codes in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up Two words: dress codes. Recommendations include creating separate avatars, one for work purposes and another for personal interactions, and extending the codes of conduct for other web activities, such... [16 Oct 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment I anticipate more focused and detailed environmental standards and codes will become increasingly common within such lists. For some years, certain IT customers in the private sector (typically, the bigger private sector... [10 Sep 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment The CEO said the use of two-digit codes to send simple status messages such as 'I've arrived on the scene' - is a popular Tetra application with the Fire & Rescue service. Airwave CEO talks to silicon.com about the... [11 Jun 2009]
How e-coding can prevent NHS slip-ups
Comment The trust has also adopted GS1 standards for its passive RFID-enabled wristbands, using unique GS1 codes to help ensure positive patient identification. GS1 UK's Gary Lynch counts the ways… A survey we ran recently in... [20 May 2009]
When IT security becomes a gothic horror story
Comment Poe was fascinated by cryptography, often concealing hidden messages in his works, and even once challenged his readers to submit their codes to him - which he then claimed to crack. The RSA Conference in San Francisco,... [21 Apr 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New password theory
Comment The password and PIN for my bank account involves a total of 11 characters, and the door access code of many company offices I visit only use four or five character key codes. Written at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and... [22 Dec 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment There are moves towards codes of conduct or special rules for bloggers. Suggestions have included bloggers' codes of conduct and special liability rules. Not so, says lawyer Duncan Calow. Blogs, social... [05 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Cheat Sheet: QR codes ¦ Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone? Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the... [29 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?
Comment Ancient even.silicon.com has been to visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II codebreakers and Colossus - the world's first electronic codebreaking machine - which smashed the codes used by the German Enigma machine. [20 Mar 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Companies such as Quova and Digital Element are gathering terabytes of data that further narrow the identification process down to cities and zip codes. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are... [09 Jan 2008]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Acceptable use codes for employee-generated content - what's appropriate, what's off bounds. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT professional. Not true, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [29 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment Despite plastics being labelled with recycling codes for years now, there are very limited facilities for recycling. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week... [08 Nov 2007]
Luis von Ahn
AS Profile It uses these words as Captcha codes, which are then read by humans - turning the 150,000 hours spent every day solving these little puzzles to positive effect. Described as a "real guy to watch" by one of the panel,... [12 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Qubits Rule?
Comment They can span the analogue and digital, and will most likely crack encryption codes and passwords almost instantaneously, not to mention the solving of many of our currently intractable problems. Written at Dallas Fort... [01 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment Ever heard of QR codes? Granted, QR codes can be and are used where barcodes are now but they are also used by consumers and for business, with mobile phones now coming equipped with software that can... [06 Feb 2007]
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