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March 31, 2006
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/21_6/federal/28257-1.html
Washington Technology home > 03/27/06 issue
03/27/06; Vol. 21 No. 6
RFID: Prepare to be carded
By Alice Lipowicz
DHS weighs different technologies for moving people across borders
The recent extension of radio frequency identification testing at border crossings appears to have boosted the technology. But difficult decisions still lay ahead for the Homeland Security Department in integrating, particularly for border crossing, RFID applications and standards into a single document or card, government officials and IT experts said.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1228
US Lets RFID Passports into Real World Use
Tuan Nguyen - March 14, 2006 3:26 AM
New RFID passports carry your bio information. Similar Dutch passport previously cracked in 2 hours
The US government has started seeding its new bio-passports. The new passports have the bearer's bio-data embedded in the passport and can be read with a wireless scanner. RFID is the technology being used in the new passports. Just a few weeks ago, we reported that the US government started phase two testing of these passports.
http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/displayarticle2642.html
RFID Essentials Book Released by O'Reilly
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1410055
1,000-year-old church plagued by vandals enlists hi-tech help
Yobs find new device makes for unpleasant listening
The Mosquito operates on the unlikely-sounding principle of emitting a high-pitched signal which is unpleasant to anyone within about 20m (65ft) of the transmitter, but only affects people aged under 25 because their hearing is more sensitive.
Police have installed the device in the porch of the building, on Church Lane, and it has proved so successful that youths who congregate there at night have twice ripped out the wiring.
Now it is to be re-mounted without exposed wires in the hope it will help to drive the offending gangs away.
http://www.toptechnews.com/news/For-Sale--Your-Life-on-the-Internet/story.xhtml?story_id=13200D7ZTNXC
For Sale: Your Life on the Internet By Jack M. Germain
March 30, 2006 7:22AM
"In the U.S., Americans are terrified of Big Brother. Yet we have no problem allowing lots of Little Brothers, such as the credit card companies, to have our information indefinitely. So now we have thousands of Little Brothers and the Internet giving us hundreds of new ways to track people," said Andrew Jaquith of the Yankee Group
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2152984/google-accidentally-deletes
Google deletes its own blog
Doh!
Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 29 Mar 2006
A student from Texas left internet giant Google with egg on its face by taking control of the company's official blog when it went offline yesterday. .
Posted by wlodek at March 31, 2006 08:49 AM