Does RFID equal ROI?

The promise of RFID is the dream of every supply chain manager -- enabling the accurate real-time tracking of every single product, from manufacture to checkout. Compared to universal product code (UPC) bar coding, which it promises to replace, RFID proactively transmits information, eliminating the manual point-and-read operations needed with bar coding. This enhanced visibility could result in significant decreases in warehouse, distribution and inventory…

Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 1

With the rise of always-on Internet connections in homes and businesses, and the continued explosive growth of the World Wide Web and Internet-accessible applications, it is becoming more and more important for applications to be able to share data with each other. Sharing data among disparate platforms requires a platform-neutral data format that can be easily transmitted via standard Internet protocols-this is where XML fits…

Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 3

Consuming a Syndication Feed in an ASP.NET Web Page In order to test the syndication engine we just created, let's build an online news aggregator that allows for any number of syndication feeds. The aggregator user interface will be fairly straightforward, comprising of three frames, as shown in Figure 2. In the left frame, a list of the various syndication feeds will be listed. In…

Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 2

Creating the Syndication Output via an ASP.NET Web Page Now that we've seen how our news items are stored along with the RSS 2.0 specification, we're ready to create an ASP.NET Web page that, when requested, will return our Web site's syndicated content. More specifically, we'll create an ASP.NET Web page named rss.aspx that will return the five most recent news items from the Articles…