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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

Additional Resources

Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

MobileLockbox - WM6 3.1.0 (Mobile)

Free for 60 days. Try it for free, with no obligation, no commitment and no hasstle. Only pay for it, after you liked it. We are sure you will enjoy it. You can download it and activate by visiting m.mobilelockbox.com to register. It costs $29.99 thereafter or less than $2.50...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, MOBILE LOCKBOX, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-23

MobileLockbox (Mobile)

Free for 60 days. Try it for free, with no obligation, no commitment and no hasstle. Only pay for it, after you liked it. We are sure you will enjoy it. You can download it and activate by visiting m.mobilelockbox.com to register. It costs $29.99 thereafter or less than $2.50...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, MOBILE LOCKBOX, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-23

MOBILE LOCKBOX (Mobile)

Free for 60 days. Try it for free, with no obligation, no commitment and no hasstle. Only pay for it, after you liked it. We are sure you will enjoy it. You can download it and activate by visiting m.mobilelockbox.com to register. It costs $29.99 thereafter or less than $2.50...

Tags: Mobile, MOBILE LOCKBOX, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Passport Picture 1.4.1 (Mac)

We all need identity pictures for our passport, ID card, fitness club member card, student card, etc - sometimes several times a year. PassportPicture is designed to print your own identity picture at the exact size needed and the face of the person on the picture calibrated for specific use....

Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, Passport, Picture, PassportPicture

Software downloads 2009-09-18

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

£10bn national ID card scheme vs. £65m cuts in higher education

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics, and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time...

Tags: Education, Card, National ID Card, U.K., Identity Card, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Elvis, your e-passport is ready!

Elvis, your e-passport is ready!I forwarded this to the Dutch mediaLet's see whether they'll understand the severity of the issue.http://www.linkslife.co.ukthat is a joke passportRE: Elvis, your e-passport is ready!Years ago a movie called "The Net" with Sandra Bullock hit the scene, and everyone freaked. Yes it was a little over...

Tags: Dutch Passport, e-passport, ELVIS, passport, RFID

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

RFID passports: a tragedy waiting to happen

You're strolling in the south if France when a van stops, men burst out and in seconds hustle you into the van. "American scum!" they hiss as they hood you. But wearing a Sorbonne t-shirt and no fanny pack, how did they know? Thank your government - and a bad...

Tags: Passport, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Radio Shack: Out with the old to make room for the new

You could call it an economic stimulus package in miniature, or just a really, really smart marketing gimmick: Radio Shack has expanded its electronics trade-in program to all 4,400 of its company-owned stores. And, if you bring in something that has some re-usable value, you will receive a same-day discount...

Tags: Radio Shack, Games, Branding, Personal Technology, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-18

Samsung to launch Papyrus e-reader

Samsung will launch a touchscreen e-book reader to compete with Amazon's Kindle, Sony's PRS-700 and Fujitsu's FLEPia, reports Pocket-lint. The new model, called Papyrus, will launch in Korea in June, and eventually make its way to the U.K. and U.S., a spokesperson for...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Keyboards, E-books, Flash Memory, Pricing, Monitors & Displays, Memory, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Marketing, Components, Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Spb Wallet 2 - PPC 2007 Awards Winner as the Best Secure Information Manager Comes to Symbian (Mobile)

BODY,TD {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}H4 {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:130%;MARGIN-BOTTOM:7px}P {MARGIN-TOP:0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}UL,LI {MARGIN-TOP:3px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:8pt}Spb Wallet is a secure and manageable storage of sensitive information, such as passport and account numbers, access and PIN codes, logins and passwords. The encrypted and password-protected data can be accessed from Windows PCs, and synchronized with mobile devices. Available for...

Tags: Card, Password, Mobile, Symbian Inc., Spb Software

Software downloads 2009-02-04

Why the password system hasn

Why the password system hasnVery simple LarryThe password system will stay for a long while longer for two simple reasons.1) If a password isn't stolen, the user typing the password feels like he/show is in control and under no obligation to share it with some other entity. 2) People don't...

Tags: password, password system

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Epson Artisan 800

The Epson Artisan 800 printer is a multifunctional printer that can also copy, scan, and fax documents. The $299 device is faster than other inkjet printers, and we like the large LCD screen and the built-in CD drive, but it's severely marred by buggy software and flimsy components. We spent...

Tags: Printers, Fax, Monitors & displays, tray, Artisan 800, printer, Epson, Epson Artisan 800

Product reviews 2008-11-06

EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Enhanced Drivers Licenses, and Beyond

EPC Electronic Product Code tags are industry-standard RFID devices poised to supplant optical barcodes in many applications. They are prevalent in case and pallet tracking, and also percolating into individual consumer items and border-crossing documents. This paper explores the systemic risks and challenges created by increasingly common use of EPC...

Tags: Card, University Of Washington, Security Application, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics

White papers 2008-10-22

PhoneBAK Anti-theft (Mobile)

"New services help consumers keep track of their gadgets' CNN.comPhoneBAKEver lost your mobile phone before, when off the cab or away from the theatre? Only to receive an engaged tone? Never let it happen to you again!PhoneBAK Mobilephone is an innovative lost & found anti-theft software that helps owner track...

Tags: SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2008-10-21

News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, BEA Beehive, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Open World, Help Desk, Java Development Tools, E-books, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Software

Blog posts 2008-09-23