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RSS readerssilicon.com readers up in arms over Napster closure
News Napster users and silicon.com readers have reacted angrily to the US court ruling that the online music sharing community must be closed down at the end of this week. The San Francisco court granted a temporary... [20 Jun 2001]
Business travel tips - readers' picks
Comment Now it's time to hear from our readers - here are their top tips. silicon.com staff and contributors have weighed in with their 30 suggestions on how to make business travel bearable. Keep a spare credit card somewhere... [23 Jun 2006]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News It seems piggybacking on unsecured wireless networks shouldn't be a crime, according to a number of silicon.com readers, some of which are happy to leave their wi-fi open for others to use. And readers... [19 Nov 2007]
IR35: who's interested? Not silicon.com readers...
News A recent poll of silicon.com readers on IR35 - a piece of tax legislation loathed by many contractors - which asked whether it is still a topic of conversation in the office turned up some surprising results: most... [27 Nov 2003]
Tesco signs up for 20,000 RFID antennae and readers
News Tesco has put in the retail sector's largest ever publicly announced order for EPC RFID readers in the supply chain - 4,000 of them will be in use across the country. The supermarket giant has signed the deal with ADT,... [10 Jan 2005]
Systems Integrator CapTech Introduces TagsWare, an Application for Filtering Data From a Range of Readers and Feeding It to Back-End Applications
White Paper Systems integration and design firm CapTech Ventures has released TagsWare, a new middleware application that can process information from RFID readers made by a range of vendors and relay that information to back-end... [25 Jun 2004]
The RFID Middleware Maker Adds New Features to Its EPC-IS Edge Server 3.0 Product for Managing Readers on an RFID Network
White Paper The Edge Server 3.0 software enables the management of dozens of readers on an RFID network and can link that network with enterprise applications. Building on its early work with the Auto-ID Center in developing... [25 Jun 2004]
TIBCO Integrates Alien Readers
White Paper TIBCO Software, a Palo Alto, Calif.based business integration software company, has announced that it is integrating its middleware platform with RFID readers produced by Alien Technology, a Morgan Hill, Calif.based... [01 Jul 2004]
Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'
News Personal chip and PIN readers would make the majority of consumers feel more comfortable about buying over the phone using their credit and debit cards. According to MasterCard-commissioned research, one in four (28 per... [15 Nov 2006]
Jobs and Torvalds top Agenda Setters readers' vote
News It's official: Steve Jobs is this year's most influential individual in high-tech - silicon.com's panel of experts decided as much in September and voting over the past five weeks by readers has now delivered the same... [06 Nov 2003]
ID Cards on Trial: silicon.com readers back the campaign
News silicon.com readers are overwhelmingly backing our ID Cards on Trial campaign to challenge the government on the cost, shifting scope and unproven technology proposed for the UK's national ID card scheme. [09 Jun 2005]
Xbox launch underwhelms silicon.com readers
News Most of our readers seem less than enthusiastic about the launch, although it's probably safe to assume that the enthusiasts are at home playing with their consoles, so we may not hear from them for some time. [14 Mar 2002]
Napster gives free downloads to Sun readers
News For the next nine Saturdays, Napster will allow the Currant Bun's readers to download their choice of tunes from its library of 750,000 gratis. Napster has teamed up with uber red top The Sun to give away music downloads. [22 Jul 2004]
Hated pop-ups savaged by silicon readers
News I will never buy from any company that advertised by pop-ups," wrote one anonymous reader and that opinion was one held by a lot of other readers. Never have we at silicon.com been so glad we took the move to ditch... [01 Mar 2004]
'Leave the Beeb alone' cry silicon readers
News The majority of silicon.com readers appear to support the BBC and believe a review or an overhaul of the service is unnecessary. However, a handful of readers believe a modernisation of the service is... [28 Aug 2003]
