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Manufacturers aren't the only businesses that can profit from forecasting software. Internet companies use it to predict when their sites will get the most hits so their servers don't crash. Credit-card companies calculate who is likely to default. And looking at such factors as employees' ages, salaries, number of years on the job, how often they have changed jobs in the past and opportunities in their fields, human-resources departments predict which employees are most likely to quit...
...insert my credit card-size Wi-Fi receiver into the PC-card slot of my laptop. The "sniffer" software then checks the air for wireless signals, and a message pops up: "The Boingo Wireless signal is available. Would you like to connect?" A click on the trackpad and I'm online. As my home page loads, I'm tempted to pass my hands over my computer like a magician's assistant: Look, no wires! I access a website that lets me benchmark my download speed; it clocks in at 2,920 kbps, comparable to my home cable-modem connection...
...with Wi-Fi offering high speeds at low or no cost over very small areas and the Gs covering wide areas at lower speeds and relatively high cost. Hardware is catching up to this hybrid model; Nokia recently announced a PC card offering both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity...
...took Linda Amelia of the Chinook Indian tribe by surprise in January. Amelia saw an opportunity to advance her group's long fight for recognition as a tribe at a California G.O.P. meeting attended by Wayne Smith, the No. 2 man at the BIA. Amelia gave Smith her business card and said she would like to discuss Chinook issues with him. Two weeks later, she got a phone call from a man named Phil Bersinger. Identifying himself as a close friend and former business partner of Smith's, he said that for a fee he could influence decisions...
Recent thefts from Leverett House laundry rooms have done more than rob some residents of their favorite pair of jeans—they have prompted the Leverett House Committee to discuss the feasibility of installing swipe card readers at laundry room entrances...