September 2007 - Ahead of the curve

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  • The technology that refuses to die

    by Bradley Hughes, Senior Analyst, IDC Canada - The first fax machine was invented in 1861 and, amazingly, the need for fax capabilities is still demanded by business today. In the first half of 2007, the market for MFPs (or All-in-Ones) with fax capabilities...

  • Intel goes tick tock

    By Joaquim P. Menezes - “Our tick-tock strategy” – is how Intel CEO, Paul Ottelini, described his company’s game plan to alternate the latest silicon technology, with a new microprocessor architecture. Otellini’s presentation at the Intel Developer Forum...

  • Floored by a coffee table

    Having gone to roughly a million technology demonstrations in the last 10 years, I'm a skeptic. I'm rarely thrilled by a demo. Especially one on a Saturday when I have my nine-year-old's exquisite company. So I blew off an invite for a Saturday show by...

  • Deperimeterization and realism

    You gotta love this industry for the ever-evolving vocabulary. My neologistic experience this week was stumbling upon the word "deperimeterization." The actual concept isn't new to me, but there's an awkward grace to the expression that appeals. (I approached...

  • Unconventional RFID - The HP Smart Shelf

    By Joaquim P. Menezes - Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is usually thought of as an asset/inventory-management technology, and that indeed is one key way the technology is used today. However, other non-conventional but fascinating applications...

  • What a wonderful - HDMI 1.3 - world

    By Joaquim P. Menezes Remember Louis Armstrong belting out in that gruff voice: " I see trees of green…red roses too…" “I see skies of blue..... clouds of white…" "The colours of the rainbow…so pretty in the sky…" Were Armstrong around today - and if...

  • The Great Printer Emissions Scare of '07

    by Bradley Hughes, Senior Analyst, IDC Canada - About 10 years ago I worked with somebody who constantly complained about the quality of the air and smell around his desk which happenned to sit next to a printer. Management thought he was a whiner and...