Mary Jo Foley sheds a hint of light on Microsoft Code Name Confucius:
A Windows Live service that is an offshoot of Windows Live Barcode. Confucius allows cell-phone users to send two-dimensional barcode information between cell phones or between cell phones and Web sites, allowing users to save keystrokes.
The service is live and you can try it out here and here. Neither links are Firefox friendly.
The debate on the usefulness of QR codes as they are called is ever raging. They are popular in Japan, but Americans have no clue what they are. I’d rather see NFC based communication personally, but I’m not in the industry of predicting the long term future. The fact that once you print a QR code it can never be changed is a major turn off for me.
Got a Nokia N Series device? You’ll be sure to care about this message:
