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ciao Knowledge11 ... looking forward to Knowledge12

published on 2011/12/21 by Sebastien Rivory

Summary of Knowledge event around ServiceNow SAAS ITSM platform...

ciao Knowledge11 ... looking forward to Knowledge12

five ways NFC may change your life

published on 2011/10/31 by Stewart Baines

It has taken a while to mature, but now In-Stat estimates global annual shipments of NFC chips will reach 1.2 billion by 2015. The ambitious prediction is based on the giants of the mobile handset industry incorporate NFC in their smartphones. A wave of NFC-enabled Windows and Android handsets are expected in the coming months and Apple is expected to kick-start the business when it introduces an NFC iPhone next year. ...

Is a new type of search coming?

published on 2011/10/24 by Anthony Plewes

The signs are that search engine technology is about to rapidly evolve. HP has just purchased Autonomy; New Scientist suggests that HP's Vertica analytics tool could be combined with Autonomy's Idol platform, which helps determine the relationships between elements in unstructured information, including audio and video....

Is a new type of search coming?

Tapping the wisdom of crowds

published on 2011/10/06 by Anthony Plewes

Could the next revolution in application development involve the wisdom of crowds? At least one start-up thinks so. MobileWorks uses large collections of workers in developing countries to process tasks normally undertaken by computers....

Internet of Things to be powered by Things

published on 2011/10/03 by Stewart Baines

Kinetic energy harvesting relies heavily on piezoelectric power, in which particular ceramic compounds create tiny amounts of energy when compressed. When you press a button that directly creates a spark to ignite your gas oven, or when you press a firelight and hear that familiar snapping sound before the flame appears, you are using piezoelectrics. ...

Internet of Things to be powered by Things