Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register

Source: ITWorld.com

May 26, 2012, 7:30 AM — If you've ever been to a store, you know the drill: Browse the merchandise, pick something, carry it to the checkout counter, maybe wait in line, pay, then walk out with your purchases and a receipt. Wheth ...
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Taking the Bar to New Heights

Source: The New York Times

By Corey Kilgannon Bodies Built by the Bar: Douglas Chapman has developed an acrobatic use of New York City's playground bars, and he runs a league for the sport, which he calls barmetrics. DOUGLAS CHAPMAN, 39 ...
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Cops: SAP exec had stolen "Lego" horde

Source: San Francisco Business Times

A vice president at SAP Labs' Integration and Certification Center, Langenbach has a wife and two children and enjoyed the trappings of a successful tech executive's life, including a hillside home with a sumptuous view, Wired says. Langenbach has ...
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Making bogus bar codes: Just how hard is it?

Source: CNET

First it was shoplifting, then it was ticket-switching, and now it's bar code fraud. Just how easy is it to make a fraudulent UPC? Easier than you think. But getting away with the crime is a different story. ...
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Night Owl: Nerd Nite coming to Oakland -- 'Like the Discovery Channel with beer'

Source: Contra Costa Times

Culich haven't chosen a bar yet for the program but it sounds like the places that have made the shortlist so far are around the 19th Street BART station. Rick Karnesky is a science nerd and a beer lover. So he is helping ...
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Conchita Sarnoff: Pimps Tattoo Bar Code on Victim's Neck

Source: The Huffington Post

Pimps brand their victims the way Nike brands its shoes. A 16 year-old girl Nicholas Kristoff identified as "Taz" in today's New York Times op-ed " She Has a Pimp's Name Etched on Her " was "branded" on her neck ...
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North York General Hospital advances patient safety with health IT

Source: PR Newswire

Results to be shared with other hospitals in Canada TORONTO, May 25, 2012 /CNW/ - North York General Hospital (NYGH) is leading an initiative that will help hospitals from across Canada implement technology that improv ...
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Tech executive's Lego bar-code scam was extensive, police allege

Source: Los Angeles Times

More details are emerging in the case of a Silicon Valley software executive accused of using fake bar codes to buy massive amounts of Lego sets. Police allege Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old vice president of global soft ...
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Sew What?Inc. Case Study

Source: PaperCamp.com

1. How do information technologies contribute to the business success of Sew What Inc? Give several examples from the case regarding the business value of information technology that demonstrate this conclusion. (AJ) Sew What? doe ...
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