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RFID Chips: A Privacy And Security Pandora's Box?
A research article published
in the current issue of the
International Journal of
Intellectual Property
Management suggests that Big
Brother could be opening a
... > full story
Fire Risk: Close-up On Habitat–forest Interfaces
In the French Mediterranean
region, scattered
habitations are gradually
gaining on the forest,
increasing the risk of fire
start-ups and creating new
... > full story
How Secure Is Your Network? New Program Points Out Vulnerabilities, Calculates Risk Of Attack
To help IT managers
safeguard valuable
information most
efficiently, computer
scientists are applying
... > full story
Potentially Serious Security Flaws Found In Most Bank Websites, Including Large Bank Sites, Study Shows
More than 75 percent of the
bank Web sites surveyed had
at least one design flaw
that could make customers
vulnerable to cyber thieves
... > full story
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Government 'Web-tapping': Rules For Government Surveillance Need To Be Changed, Expert Urges
December 2, 2008 — The technology of government surveillance has changed dramatically and the rules governing surveillance should be changed accordingly, according to ... > full story -
Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Leaves Farmers Insecure
November 28, 2008 — Researchers have studied three areas of direct importance to the struggle against poverty in Africa and Zimbabwe. They show that farmers are experiencing uncertainty regarding their right to use the ... > full story -
Developing A Neighborhood Watch For The Internet
November 25, 2008 — Internet network performance problems are not only annoying to users -- they are costly to businesses and network operators. But since the Internet has no built-in monitoring system, network problems ... > full story -
76 Percent Of American Middle-class Households Not Financially Secure
November 24, 2008 — As the economy continues to reel, a new report finds that 4 million American households lost economic security between 2000 and 2006 and that a majority of America's middle class households are ... > full story -
Virtual Desktop For Mobile Parliamentarians
November 18, 2008 — Members of parliament and other citizen representatives now have a new tool at their fingertips to help them keep on top of their work while on the move -- a virtual desktop providing an integrated ... > full story -
Digital Piracy Management
November 17, 2008 — A new approach to preventing digital piracy of music and video content that sidesteps the need for the privacy compromise associated with DRM (digital rights management) is reported in the ... > full story -
With GPS, They Know Where You Are
November 15, 2008 — How can we keep our personal location private in a society where GPS-enabled devices and internet-connected computing is ubiquitous? That is the question posed by a computing and legal specialist in ... > full story -
Professors Call For Regulation Of Electronic Health Records
October 30, 2008 — Cost and security concerns about bringing health care record keeping into the 21st century through electronic health records have led to a call for an effective regulatory and oversight system from ... > full story -
Flawed 401(k) Laws Putting Retirement At Risk, Expert Says
October 27, 2008 — U.S. Congress needs to reform flawed 401(k) laws that could push back retirement for millions of Americans whose savings have collapsed along with the stock market, an elder law expert ... > full story -
Creating Unique Health ID Numbers Would Improve Health Care Quality, Efficiency, Study Claims
October 22, 2008 — Creating a unique patient identification number for every person in the United States would facilitate a reduction in medical errors, simplify the use of electronic medical records, increase overall ... > full story
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