RFID: Ready For Industry Deployment or Rosy Fantasy In Disguise

Judging by the amount of ink, either real or virtual, that has been used to write about RFID you would think it is the most widespread, the most useful, the most all-curing logistics remedy that can be found - the business-technology version of patent medicine. One carnival barker after another proclaims its many wondrous benefits wrapped in snappy high-tech verbiage.

Intel Gets New CEO

Intel's board of directors has elected Paul S. Otellini, currently president and chief operating officer (COO), as its next chief executive officer (CEO). Otellini, 54, will succeed Craig R. Barrett.

Is Google Spying On You?

Is Google reading your email? I guess that depends on who you think Google is, actually. If you think of Google as some vast corporation with lots of employees, then no, they aren't reading your email. If you think of Google as a large network of Internet servers and computer hardware, then yes, they're reading your email.

Microsoft to Sponsor XML Conference

IDEAlliance announced that Microsoft has signed on as the "Elite Sponsor" of XML Conference and Exposition 2004, being held Nov. 15-19 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. The annual event is the world's largest XML trade conference.