RFID Software Guide 101
RFID is the abbreviated form of Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is akin to the bar codes but in RFID the electro magnetic coupling is used to transmit signals. The main components of an RFID are silicon chips, an antenna and a transceiver that can be used anytime and anywhere. The passive RFID tags require no power source while active ones with power backup.RFID is like a tag in which information and instructions are stored. It can be used in a car manufacturing, into a dog collar etc. An R...
Keeping Up With Technical Change
For you engineers out there -I can tell you your worst nightmare: you go to bed one night as a competent secure in your technical competence, and you wake up the next morning as a technological dinosaur. All your strong technologies are now quaint footnotes in the history books and you're faced with re-learning a whole new repertoire of technologies. You open up the morning paper and you see a want ad like this:Job Description:As a member of a project team responsible for designing, coding, unit...
Why Small Businesses Must Consider Software As Service
It has been a decade since the high-speed race of eBusiness started on the Internet super high-way with its complex digital on/off ramps. However, millions of America's small businesses not only do not have a Web presence yet, according to a report from the Small Business Administration, they are also being left behind the Internet evolution. To compete and survive in today?s Internet-based economy, small businesses need to take advantage of the World Wide Web to become more efficient, reduce IT...
Mantis Web Based Bug Tracking (A Review)
As a developer and a tester, I've always been on the lookout for good tools and methods for keeping track of bugs, issues, and incidents that occur with software development. Needless to say, there are an enormous amount of tools out there for doing this. Just do a Google search on bug tracking and you'll be amazed at the number of hits you'll get. Many of these products are great and do a fantastic job, but for a cost. If you're going the open source route, then you'll discover that there are m...
DVD Burning Software ? Make Your Copies
Need for burning of disk at homeYou may need to create the copy of audio disk or DVD for use in case you lose the disk or it is damaged unintentionally by someone. The time and money required for getting a new disk will be reduced if you have a back up disk. You may also save some important data by making a back up copy. Doing it in the privacy of your home ensures security.DVD Burning processThe DVD writer has become the norm in many computers available today even in less developed countries. T...
Choosing The Right Antivirus Program To Protect Your Computer
In today?s high-tech world, there are thousands of computer viruses lurking, waiting to infect YOUR computer. If your computer is not protected, any of these malicious viruses can sneak into your computer and do some serious damage. Viruses have been known to replicate and clog email systems, slow a computer or network down significantly, erase data, and stop a computer from working all together.If you don?t already have an antivirus program running on your computer, how would you know what prog...
House Floor Plan Software Home Design Software Ideas
Nowdays the computer age is making software for a dazzling array of uses. One such genre is house floor plan software. With this type of program, you can quite literally be your own architect! Whether you're a home hobbyist or a trained professional, anyone can now use software to do everything from create house floor plans to landscaping the back yard of your dreams. Home design software ideas can go from dreams to reality with the touch of a button.Creating house floor plans from home des...
Making The Decision To Automate Your Software Testing
Not every software testing project can or should be automated. Before your department accepts a new test automation project, you should establish a process by which projects are reviewed and either accepted or rejected. This can be done with a simple Test Automation Acceptance Checklist.Repeatable Test Cases with Static DataThe true cost benefit of test automation is achieved only when the same scripts are executed multiple times. The first execution is very expensive because it includes the one...
Challenges Of SOA Testing
Why is SOA testing such a different beast than previous forms of browser, client/server and mainframe testing? Many of the benefits of SOA become challenges to testing an SOA application.1. SOA is distributed by definitionServices are based on heterogeneous technologies. No longer can we expect to test an application that was developed by a unified group, as a single project, sitting on a single application server and delivered through a standardized browser interface. The ability to string toge...
Replace Microsoft Word For FREE!
Most writers use the all powerful Microsoft Word word processing program. Even non-writers use it for everything from school work to manifestos. When my computer crashed and I lost the use of Word on my computer, I felt completely lost. I tried Word's ugly cousin Wordpad and that just didn't cut it. There is so much that Wordpad cannot do. It almost felt like I had went back a couple of decades.Needless to say I needed another option. Buying another copy of Word was out of the question. I ...
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