Huntsville, AL Offers Municipal WiFi Offering That Makes Sense by Kurt Uhlir
For the past several years, municipalities across the country have talked about and even begun implementing free WiFi offering. Many critics of these plans have claimed that cities have no business offering free high-speed wireless access as it competes with local telephone companies, cable... With the increased load on the municipal network and decreased service provider revenue from the businesses, the service fees the municipality pays will increase drastically. ... In exchange for the right to offer and charge for extended services, Traveller provides the WiFi network, under municipal...

Introduction to Tablet PCs by Robert Scheer
The Tablet PC is a notebook or slate-shaped mobile computer that is approximately the size of a paper tablet. It gives us portability, flexibility and usability that are changing the way we work with our computers. Its touch screen or digitizing tablet technology allows the user to operate the... Many Tablet PCs use a Wacom digitizer, which delivers pen-position input to the computer at a fast rate. ... Tablets with these digitizers project a small magnetic field above the screen that interacts with electronics in the tablet's stylus.

Motion Capture - What and How by Y.H. Lee
What is Motion Capture (MoCap)? Why use Motion Capture? Why use Inner Esteem Motion Capture Library? What are the technologies used? How do we capture the motion/ performance? What is Motion Capture (MoCap)? Motion capture, also known as Performance Capture, is a technique of digitally recording... Motion capture for computer character animation involves the mapping of human motion onto the motion of a computer character. ... We own an extensive library of stock motion data for you to choose from, which will help in your project development, whether you need just a few moves or do not have...

Computer Consulting 101 PC Troubleshooting Advice by Joshua Feinberg
While most small businesses really do need to find a good local computer consulting business to take care of their computer problems, there are some computer problems that are simple enough for even a technophobe to handle. At Computer Consulting 101, we’ve found there’s one very simple piece of... If you suspect your computer problem involves something hardware-related, such as with your network card, modem, mouse, keyboard or sound card, you should even go one step further, before calling your computer consulting experts.

Understanding the IRM/MRP Analogy by Tim Bryce
"You must first plant the seeds in order to harvest the crop. Unfortunately, most companies tend to eat the seed and then there is no crop to harvest." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION When we introduced the original version of the "PRIDE" methodology in 1971 (which is now referred to as... Programs - a set of computer-executable instructions performing a step within a computer procedure. ... Yet, others are represented by a network of relationships (too extensive to go into here). ... By taking this approach to development, Project Management and Quality Assurance can substantiate...

Logistics Mobility in Australia and New Zealand by Drew Seitam
Do mobility systems provide value to logistics companies in the local market? It has become almost passé to note that the future of competition will be supply chain versus supply chain rather than business versus business. As supply chain competition increases, so does the demand for end-to-end... The complexity is considerably more significant in the: Networks (GPRS, CDMA, 3G, Satellite, Wi-Fi) and automatic network switching Network latency4 in public mobile networks Necessity for Occasionally Connected models to allow for patchy mobile coverage Peripheral systems to create,...

Buying Guide for Laptops, Personal Computers, Notebooks by David Arnold Livingston
Are you an executive always scurrying with your suitcase during business trips? A student always on the go trying to finish as many projects as possible to gain extra credits? Or a businessperson always meeting up with your biz partners to explore more business opportunities? ... a portable Personal computer. ... One drawback that an ultralight has is its not being able to contain an internal CD drive or a network card since it has to maintain its weight. ... Depending on your personal preference, you might consider other factors such as the brand name, in choosing which laptop to purchase.

User Driven Modelling - Detailed Explanation - Part 2 - Research Approach by Peter Hale
This research demonstrates how a taxonomy can be used as the information source, from which it is possible to automatically produce software. This technique is most suitable at present to modelling, visualisation, and searching for information. The article explains the technique of User Driven... This is to make it easier for computer literate non-programmers to specify instructions to a computer, without learning and writing code in computer languages. ... It also has the potential to be computer language and system independent as one representation could be translated into many computer...

History of End User Programming by Peter Hale
1960s In the 1960s Dartmouth BASIC programming language [7] was designed and implemented at Dartmouth College by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Over time BASIC became a popular language for home users, and business use, it introduced many people to programming as a hobby or career. ... Douglas Engelbert's worked on a project to augment the human intellect, as part of the Augment [8] project he demonstrate Hypertext and video conferencing. ... In the early seventies the Alto personal computer was created at the PARC.

Data Recovery First Aid: 3 Tips To Increase Your Chances Of Success by Jonathan Tunn
Let's get to the important part first - if you've just lost your data, skip past this introduction and go directly to our first tip, so you can start your rescue operation. If not, a few minutes spent now might help you a lot in the future. Pay special attention to our third tip. ... Subsequently, I accidentally deleted a large project file that was too big for the Recycle Bin. ... - Don’t copy any files to the disk containing your lost data; - Avoid browsing the web, because your web browser saves cache files on the disk; - Don’t launch any unnecessary programs, because they can also...