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NY issues its RealID card

NY issues its RealID cardre: NY issues its RealID card[i]Your privacy truly is at stake in the REAL ID debate. But in my view, it's the opponents of secure identification who pose the greatest risk. Without REAL ID, you are far more likely to endure one of the worst privacy...

Tags: Real ID Rebellion, REAL ID, NY Issues, RealID card, RealID, card

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

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Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?Could be for Pocket PC sized UMPCsThese features are probably being implemented for the Ultra Mobile PC type devices and will be useful in pocket-sized Windows enabled mobile phones as speculated here: http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5390I love my tx2000z Tablet PC especially for the Wacom enabled...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senatearrrrrrrrggggggggggwe need to repeal this stupid idea.And what part of "illegal" does the washington post not get?I am so tired of people whining about "think of the families you are breaking up when you round up illegal immigrants" If you can't do the time,...

Tags: Regulations, Anti-Real ID, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2007-05-10

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate

The debate rages on over citizen privacy rights versus government standards for drivers licenses, reports the Washington Post. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) stood his ground over protecting citizen privacy by stating that he would support a repeal of the RealID Act, a 2005 law that...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-09

MO House rejects Real ID

The Missouri House overwhelmingly voted today to refuse to follow the federal Real ID law, the Jefferson City News Tribune reports. Rep. Jim Guest said the federal law is an invasion of privacy and could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars to comply. He worries that...

Tags: Semiconductors, Real-ID

Blog posts 2007-03-16

States' rebellion against Real ID grows

States' rebellion against Real ID growsFederal IDI thought we already carry a federal identification if we have a United States passport. Why is that not a valid substitute?National ID Card ImpositionAlthough the UK government, as part of the Bush/Blair hysterical love affair, is hell-bent on the compulsory introduction of biometric...

Tags: SECURITY, REAL ID

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

States' rebellion against Real ID grows

A battle royal between the states and the federal Department of Homeland Security is gathering steam. The revolt is over the Real ID Act, which would require states to issue new high-tech drivers licenses but provides no funds for the expensive makeover. The revolt started in Maine, but about a...

Tags: Government technology, Homeland security, State &, Local Govt, REAL ID

Blog posts 2007-02-06

IT Customer Service

A lot of people complain about the arrogance of IT people and our general failure to understand either the customer or the business. So what happens when IT is the business? or, at least, where IT has a clear role on the customer service delivery side? Well it depends first...

Tags: data processing, utilisation

Blog posts 2006-06-01

California bill would ban tracking chips in IDs

California bill would ban tracking chips in IDsYUS!!!But I don't have much faith that this will sail very far.[i]" A Republican-backed federal measure that has passed a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes implanting RFID chips in driver's licenses."[/i]Yup. Gotta love today's Republicans. They want to make sure...

Tags: chip, RFID, EZ-Pass, California Bill

Discussion threads 2005-04-29