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  • House vote stymies TIA spy plan

    The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a spending bill that eliminates money for the Terrorism Information Awareness project, effectively putting an end to the controversial Pentagon antiterrorism plan, which sought to assemble computerised dossiers on Americans.

  • Net security: An oxymoron

    When it comes to computer security, Peter Neumann has a clear message to both governments and mass-market software makers: Get back to work.

  • Senate limits Pentagon 'snooping' plan

    The US Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to slap restrictions on a controversial Pentagon data-mining program that critics say would amount to a domestic spying apparatus.

  • A day at the office in 2013

    Will corporate leaders broadly adopt the draconian measures in this cautionary tale? Not likely. But once RFID sensors are smart, cheap and pervasive, the potential for abuse will be significant.

  • Building a wireless nervous system

    The Internet has transformed the way people exchange information and ideas, but what if computer networks could sense motion, light, heat or pressure?

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  • A day at the office in 2013

    Will corporate leaders broadly adopt the draconian measures in this cautionary tale? Not likely. But once RFID sensors are smart, cheap and pervasive, the potential for abuse will be significant.

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