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Bluetooth Detection System Used To Track Actual Travel Times

Usually, you know how long it would take you to reach a place given its distance from your present location. But often, you end up miscalculating the amount of traffic congestion on the road, leading to delays. Now, the City of Calgary in Canada is implementing a bluetooth detection system which would calculate the time to travel between two places, in real time.

Intel Decides To Kill CPU Upgrades. Could It Be The End Of Desktop PC?

Reports suggest, Intel has decided to put an end to upgradeable CPU packages. Future desktop processors will be soldered with motherboards, just like in mobile devices and recent laptops.

Keycard Lock Security Flaw Leads To Hotel Room Thefts

Most of the high-end hotels around the world rely on keycard locks for the security of hotel rooms. However, these locks may not be so secure after all as a fresh string of thefts that have been perpetuated by ‘hacking’ these locks has demonstrated.

Google Plans 12.85-Inch Touch Chromebook

Google has long vowed its commitment to the Chrome OS, even when its Chromebook line hasn’t gained much traction. The company continue to dish out new devices in the Chrome lineup, and reports have suggested that it may be readying a 12.85-inch touch-enabled Chrome notebook.

Beware: Your Online Info Is Collected And Sold By Companies

The thing about any kind of information placed on the internet is this – you can never be sure that it is 100% secure. Same applies to the personal information of more than a billion users placed across multiple social media sites. Apparently, some companies actually collect this info and then sell it to other companies and federal agencies.

Prankster Managed To Post Fake 007 Job Listing In UK Government Site

UK government officials may sound a little too boring at times. But, they occasionally indulging in humor. So seemed to be the case when an official job site of the UK government recently posted a job listing seeking a “Target Elimination Specialist,” the job code being 007.

Microsoft Enters The Smart Glasses Arena, Files For Augmented Reality Patent

The notion of augmented reality has increasingly gained traction in recent days. Especially with Google’s Project Glass, the interest of the users has been perked up. However, it seems that Google is not the only one gearing up for such a product. Microsoft has also filed a patent which speaks about smart glasses in detail.

School Suspended Student For Refusing To Wear RFID Tracker, Blocked By Court

Northside Independent School District in San Antonio has come up with a rather unusual way to keep track of its students on campus – by making them wear RFID tags. When a sophomore student named Andrea Hernandez, attending John Jay High School, refused to wear the tag, and the school district had threatened to expel her.