http://blog.thinkworx.com Adventures on the web, emerging technologies, random thoughts and more Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://blog.thinkworx.com/2008/04/19/weekly-roundup-week-16-2008/ http://blog.thinkworx.com/2008/04/19/weekly-roundup-week-16-2008/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:12:05 +0000 Thomas Bowcut http://blog.thinkworx.com/?p=184 A brief list of recently news/articles or sites that I have come across this past week:

• London Metropolitan Police will be implanting chipsin all police officers so administrators can monitor their movements.
  • http://www.wxpnews.com/MK44BT/080415-Police-Chips
• Black Ink Project registration is now open. Free course hosted by Jeremy Palmer
  • http://www.theblackinkproject.com/
• Windows SP3 Release dates: April 21st for OEMs and April 29th on Windows Update. Expected to provide speed boosts of up to 10%.
  • http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/news/2008/04/16/Windows-XP-SP3-Release-Date-s-Confirmed/p1
• Twitter has finally sucked me in. I signed up this week, even though I am still highly skeptical of its value. We will see how it goes.
  • Follow me at http://twitter.com/tbowcut
• Four-Day Work Weeks – Proof of their effectiveness
  • http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/966-urgency-is-poisonous
• Windows Mobile 6 Goodies – a list of interesting apps for your smartphone or PDA
  • https://island.byu.edu/blog/34/windows-mobile-6-goodies

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• Australia Post tracks mail delivery using RFID
• e-Passports with RFID Chip
• RFID to track airport passengers
• Cattle producers using RFID to monitor health of cattle

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