T Clock Light - Great Add on for Windows Taskbar

TClock Light is a very handy applications that allows you to modify the clock on the taskbar in Windows.

Highly recommended!

Free download here:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclocklight

Instructions:
1. download
2. unzip to a directory (e.g., C:\Program files\TClockLight\)
3. create a shortcut to tclock.exe in your START | All Programs | *Startup* folder
4. reboot
5. right-click on your taskbar clock and select "TClock Properties", then "Clock | Format"
6. Configure to your liking.

Green Business Program

Kahl Consultants has applied to the Marin Green Business Program. It's the local version of the San Francisco Bay Area Green Business Program.




We strongly encourage you to get your business approved with any similar Green Business programs in your area. It is good publicity and it will help you save money and protect the environment. Can't get any more sensible than that!

Here is the Marin website:
http://maringreenbusiness.org/

And here is the Bay Area website:
http://www.greenbiz.ca.gov/

Paying by Fingerprint at the Supermarket

Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out, saving the time spent scrabbling for coins or cards.

An Edeka store in the southwest German town of Ruelzheim has piloted the technology since November and now the company plans to equip its stores across the region.

"All customers need do is register once with their identity card and bank details, then they can shop straight away," said store manager Roland Fitterer.

The scanner compares the shopper's fingerprint with those stored in its database along with account details.

Edeka bosses said they were confident the system could not be abused.

Fingerprint templates are stored on a local server which manufacturers say cannot be accessed from outside but some consumer groups are concerned about security issues.

"We see the risks that arise from the data-gathering and also the insecurity factor which is inherent in this process, as more serious than the advantages," said Evelyn Kessler, spokesperson of the Consumer Advice Centre in the Baden-Wuerttemberg region.

Source: Fingerprint billing for Germans