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How Much Is That Google in the Window Threatening Foursquare's Local Business Game?

We already know Google wants to be everything for everyone in search. Now they're extending that goal into the real world, sticking physical tags on the windows of actual businesses from its online Favorite Places catalog. Should ...READ»

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MIT's Bokode: A Tiny Barcode Replacement That's Chockablock With Data

MIT scientists have devised a new coding standard that can be read from digital cameras, and will be used in everything from augmented reality to motion capture.READ»

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The Next Big Green Industry: Barcoding Trees to Save Forests?

Keeping track of illegally logged trees is a lot easier when you know how many trees there are. At least that's the hope of Helveta, a British company that hammers plastic barcodes into trees. The company, which is tracking a ...READ»

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