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  Benefit Vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology

  May 8, 2013 — Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition software as a crime-fighting tool. Now businesses are looking to use the technology to reach customers. But a professor questions whether ... > full story
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  Cyberthreats Must Require Governments and Businesses to Be 'Cyberrisk Intelligent'

  May 2, 2013 — In an age where cybersecurity is of foremost interest for governments and businesses, public and private organizations must deploy risk-intelligence governance to secure their digital communications ... > full story
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  Protecting Hospitals from 'New' Terrorist Threats

  May 2, 2013 — Health care facilities play a vital role in the UK’s terrorism contingency plans, but a new study provides a timely warning to managers, regulatory bodies and government that crucial services ... > full story
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  Global Networks Must Be Redesigned, Experts Urge

  May 1, 2013 — The increasing interdependencies between the world's technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems have the potential to create global catastrophic risks. We may have to redesign global ... > full story
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  Shifting the Burden of Recycling

  April 30, 2013 — Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, ... > full story
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  'Smart' Paper and Antennaless RFID Tags

  April 30, 2013 — Researchers have developed a method to embed radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in paper, which could help combat document counterfeiting, and have developed antennaless RFID tags for use on ... > full story
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  Why People Quit and Come Back to Facebook

  April 30, 2013 — With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don’t use Facebook. A new study suggests that “non-use” of the social networking site ... > full story
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  'Sequential' Pricing Can Increase Retail Profits

  April 30, 2013 — An in-depth study of so-called “sequential” pricing of retail products in both online and “bricks-and-mortar” stores found that the ability to set prices based on real-time ... > full story
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  Tracking Gunfire With a Smartphone

  April 25, 2013 — A team of computer engineers has developed an inexpensive hardware module and related software that can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location ... > full story
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  Teenage Password Security: Risk of Identity Theft

  April 25, 2013 — Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to researchers, many of us ... > full story

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