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Chemists fabricate Rewritable Paper

Despite society’s move toward a fully digital world, a good deal of business is still transacted on paper. In some estimates, it’s as high as 90 percent, with a great deal of printed paper discarded after just one-time use. That waste comes at a cost, not only for the paper but also for the ink.

Does USB stand for Universal Security Breach?

A number of security hacks using USB devices have been demonstrated recently at various security conferences, highlighting the dangers that these portable devices pose to any user or organisation.

Five ways social collaboration benefits organisations

Organisations that are not yet using enterprise social are missing out on valuable opportunities to increase productivity and effectiveness as well as improve organisational culture. Enterprise social uses social media and communication technologies, such as chat and mobile tools, to provide a framework for collaborative working. 

Paperless e-courts a step closer in Western Australia

The Perth Magistrates Court is set to become Australia’s first criminal court to operate entirely from electronic records as part of a new plan to make Western Australia’s justice system paper-free.

Rewiring to Tackle Unstructured Data

Extracting value from (Big) Data requires the right tools for extraction. In the pursuit of this value, large enterprises and administrations have spent very large sums of money on tools for data analysis and business intelligence. But these tools, mature as they are, can only tackle about 10% to 20% of the data most companies deal with today: structured data. They only address the structured data from enterprise applications pulled together in data warehouses and online analytical tools, including ERP, CRM, SCM, etc.

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