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The Great Drupal Weblogging Project, Part 1

I may be good at some things, but Im lousy at making Web sites. Oh, I know my way around HTML, and Im decent at...

Weak Speech Recognition Leaves Customers Cold

Problem: Companies need to take a more realistic approach to speech technologies. Recently, a potential Amtrak customer called the companys automated phone system to get...

Microsoft Wins, Open Standards Lose

Some people, bless their hearts, think that what determines which technology is bought and deployed in business and government depends on technical quality. You...

GM Seeks Cutting Edge Despite Outsourcing

With a fully outsourced IT strategy, can a company gain a technological edge? Fred Killeen, acting chief technology officer of General Motors Corp., is...

Symbol Anticipates a Breakout Year for RFID

If market indicators prove out, 2006 could be the breakout year for RFID—at least thats the goal for the folks at Symbol Technologies Inc.,...

Years Top Tech Trends Set Stage for 2006

Top-trend stories are different from top-news stories. The best trend is one that is little noticed at the time but has a big effect...

Web 2.0 Label Lacks Meaning, Magic

People love labels, especially marketers. Labels help people wrap ideas, products and markets into neat packages that are easier to understand. Things that are...

SHARE Seeks Better Collaboration Tech in 2006

What does an IT professional wish for? Although it would have been a bit silly for veteran IT pro and president of the SHARE...

Kimberly-Clark Believes in the Future of RFID

Someday in the not-so-distant future, when you buy a box of Kleenex at the local pharmacy, it will trigger a chain reaction of events...

RIAA Turns Up Heat on IP Piracy in Russia

The Recording Industry of America Association is celebrating a moral victory in its worldwide crusade to stop music piracy, based on the U.S. governments...