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    Almost two years after announcing its intention to use RFID to track prisoners and guards alike, it has been revealed that the ACT Department of Corrective Services has signed a deal to rollout the technology.

  • US 'botmaster' faces up to 60 years prison

    A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to US$1.75 million after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with information-stealing malware.

  • GPS used to track criminals and truants in US

    GPS technology is being used in the US to track sex offenders, violent criminals and even children jigging school.

  • Alleged Palin hacker indicted

    A 20-year-old college student suspected of hacking into one of US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email accounts was indicted Tuesday in the US, a district court announced.

  • Defense asked to hand over Iraq images for Web

    A government watchdog group on Wednesday asked the US Department of Defense to release three CD-ROMs with digital photographs and video clips of prisoner abuse in Iraq.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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