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RSS readerssilicon survey: Readers back mobile car ban
News A government ban on the use of mobile phones while driving has been given a firm thumbs up by silicon.com readers. But at the same time most readers - 83 per cent - were against a complete in-car mobile ban that would even outlaw the use of hands... [16 Jul 2003]
Offshoring tips and pitfalls - readers speak
News Offshoring IT services to India can bring big benefits - but there are pitfalls for the unwary, according to silicon.com readers. In response to our Inside India special report a number of readers have told us their own experiences of doing... [17 Apr 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 haven't got a clue what IR35 is. [27 Nov 2003]
RBS dishes out chip and PIN readers
News The chip and PIN card readers will be sent to customers free of charge and people will start receiving the devices this week. Customers who want to use online banking to view account details and pay existing bills will be able to continue to use... [03 May 2007]
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]
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 were quick to respond to a silicon.com... [19 Nov 2007]
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 systems, eliminating the need... [25 Jun 2004]
Revealed: silicon.com readers' expenses
News Nearly one-quarter of silicon.com readers have racked up expenses with a price-tag akin to the cost of a Rolex watch. But while some are making the company credit card sweat - whether it's by entertaining clients, flying off to oversee offshore... [07 Aug 2007]
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]
U.S. Market Update: Smart ID Cards and Readers Deliver Network Security and Physical Access Control in Single Credential
White Paper With that many cards deployed, the necessary readers, middleware and PKI solutions are clearly at the stage where they can be deployed widely and in large numbers. The Smart Card Alliance, an industry organization, estimates that there are now... [30 Aug 2005]
US crisis: silicon.com readers respond
News Please feel free to share your thoughts on the terrible incidents of the past day with other silicon.com readers. The US has great responsibility to respond justly to this atrocity. Respond they must, but the fashion in which they do so must not be... [12 Sep 2001]
Bloggers creaming off newspaper readers
News Blogs written by so-called citizen journalists are increasingly challenging newspapers for readers. While papers such as Texas' Austin American-Statesman are using blogs to give readers a news voice they never had before, other papers such as the... [02 Jun 2006]
Intermec Named to Provide RFID Readers to U.S. Government
White Paper Government's initiative to improve efficiency and inventory asset management, Intermec Technologies Corp.which designs and manufactures RFID (radio frequency identification) and mobile computing systems, has been awarded a Blanket Purchasing... [23 Aug 2005]
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 maker of Class 1 Electronic... [01 Jul 2004]
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]
