Recent Articles
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RFID: Hit or Myth?
Procter & Gamble markets some of the biggest brands in store aisles across the country, from Crest toothpaste to Pantene shampoo to Charmin toilet paper. To date, the company hasn’t begun to figure out the physics—or the business case—of radio waves and how they can help move its products more efficiently to retail outlets. But…
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Restoration Project
Restoration Hardware’s supply-chain and technology infrastructure is a real fixer-upper opportunity. “The problem with these guys is that they don’t know how to make money,” says Russell Hoss, an analyst with Roth Capital Partners. In January, Restoration reported that its same-store sales during the 2003 holiday season fell 3.5% over the year-ago period. The biggest…
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Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet Printer
Designed for road warriors who print both text and photos, the Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet Printer ($249.99 list) is quiet, versatile, and trouble-free. At 4 pounds and 2.0 by 12.1 by 6.8 inches (HWD), this stylish sidekick is about the same size and weight as its predecessor, the Canon i70 Color Bubble Jet Printer.…
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New Web Services Benchmark Under Fire
A new Web services application benchmark formula under development by an organization known more for its hardware and database benchmarks is giving some large software companies fits. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp., of Warrenton, Va., is expanding its reach into applications and crafting a new benchmark called AppPlatform. The benchmark, which software buyers would use…
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Review: EPoX eX5 Mini Me
EPoX is a second-tier motherboard maker with a less visible presence than some of the bigger names like ASUS or MSI. The company has a good reputation for making motherboards that cost less but push the performance envelope, like the nForce2-based EP-8RDA+. Now, as seems to be the case with many motherboard makers, it’s getting…
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Swabbing the Desks
Software that automates the management of personal computers can make tech-support considerably more efficient and, ideally, reduce the likelihood that a machine will end up dead in the water. Desktop-management software covers three functional areas: Software distribution, which refers to delivering applications to a PC over a network and installing them; information-technology asset management, the…
