A Computer to Deploy Anywhere

The CV30 is Intermec’s new flexible, rugged, fixed-mount computer. With a choice of Microsoft Windows CE.NET 5.0 or Windows Mobile 5.0 operating systems, multiple mounting options, Cisco Compatible WiFi, Bluetooth and RFID support, the CV30 can be deployed just about anywhere. It also includes Intermec’s factory-loaded TE2000 terminal emulation, enabling immediate integration into any enterprise without modifying key legacy applications or retraining users.

The CV30 provides a versatile data collection control center that maximizes productivity while freeing workers from the hassle of managing cables. It is equally at home on a forklift, in a cab or as a stationary terminal. The CV30 is more than 50 percent smaller than most vehicle-mounted devices, providing workers a safer, unobstructed field of vision, yet it features a sharp, 16.5cm full-screen color display and easy-to-use keyboard that supports virtually any application.

New Featured Content for Google Earth

Google has introduced “Featured Content” for Google Earth, a showcase of multimedia overlays in Google Earth that connect users to information about the world around them from a variety of premium content providers. Users can access these informative overlays by clicking on the “Featured Content” checkbox in the Google Earth sidebar. In doing so, icons for each Featured Content provider will span the globe, enabling users to click on individual locations and learn about the area’s significance.

Initial Featured Content for Google Earth partners include:

• UNEP — The United Nations Environmental Program overlay for Google Earth presents successive time-stamped images illustrating 100 areas of extreme environmental degradation around the world.

• Discovery Networks World Tour — The Discovery overlay enables travel enthusiasts and armchair tourists alike the opportunity to virtually visit major world attractions, cities and natural wonders.

• National Park Service — The National Park Service overlay allows users to learn more about the natural recreation opportunities in the US.

• Jane Goodall Institute — With the Jane Goodall Institute overlay users can visit Fifi and the other Gombe preserve chimpanzees and follow their daily exploits with the Institute’s “geo-blog.”

• Turn Here — This overlay features free city video guides for travel, restaurants, hotels, local events and music around the globe.

Office Makeover Show for the Officeless

Sick of working in an anonymous cube? Monster is sponsoring and co-producing the second season of Cube Fabulous, a web-based reality makeover show that transforms the environment in which select cubicle-dwellers spend their workdays. Cube Fabulous (www.cubefabulous.com) episodes are seven-minute online segments in which the show’s makeover team transforms flimsy walls, harsh overhead lights and cheap furniture into workspace paradises with individual flair. Past transformations included a summer beach getaway, a human-sized aquarium paradise and a cube-sized ski chalet.

In each episode, Cube Fabricator hosts, Jeff Gurtman and Megan Gunning, visit a different cubicle dweller to revitalize drab cubes or office space where many people spend more waking hours than anywhere else each day. The show appeals to young professionals in an entertaining, light-hearted way by bringing edgy home makeovers to the workplace.