Dell netbooks with the integrated GPS cards will allow consumers to pop open a netbook and get directions and also also make their netbook location aware. For instance, buyers can geo-tag photos on Flickr or check weather information customized to their current location. The Wireless 700 card combines Broadcom's GPS technology and Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi positioning solutions.
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New Sunglasses Let You See Another's Emotions...Really - Forbes - 0 views
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Image courtesy of 2AI Labs One day soon, you may be standing next to someone wearing sunglasses at a bus stop and notice that they are staring at you, really staring. Look closely at the glasses and you might find a logo with the name "O2Amp", and if you do, you'll [...]
Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices - CNN.com - 1 views
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soical and ethnical issues: Control; Globalization and cultural diversity
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IT systems in a social context: Applications
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Arts, entertainment, and leisure
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"Smartphones already have GPS capabilities," says Alan Sicher, senior wireless product manager at Dell. "We are now bringing it to netbooks so the devices know where you are and can help you where you want to go.
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People can rely on the navigation devices for traveling purposes.
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Free parking for all? Smart parking meters hacked - CNN.com - 0 views
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San Francisco launched a $35-million pilot project in 2003 to deploy smart meters around the city in an effort to thwart thieves, including parking control officers who were skimming money from the meters.
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social and ethnical issues: security (positive)
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Online career matchmaker helps MBAs land jobs - CNN.com - 0 views
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"Even though the economy is not as bad as it used to be, we are still seeing a good uptake. Our traffic is still going strong," Larizadeh says.
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areas of impact: business and employment
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Four years and a round of venture capital funding later, what started as a hobby designed to help friends share career information has turned into a network with approximately 600,000 members.
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social and ethnic issues: security
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Schools like The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business have formed partnerships with Doostang that enable their students to access the network's premium job listings for free.
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IT systems in a social sytem: Communication system
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Lost in the Cloud - 0 views
Security Fix - PCs Used in Korean DDoS Attacks May Self Destruct - 0 views
Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought - 0 views
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"At least 85 percent of discarded computers imported to Peru are reused, as opposed to going directly to recycling. [... Thus,] the image of the trade in e-waste as mainly being about dumping unusable junk is, at least for Peru, inaccurate."
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Social: Globalization
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"highly dynamic flow [that] reuses and recycles almost every part and material found in a computer,"
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IT SYSTEMS: basics
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that it is possible to stop the environmentally damaging practices without diluting or eliminating informal dismantling and collection. This informal reuse and recycling sector is valuable for generating employment in the country and in making computing technology more accessible to low-income families and small businesses, the paper contends.
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AREAS OF IMPACT: business, science&the environment
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Facebook's Plan to Dominate the Internet - 0 views
Market slumps for $3,000 luxury cell phones - CNN.com - 0 views
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Got a few grand to spare for a $3,000 phone? Yeah, we didn't think so. Nobody does -- and that's a problem for the makers of luxury phones, such as Motorola, Bang & Olufson, LG and Vertu.
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Motorola has already gotten the memo. Earlier this week, the company reportedly canceled the Ivory E18, a device tentatively priced around $3,000. The phone had met with lack of interest from telecom carriers. Motorola declined to comment.
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But Nuovo isn't convinced. "Take watches and cars," he says. "They all run the same but everyone has a unique way of delivering them stylistically. We can do the same with phones."
Fastest solar boat attempts round-the-world challenge - CNN.com - 0 views
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The boat can travel at up to 14 knots (26k/m) and would be the first solar-powered boat to travel at such high speeds. It is projected to be able to cross the Atlantic in just two weeks.
