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Thanks to localization, PDAs can give you directions linked to where you are at any given time. Overlay a map of the Grand Canyon, and it can tell you which path to take to get out. Not surprisingly, many of the localization services revolve around mobile commerce, which the industry has dubbed m-commerce. Your handheld, or for that matter your cell phone, can point you to the nearest Starbucks or Chinese restaurant. When you're lost on the road, it can lead you to the closest gas station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless Summer | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

After four years of planning and discussions, the Harvard Square Historic District Study Committee decided that the creation of an historic district along with strengthening of the existing zoning overlay district would be the best option for preserving the character of the Square...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, Imtiyaz H. Delawala, and Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With More Growth Ahead, City Fights To Preserve History, Tranquility | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

...allow smaller libraries and University Health Services to take impressions of cards rather than copy down information. The reason the ink doesn't stay on your name for long is, according to Wamback, that "to protect the image and other graphics on the card, a very thin film of overlay is put on the card when it is generated. The chemical composition of this overlay is very different from the base card, and to date, the manufacturer has not come up with a topping that will adhere for long periods to the overlay." With the increased use of card readers...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ID Deconstructed | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...that the reported cause of death in some cases is based on "anecdotal information." In some of the cases the babies might have been victims of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); it is also not clear if parents' consumption of alcohol or drugs might have contributed to the "overlay" deaths. (Interestingly, even safety equipment is dangerous if misused: eight infant deaths during this period involved baby rails, intended to keep the child from rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids in the Bed | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Council also "re-filed" two proposed versions to extend the Interim Planning Overlay Petition (IPOP) at the meeting, said Davis...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Considers Healy Contract | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

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