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jhertzberg

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IBM Faces the Perils of "Bring Your Own Device"

@Hador Agreed. Even more, I was troubled by "Before an employee's own device can be used to access IBM networks, the IT department configures it... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:25 AM EDT

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Virtual World Takes on Childhood Obesity

@Spicoli I was thinking the same thing, imagining one active kid charging others to wear their Zamzees, sticking on the dog's collar, etc. (read full comment)  

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:38 AM EDT

Is Automation the Handmaiden of Inequality?

@Greg Lins Another likely factor in the rise of global supply chains was the international standardization of container shipping that occurred in... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 4, 2012 at 12:10 PM EDT

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Lost Boy Finds Mother Using Google Earth

@samrod The article does not say one way or another what the family did to try to find him, but keep in mind that Calcutta is over 900 miles from... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM EDT

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Hold Your Hand Up to Play Some Music

Touch-less control while cooking notwithstanding, this will only be broadly useful if gestures can be read at a distance. Knowing the ... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM EDT

Are the Fax Machine's Days Numbered?

How is this new? Adobe Acrobat has had digital signatures since at least version 6. One just needs to scan their John Hancock once, and store it... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 28, 2011 at 11:05 AM EDT

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Apple Hopes to Improve the Picture for the iPad

One quibble, the move from 1,024 by 768 pixels to 2,048 by 1,536 pixels is not twice as dense, but 4x. (read full comment)  

Posted on March 8, 2012 at 2:19 PM EST

Charge Your Phone (and Your Car) from Afar

I would hope that there would be RFID or a NFC link with the charging device to control power levels. (read full comment)  

Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:09 PM EST

Is This the Most Original Announcement for a Web Design Job Ever?

Is This the Most Original? Hardly! I had such a feeling of deja vu that I did a quick google of flowchart job advertisement. Within the first ten... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM EDT

Bionic Vision for the Blind

Finally! I have been waiting for precisely this. As someone with Retinitis Pigmentosa, my particular impairment is the loss of peripheral vision.... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:59 PM EDT

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