One thing I have not seen mentioned is the fact that Micro$oft is a powerhouse in the area of marketing. When (not if) they buy Claria, they will also get all the information sucked out of the computers of millions of people. Think about this. You have your software in front of millions of faces, every day. You know their click habits, you know what kind of crap they buy, you know your customer. What do you think targeted advertising would be worth to another company trying to push their crap on your customer? What do you think targeted advertising on MSN is worth? This is all about marketing and power. Oh, yeah... PROFIT!
I don't think its a bad thing to use RFID to track products for inventory. The article went deeper than that. They were talking about putting RFID in cell phones or key chains and such. Using the tag to hold ALL of your personal data such as medical records, drivers licence, credit card and even car key. Not once did the "reporter" (not) ask "what happens when you lose your cell phone with all your info stored in it?" Identity theft is what makes me think twice about ever using devices like this.
I have to watch 40 seperate lines to make sure they are not slammed. Most of the time it's the long distance companies that I had switch service from. They just reconnect the line without any notification. They tell me "the computer automatically restarts the account every 6 mos".
The only way to stop them is to yell into the phone "I DON'T EVER WANT YOUR SERVICE. IF I SEE A BILL FROM YOU ONE MORE TIME I WILL SUE YOU!" and then send a complaint to the FCC.
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how anybody in our company would send an email. It seems that everything is so urgent that all email requires ALL CAPS!
One thing I have not seen mentioned is the fact that Micro$oft is a powerhouse in the area of marketing. When (not if) they buy Claria, they will also get all the information sucked out of the computers of millions of people.
Think about this. You have your software in front of millions of faces, every day. You know their click habits, you know what kind of crap they buy, you know your customer. What do you think targeted advertising would be worth to another company trying to push their crap on your customer? What do you think targeted advertising on MSN is worth?
This is all about marketing and power.
Oh, yeah... PROFIT!
"(Lets hope some unknown rich relative dies)."
They already did... in Nigeria!
Didn't you get the E-mail?
Could you imagin what the ice cream truck song would sound like at 175db?
I don't think its a bad thing to use RFID to track products for inventory. The article went deeper than that.
They were talking about putting RFID in cell phones or key chains and such. Using the tag to hold ALL of your personal data such as medical records, drivers licence, credit card and even car key.
Not once did the "reporter" (not) ask "what happens when you lose your cell phone with all your info stored in it?"
Identity theft is what makes me think twice about ever using devices like this.
With all the porn on the internet, you'd think there would be a lot more blind men around.
It's the geeks and wanabees downloading Psyche!
I have to watch 40 seperate lines to make sure they are not slammed. Most of the time it's the long distance companies that I had switch service from. They just reconnect the line without any notification. They tell me "the computer automatically restarts the account every 6 mos". The only way to stop them is to yell into the phone "I DON'T EVER WANT YOUR SERVICE. IF I SEE A BILL FROM YOU ONE MORE TIME I WILL SUE YOU!" and then send a complaint to the FCC.