May 23, 2007

Shopping Tips (5)


— >—– >—– >—– >—– >—– > Shopping Tips: 1. Buy cosmetics from drug stores and discount retail chains such as K-Mart. The same Revlon or Cover Girl lipstick can cost four times more at department stores. 2. You can save over 75 percent by buying Christmas decorations a week or two after Christmas. 3. Alkaline batteries are not worth the extra the extra cost if the device is to be used occasionally. Zinc batteries retain their charge well for an occasional use. 4. Most cars…

Wireless Shopping with RFID


So wireless networking has got rid of your network cables and your USB cables… what can it do next? Well, the answer might surprise you: wireless is going shopping. There is a small army of uses for this technology and many are in use at this very moment. RFID: Electronic Barcodes Yes, that’s right: RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a replacement for the barcode, using wireless radio technology. But what’s wrong with barcodes, you ask? Well, they need to be scanned,…