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Wireless tracking systems could be used to protect patients in hospitals and students on campuses, backers of the technology said. The combination of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and wi-fi allows real-time tracking of objects or people inside a wireless network. digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Wi_fi_and_RFID_used_for_tracking_2′; Read More Share Hide Sites

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Who doesn’t remember being told old wives’ tales when they were young? However, while most of them are false and are used purely to discourage naughty behaviour, there is an element of truth to some of them. We go in search of the superstitions that have more than a hint of substance about them. Sitting [...]

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While some may be fortunate enough to have the innate ability to sniff out WiFi hotspots, most of us have to rely on decidedly less superhuman means to pick up on a signal. Of course, there’s certainly no shortage of tools ready to assist us in that task, but the folks at StarTech.com seem to think there’s room for at least one more, recently introducing its self-descriptive Wi-Fi Detective. As with other similar devices, it’ll give you an indication of WiFi signal strength, along with some basic information about the network. Also like some other WiFi detectors, the device can double as a USB WiFi adapter for your desktop or laptop (compliant with 802.11b/g), with the USB connection also used to recharge the device’s battery. If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for, you’ll be able to snag one of these next month for $75 — in beige only, it seems.

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While watching Netgear’s CEO play around with its “version 2.0″ WiFi Skype phone certainly isn’t as riveting as seeing the Nissan Dualist mech run around the streets of Ginza, the crew over at LiveDigitally was able to snag a few precious seconds of Patrick Lo’s time in order to catch a glimpse of the aforementioned device. The overall design doesn’t deviate too much from the existing rendition, and while Mr. Lo didn’t get into the nitty-gritty per se, he did drop word that it’ll be lighter, smaller, have a much improved GUI, last longer on a single charge, and “work seamlessly” with hotspots. Unfortunately, there wasn’t even a hint as to when we’d see this thing hit the market, but click on through if you’re interested in seeing the (very brief) interview.

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Joining the Santa Rosa party a bit after the fashionably late crowd is Japan’s Mouse Computer, which is kicking out a duo of m-Book PR laptops with Windows Vista and HDMI outputs. The m-Book PR200S gets us started with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, a 12.1-inch WXGA display, 1GB of dual-channel DDR2 RAM, an 80GB SATA hard drive, dual-layer DVD writer, multicard reader, Intel’s X3100 graphics set, 802.11a/b/g/n, 1.3-megapixel camera, fingerprint scanner, and a bevy of ports include VGA, HDMI, audio in / out, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, a 56k modem, ExpressCard, and a trio of USB 2.0 connectors to boot. The m-Book PR200X mimics the its lesser-spec’d sibling in most ways, but does manage to up the RAM to 2GB, the hard drive to 120GB, and you get Vista Premium versus Home Edition. These ultraportables should be hitting the Japanese streets early next week, and while the PR200S will run you ¥149,940 ($1,235), the minor upgrades in the PR200X demand an additional ¥19,950 ($164).

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