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  Smart Monitors Benefit from RF Energy Harvesting

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 07-13-11 |

  Radio-frequency energy from television, AM, FM, cellular, WiFi, WiMax, Long-Term Evolution and more can now be harvested to power smarter electronic devices for security, environmental sensing, structural monitoring (bridges/buildings), food spoilage and wearable bio-monitoring devices.
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  Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 07-13-11 |

  Since Apple announced its over-the-air protocol last year, enterprises from Cisco to Procter & Gamble have quietly opened their own private-label app stores, with the help of behind-the-scenes Apple spin-off Apperian.
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  Desktop Virtualization Growing to $5B by 2016

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 07-12-11 |

  Virtualization will seep into every aspect of business computing over the next five years, growing tenfold as recession cost-cutting fades and mobilization of the workforces increase.
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  Smarter Security Needed to Fend Off Smarter Attacks

  Frank J. Ohlhorst | Date: 07-08-11 |

  Staying ahead of the threat curve is the key to preventing breaches.
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  Eight Touch-Screen Gestures That Increase Comprehension

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 07-08-11 |

  In the age of information overload, business agility requires optimal knowledge-acquisition techniques that psychologists call "active learning." These eight touch-screen gestures optimize active-learning techniques for electronic media and will be available in an app this fall.
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  Security Concerns Still Abound for the Public Cloud

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-07-11 |

  More companies are adopting cloud computing today. But according to a recent study from Gartner, security threats remain a concern, especially for the public cloud.
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  Smarter Systems for the Smart Grid

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-05-11 |

  In Brazil, a major energy company is improving its smart grid by optimizing communications systems for its workers with an initiative that includes remote troubleshooting for power meters.
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  Mining Social Data, the Cloud and a Fisherman's Tale

  Salvatore Salamone | Date: 06-29-11 |

  IBM hosted New York-area editors at a luncheon June 24 to discuss its IT blueprint for smarter computing. Here are some highlights from the discussions with the invited speakers.
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  Smarter Security Screening Hands-Free

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 06-22-11 |

  A smarter, yet relatively inexpensive, security screening technology requires no human intervention to detect explosives, according to its developers.
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  Smarter Sensor Nets Monitor Any Environment

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 06-20-11 |

  Wireless sensor networks originally designed to monitor data center server farms by IBM are being deployed in new environments where they repurpose software analytics and cloud computing capabilities to solve a wider array of societal problems.
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  Smarter Implants Shielded From Cyber-Attack

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 06-17-11 |

  Medical implants today receive wirelessly transmitted instructions from physicians regarding how to dispense their therapy, opening them to cyber-attacks that could potentially be fatal. However, a novel shield technology could secure access to the implants by virtue of an add-on medallion worn by the patient.
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  Apps Track Transportation in Real Time: Trains and Buses

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 06-16-11 |

  With advances in GPS and other technologies, app developers are using smartphones to track public transportation systems like trains and buses with amazing accuracy.
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