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FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

FBI aims for world's largest biometrics databaseFreedom for Security?If as man would give up freedom for security, that man deserves neither. Ben Franklin. This is a continued outrage, by the powers that be. Pushin further and further into a police state. I will do everything in my power to fight...

Tags: Federal government, Authentication/Encryption, Vertical industries, information technology, irony, FBI Aims, biometrics database, Revelation 13:17, biometrics, FBI, government

Discussion threads 2007-12-22

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Global cyberwar: Installed in your PC at home, the office and government

Personal Accountabilityas long as people can think and act as though their conduct on the internet is shrouded in anonomity.Until each of us takes full responsibility for what we do and operates with the knowledge that our 'unique' verifiable identities can be obtained readily, the carnage will continue and broaden.A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, government, computer, PC-At Home, Internet, car

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

XM Sirius (finally) developing an iPhone app; too little too late?

Engadget reports that satellite radio provider XM Sirius has announced that the company is developing an iPhone application to receive satellite radio content streamed over the Internet. During a recent earnings conference call Sirius CFO David Frear confirmed what XM Chief Marketing Officer Vernon Irvin told...

Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?

The new 17" MacBook Pro has a non-removable, 8 hour battery that Apple claims can recharge 3x more times than standard batteries and has a 5 year life. Are they nuts? The "removable" battery mistake Removable batteries are a kludge, not a feature. The only...

Tags: Battery, Apple Inc., Cycle Life, Engineering, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Former Bush official to get RFID tag

Former Bush official to get RFID tagHow many have doubts that RFID will be abused against people and a lot?Need a clue about RFID – watch the movie "[i]Enemy of the state[/i]".Great NEWS!Now, if you lost your PET dog, mouse, snake, hypopotamous, etc. OR your Health & Human Services Secretary...

Tags: RFID tag, RFID

Discussion threads 2005-07-18

When paying with plastic, why swipe? Just wave

When paying with plastic, why swipe? Just waveHow foolish...Wait a few weeks and see the unending headaches this is gonna cause with security and fraudulent charges. If you don't know how or why then ask a criminal cause I ain't gonna make it easy for wannabees.God can Visa and the...

Tags: card

Discussion threads 2005-02-24

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitals

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitalsWho wouldn't want to be tagged and monitored like livestock?This has got to be a joke piece. I can imagine prisoners being to forced to wear these things since their rights have been curtailed; but who would want to give authorities that kind of...

Tags: chip, beast

Discussion threads 2004-07-27

Asian Linux project takes shape

Asian Linux project takes shapeStandards in LinuxWhat amazes with Linux is how everything that people complains about in Windows; they copy and try to make it just like Windows. From the standpoint of no standards, hardware support and so on. Second, dealing with a Communist nation like China would be...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, significant line, Microsoft Corp., Asian Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-04-06