Word: wirelessly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...combine product tags with specialized memory circuits and wireless technology, and there will be some really obvious opportunities for environmental use. We can track products, find out about people's consumption behavior. We can make bottles and cans talk to recycling equipment. But the question is, As these technologies are developed and the software coding gets standardized, will the decisions be made to include environmental information in those codes? If the rules of the game aren't set from outside, companies can't afford as much improvement. As a public, we have to demand...
Grand central terminal or Times Square? Last week, as I was preparing to test the new batch of wireless headsets for cell phones, I wanted to take them somewhere busy and bustling. After all, the whole point is to free you up while you're driving, shopping or--if you're in Times Square--clutching your wallet to keep pickpockets...
...there was a problem. Before I went anywhere, I had to figure out how to use the darn things. New wireless units have begun to pop up in the past few months because of a new short-range radio technology called Bluetooth that's built into some of the newer-model phones. The headsets offer more freedom than their corded counterparts by letting you stray up to 30 feet from your phone without being encumbered by a cable that might yank on your ear or get caught on your coat buttons...
Only the $99 Air Bud sold by RadioShack was truly awful. It was also the only unit that uses 900-MHz wireless technology instead of Bluetooth. First, you need to charge it for three hours via the cigarette lighter in your car (and in many cars, with the motor running) or else buy a separate wall charger for $15. Worse, the headset was bulky and hurt my ear. But the clincher was the dismal sound. "It sounds like you're on an international call," my sister told me. Definitely not the effect I was going...
...fluke, really, that Cooper got wind of the rotten accounting. A worried executive in the wireless division told her in March 2002 that corporate accounting had taken $400 million out of his reserve account and used it to boost WorldCom's income. But when Cooper went to Andersen to inquire about the maneuver, she was told matter-of-factly that it was not a problem. When she didn't relent, Sullivan angrily told Cooper that everything was fine and she should back off. He was furious at her, according to a person involved in the matter. Cooper, concerned that...