Joaquim P. Menezes

Articles by Joaquim P. Menezes

250 million reasons for Wal-Mart’s RFID exploits

Harnessing RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to reduce retail shelf out-of-stocks and improve inventory profitability could generate $250 million in additional sales, per year, at Wal-Mart globally.

The dinner guest

There are no free lunches (or dinners) except for Linus Torvalds at Jonathan Schwartz's table. The Sun CEOs dinner invitation to Torvalds - the chief overseer of the Linux kernel - has had the blogsphere buzzing over the past several days.

Samsung YP-T9B

The YP-T9 exemplifies Samsung's strategy of packing a lot of punch into a slim, light-weight device. Besides playing mp3 files, you can use the doodad to listen to FM Radio, view pictures, videos, and text, do voice and FM broadcast recordings, and even play games.

“A pretty sweet solution.” That’s how Steve Jobs has described Apple’s plan to permit the building of Web-based applications for the iPhone,...

Home Depot Canada’s ‘customer-centric’ tech transformation

Home Depot Canada is on a mission to make the 'buying experience" easier, more empowering, and much more fun for customers

Time to kick bot, says TrendMicro chief

The botnet scourge has reached alarming proportions and TrendMicro CEO Eva Chen is determined to do something about it. In a recent interview with IT World Canada, Chen explained why its imperative we tackle this menace head on.

Bizarre incident at Sudbury clinic sparks Privacy Commissioner Order

Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian has issued a 16-page order with an extensive set of guidelines, and a fact sheet on responsible video surveillance following her inquiry into what appears to be a gross breach of privacy involving a clinic in Sudbury.

Seven smart strategies to battle botnets

Here are seven power-packed strategies that will help you lick the botnet scourge once and for all.

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