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This Week In Emerging Technology – June 13th

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Published: Jun 13, 2007

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Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of June 4th.

Nokia’s Low-Power Link to Be New Bluetooth Standard – The Bluetooth SIG has agreed to use Nokia’s Wibree technology for short range ultra-low-power connections, for example connecting to something like a heart monitor.

Super Small RFID Tags – RFID tags the size of a pepper flake. How comes this doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Can you imagine every store, event and business you go into dusting you with tags so they can recognize return customers or people who’ve shopped at partner stores?

Jim Rapoza

Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.

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