counterfeiting

November 20th, 2009
“They discovered that each RFID tag has unique minimum power response at multiple radio frequencies, and that power responses across tags were significantly different, even for tags of the same model. That, along with several other unique, unspecified physical characteristics allowed them to create an electronic fingerprint that’s tied to each RFID tag, but doesn’t actually depend on any modifications or encryption on the tag itself”


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