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...“A lot of our customers co-locate a team here to work on a project then move people here permanently.”...
...I’ve heard rumours but never been able to locate it. We think it’s in the basement of a Plus size clothes store. Is this the one they call Fat Sam’s?...
...Smartphone use also poses difficulties as retailers are using phone signals to locate shoppers within stores, to model footfall patterns. As long as this information is anonymous, it should be legal....
...Apple’s concept has been imitated by rivals including Google, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Nokia, HP and Samsung and analysts say it has changed the face of computing....
...Intel Labs’ vision and slogan is “Carry Small, Live Large” and includes using wireless connectivity to locate and use nearby resources such as remote displays and storage devices....
...In a way that had never happened before, it became possible to break up supply chains and locate work to wherever in the world it could be completed most efficiently and at the lowest cost....
...HP’s “pull-printing” system solves both problems. The printer driver can be set to encrypt the document between desktop and printer....
...A global “IT Competitiveness Index” compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the Business Software Alliance could help businesses decide where to locate projects or departments by scoring countries...
...“When we started, HP provided the knowledge for the manufacturing operation and the business practices,” says Mr Su....
...It said more about the ingenuity of HP’s lawyers than its scientists. If only HP under Ms Fiorina had been alone. But it is a common story among US technology companies....
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