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Protecting the privacy of others
With every action you take in our wired world, whether making an Internet purchase or posting a blog, you leave a digital footprint, a record of who you …
Unleash the power
New technologies have emerged that can power up security systems without wires or batteries. Solar, wireless power transmission and energy harvesting solutions …
Getting a handle on bacteria
According to the British National Audit Office, 300,000 people pick up infections in British hospitals every year, and at least 5,000 of them die as a result.
Anything to declare?
The main impulse for e-passports is security. As the British passport authority says on its website: “The increasing threat of identity fraud means …
Fraud fighters
Seven percent of GDP was lost to fraud in 2008, according to the US Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. That's $994 billion a year. But new technology …
Risky business
January 20, 2009: Washington DC is in a state of high alert. A new president is to be inaugurated and a couple of million people want to watch. But a new …