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This article addresses many of the potential problems with the development of smart homes. Particularly, there is a mention of the differing (and therefore competing) protocols in use by different manufacturers. This means that many products may be incompatible, although it is possible that vendors will "provide point-to-point connections between individual devices".

Thanks for sharing this article. After read it I now am considering the time and efficiency that come with a cloud system. For instance, what if you want a smart home in the country? will you have to compromise due to the slowness of the internet? To add it also agrees with my idea that companies are competing too much and as so there is little to no way to use two different providers without problems.

Most smart home hubs are ugly. In fact, most products with the word "hub" in their name are probably ugly. Even the word "hub" sounds pretty ugly. So it's a really nice change of pace to see what the team behind a new startup called Silk Labs has created: an extremely stylish smart home hub that doesn't look like any other tech product out there.

This article goes into a new system developed to allow a more stylish user interface. However, the article does have some bias I believe, as seen in the first paragraph, so be wary.

A conversation about the benefits and drawbacks of Yahoo's new policy Twice a month, a panel of dads discusses a topic of the moment. For today's conversation, they discuss benefits and drawbacks of working from home. Part one of the discussion is below; parts two and three are here and here.

Yahoo has banned its staff from "remote" working. After years of many predicting working from home as the future for everybody, why is it not the norm? When a memo from human resources dropped into the inbox of Yahoo staff banning them from working from home it prompted anger from many of its recipients.

Four of WA's biggest home builders have started tagging their equipment and materials with GPS tracking chips in an attempt to deter thefts from building sites which cost the building industry millions each year. BGC, ABN Group, JWH and Summit Homes are members of the Busted WA Alliance, which aims to deter would-be-thieves - many of whom are tradespeople - from stealing from Perth building sites.

Here the issue is that items were being stolen from building sites and are costing companies millions a year. This had a negative impact on them, so they installed chips into their items, allowing them to find stolen goods. This allows cops to find the items easily, and make charges accordingly. It also deters thieves from stealing from the work sight. The system in use here are a GPS chip that emits a signal, which is monitored by satellites. If the object is on the move then it noted, and the person monitoring the system makes the call on what to do. The stakeholders here are the building companies, police, and the thieves that steal from the working sight.

For the past 5-6 months I've been using a MacBook in my office and at home a I've a laptop which dual boots between Windows Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.8 64 bit. So I thought, I could write something comparing these three operating systems. First, I would like to start with Linux or more accurately GNU Linux.

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Telecommuting is a practice in which an employee works at a location-usually, but not always, one's home-that is remote from the actual business facility at which he/she is employed. Under this arrangement, the employee maintains close contact with coworkers and supervisors via various forms of computer, Internet, and communication technology (i.e, electronic mail, telephone, computer disks, etc.)

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I found this Very Interesting, I can see how working at home has it's benefits, however I feel you'd get more done at work, as your in a working environment and so more stimulated. Even if you don't do as much you would be more active. funnily this is like the difference between a house cat and an outdoor cat. It all about the environment you live in, and work in.

Agree! there are some limitations with teleworking.I also think you will miss the social life of working from an office

I found this article interesting, however I can't imagine myself working from home, I get distracted as it is with my computer always luring me to it. However it is interesting to notice how teleworking is increasing but not booming as many would expect it to be.