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...RFID is about to reach ubiquity, bringing its ability to track everything, everywhere, all the time from the factory right into your home. Spooky but incredibly productive, RFID is the basis of 6,000 patents filed for wireless payments, keyless entries, cosmetics mixing, laundry tracking and patient monitoring. Think of it as the me-generation successor to the bar code, a technology that initially had its own Big Brother rap to beat. Bar codes identify a category of products. All Gillette Mach 3 razor blades, for instance, have the same code. With RFID tags, each packet of Mach 3 blades...
...debt counselors bouncing firms into administration where it's not necessary." You can almost see the lawyers getting in line. When Payoffs Don't Pay A German court ordered Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann to stand trial for alleged breach of trust during Vodafone's 2000 takeover of German wireless operator Mannesmann. Ackermann, then a member of Mannesmann's supervisory board, was charged in February with sanctioning excessive payments to the firm's executives...
SHARP AQUOS WIRELESS LCD TV Your phone is cordless. Your computer jumps on a wireless network. So why not ditch the cords around your TV? The $1,800 set, due next spring, leaves peripheral devices, such as a DVD player, cable box or satellite hookup, connected to the SmartLink transmitter, far left, keeping the 15-in. television free of unsightly wires and letting you carry it around the house on a whim. The remote can command all your devices, so there's no need to race between rooms--or bribe a loved one--to go pause a movie...
...ACURA TL Even when no one else understands you, this car probably will. The redesigned Acura TL (around $35,000) has HandsFreeLink, a service for Bluetooth wireless phones. When you step into the 3.2L V6 ride, the system searches for your mobile phone. Once it makes contact, a phone icon pops up on the dash; to make a call, you just speak a name or number. The navigation system is also voice-operated and recognizes 293 different commands. For those who would rather listen than talk, the car comes standard with an ELS Surround audio system that pumps...