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- What is the U.S. doing about security?
- I've been terrible busy lately. Hopefully you all here haven't noticed, as I've been working hard to still keep my posts flowing, but I've just got time to catch up with several blogs that I read often. One of those blogs is the Emergent Chaos blog...
- Tags: card, database, president, blog, passport card, rfid, government, security, wireless, biometrics, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- State to extend comment period on RFID in border cards
- In the light of new criticism of the State Departments plans to use RFID chips in passport cards, the department is extending the public comment period on the proposal until Jan. 7, Information Week reports. The Smart Card Alliance recently criticized the governments plans to use RFID in passport...
- Tags: card, passport card, rfid, government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-08
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- TSA vendor finds lost laptop, remains suspended
- Travelers who use the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler program might be verified as good security risks but the same can't be said about Steven Brill's Verified Identity Pass, one of the TSA vendors that operates the program. VIP, under the brand name Clear, lost a laptop containing...
- Tags: transportation security administration, laptop computer, vip, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Hardware-based iPhone 3G unlock coming 20 Aug
- According to a post at iPhone Atlas a company called USB Fever is preparing to offer a hardware-based iPhone 3G unlocking device. The company is taking pre-orders for a US$35 SIM unlock that consists of a micro-controller mounted to a 0.10mm thin piece of FPC that fits...
- Tags: apple iphone, sim card, apple iphone 3g, hardware, 3g, cellular phones, flash memory, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, jason d. o\'grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Useful: Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot
- The Cradlepoint PHS300 (US$179) creates a personal hotspot with a mobile broadband card like the many EV-DO data cards from carriers like Verizon. I recently got a chance to test a PHS300 on a trip to Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN. Several of us were traveling to the...
- Tags: card, hotspot, mobile broadband, cradlepoint phs300, wireless, jason d. o\'grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?
- Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I'm telling you whatBuy a pc twice as fast as a mac in hardware performance terms.RE: Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I can agree with him. I wouldn't want to pay out that much money for a desktop or laptop when they will...
- Tags: desktops, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft windows, low-end pc, apple macintosh, macs are, microsoft windows vista, apple inc., pc, adrian
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"
- AP Newswire is reporting this morning that CLEAR has found a laptop also see CLEAR Press Release that had gone missing for over a week from one of its kiosk locations that contained the "personal data" of over 30,000 enrolled members at San Francisco International Airport,...
- Tags: clear, enrollment, laptop computer, ap newswire, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Cheap and cheerful Vista-capable PC for $260 plus change
- Cheap and cheerful Vista-capable PC for $260 plus changeA sempron could run aeroI got a AMD Sempron for my neice with only 512mb RAM. Windows Vista32 Ultimate, it could run aero. I use a ATI 9600 vid card. I had to get rid of XP, hurts my...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), refurbished pc, microsoft windows vista, vista capable pc, cheerful vista capable pc, vista capable, pc
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- When Google disowns you
- When Google disowns youThis is a real danger in general with the "Cloud"PaaS, SaaS,Cloud, or call it what you want, this is only one of the major problems that can creep up when you pass your data and applications on to a third party service provider. You put your business...
- Tags: productivity, open source, databases, storage encryption, long-term data usability, namesecure, google inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?
- Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...
- Tags: productivity, vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Indictments in huge hacking & theft case
- Indictments in huge hacking & theft caseNo sympathy on my partThere's something terribly ironic that hackers "concealed the data in encrypted computer servers that they controlled in Eastern Europe and the United States." I thought information was suppose to be free...I'm not interested in hearing about good hackers and...
- Tags: security, wi-fi, retail, hacker, hacking, huge hacking, wireless, manifesto, theft case
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Indictments in huge hacking & theft case
- A federal grand jury returned indictments today on 11 defendants in one of the largest hacking and online theft cases ever. The Department of Justice charged 11 individuals from around the world with stealing 40 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking the networks of nine retailers and stealing an...
- Tags: belarus, hacking, debit card, ukraine, debit card number, unauthorized access device, identity theft, financial services, security, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- ID theft bust: Indictments are nice, more arrests much nicer
- Praise be, big time. Almost. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorneys offices in Massachusetts and California announced today that they have indicted 11 individuals as part of an international ring of hackers (really, crackers) who purloined at least 40 million credit card and debit...
- Tags: u.s., network, debit card, u.s. department of justice, ukraine, identity theft, hacking, financial services, security, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Did the iPhone 2.0.1 update improve the 3G/EDGE auto switching?
- I bought my white iPhone 3G last Friday and by Sunday night I was already thinking of returning it to Apple for a refund, primarily due to poor reception issues. I was at the Seafair hydroplane races on the shores of Lake Washington on Saturday and the iPhone couldn't get...
- Tags: apple iphone, signal, at&t corp., apple iphone 3g, 3g, cellular phones, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, matthew miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?The good old HDWhich is emulating a drum machine is my favorite and only means of failure I've ever encountered..Nearly all hardware failures...I come across could have been prevented by a quality UPS. I venture to say most failures...
- Tags: bios, desktops, cheap power supplies, last pc failure, pc failure, pc, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- The 8GB/64-bit advantage - More RAM doesn't always mean better performance
- The 8GB/64-bit advantage - More RAM doesn't always mean better performanceI'll give you one thing ...... you're fast!RE: ProofreaderYou missed, "As expected, the difference in score between a system running [b]8GB[/b] of RAM and one running with only [b]8GB[/b] was small when measured with PassMark PerformanceTest 6.1."I offer ZDNet the...
- Tags: memory, vista x64, more ram, ram, performance
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Kindle, Sony and eBook readers: How many a month?
- Kindle, Sony and eBook readers: How many a month?eBooks on MobiPocket on my SmartphoneI dont own a Kindle (waiting for V2 - hoping it will look better!) but I always have 2 or 3 eBooks on my phone in case I get stuck waiting somewhere.No paper for meSince getting my...
- Tags: e-books, project gutenberg, e-book, sony corp., ebook reader, palm inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- NCDC ramblings and first week with an iPhone
- I arrived at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and proceeded to the speakers ready room to obtain my badge, conference materials and, if the truth be known, get a much needed cup of coffee. In the past few days I've crossed 10 timezones and am having trouble with jet...
- Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., telecom & utilities, dan kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- CallClerk Caller ID Software (exe)
- CallClerk lets you know who is calling on the phone in more ways then you may have thought possible. Use it as an answering machine, fax and/or to immediately e-mail you when you get a call (attaching the caller's message or fax). CallClerk can update a Web Page giving you...
- Tags: call, rob latour, fax, microsoft outlook, groupware, microsoft office, office suites, software, enterprise software
- Software downloads 2008-08-05
- Motorola Adventure V750 (Verizon Wireless)
- Despite the naysayers who have predicted the company's demise, Motorola's recent cell phone releases have won high marks. Its inventive Rokr E8 stands as one of the better music phones on the market, its Q9c is a quality smartphone, and its Z9 and W755 are reliable handsets with solid call...
- Tags: cellular phones, motorola inc., verizon wireless, v750, moto
- Product reviews 2008-08-04
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