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â Credit card fraud is still a big issue in our society. Online merchants are liable for credit-card fraud to the tune of over US$1.6 billion a year. Find out how database mining techniques may help prevent this fraud before it occurs. http://dsonline.computer.org/0207/departments/news_IS.htm

â Joining in the fight against piracy of cd and DVD material, Doc-Witness, and Israeli company, has released OpSecure. This technology uses a smart card embedded within an optical disc, which can run on conventional PC CD or DVD drives. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26810.html

â E-government chief Mark Forman said Sept. 4 that he wants to put the brakes on $1.5 billion allocated for wireless telecommunications projects because many are redundant http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0902/web-forman-09-05-02.asp

â Hewlet Packard has built a tiny 64-bit memory chip using molecular devices as active switches. This is described as a breakthrough in molecular electronics. For instance the chip is the first to combine both memory and logic on the same nanonscale molecular circuits.        http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/27025.html

â Scientists got the chance to test Einstein's general theory of relativity. http://www.nature.com/nsu/020902/020902-13.html

â A major breakthrough in achieving faster than light communications was recently achieved when scientists at Middle Tennessee State University transmitted electric signals at least four times the speed of light over distances of nearly 120 metres, using off-the-shelf equipment costing just $500. But this doesn't signal the start of the development of new faster than light space ships. Yet! http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992796

â A recent decision in a US court of law means that BT (the UK telecommunications company) has no rights to hypertext. BT had claimed that a recently discovered patent gave them rights to the technique of using hypertext.         http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26802.html

â A recent article in The National Law Journal analyses a trend in which Universities are suing corporations based upon patent and licensing rights. http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1029689062222

â If you are looking for news on Biometrics, you may wish to bookmark this site. http://www.technologyreports.net/biometricsreport/index.html#newsbriefs

â The Transportation Security Administration is piloting a program that uses biometrics to secure public lockers. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0902/web-lock-09-05-02.asp

â See how some banks are looking towards biometrics as a means to deal with identity fraud. http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2002/08/19/focus1.html

â Fujitsu has announced a new biometric based on the blood patterns in a person's hand. At a conference in Tokyo, Japan in September, the company demonstrated the new biometric built into a mouse. They showed logging on to a PC using the new mouse as the input device. http://www.twomobile.com/content/1287.php

â Citing the possibility of a trigger lock for hand guns, Lumidigm announced a new biometric device. Claiming that it can validate a person's ID with fingerprint-like accuracy by shining an infrared light into a small section of skin and measuring the reflection, Lumidigm stated that the device measures the wavelength of reflected light a task less processor intensive than fingerprint evaluation. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_cameron080802.asp

â Tech TV lists a number of areas in which biometrics has been put to use since 9/11. http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3399520,00.html

â San Jose International Airport is testing handprint authentification at the airport. http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/09/02/smallb7.html

â Looking for a secure method of accessing your network. Checkout Network World's review http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2000/0508calc.html

â Wondering what was new at Comdex in Biometrics. Check out this review. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1115cdbio.html

â The Defense Manpower Data Center handed out its 1 millionth Common Access Card, a multifunction "smart" identification card. Three million to go! http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0826/web-cac-08-30-02.asp

â Popular Science Magazine has an article describing what a national id card system would be like. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,335428,00.html

â The 18th National Defense Industrial Association Security Division Symposium was held on June 25 - 27, 2002. The many presentations include several references to biometrics, RFID and other security techniques. http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2002security/

â More interesting articles on the use of technology to increase security. http://security1.gartner.com/section.php.id.19.s.1.jsp including selections from http://security1.gartner.com/section.php.id.9.s.1.jsp on biometrics http://security1.gartner.com/story.php.id.139.s.1.jsp and RFID http://security1.gartner.com/story.php.id.141.s.1.jsp

â   The State Department is replacing picture cards with smart cards, and will begin the roll out of 20,000 cards soon. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0923/web-smart-09-24-02.asp

â The Senate's Homeland Security Bill is by no means done. The White House threatens to veto it unless some changes are made. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0902/web-home-09-04-02.asp

â Encrypta Electronics, manufacturer of seals for containers etc. give their viewpoint on the security of nuclear weapons. http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=elxhusn6.zewzxrn6.svxcwsn6&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnologyreports.net%2Fsecurefrontiers%2Findex.html%3FarticleID%3D561

â Roads designed to reduce traffic congestion (smart roads) are now being looked at in the Homeland Security war. http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2002/0923/web-its-09-23-02.asp

â Are you looking for that really thin, low cost RFID solution? While it may not be for everyone, Flying Null's chipless solution is 25 times thinner than a human hair. http://www.flying-null.com/News/transfertags.htm

â Are you still thinking about RFID? STOP! Go out and do it now, then you can join Lockheed who say that RFID has enabled Lockheed to reduce its unit costs on the F-16 by 38 percent since 1982. http://www.assemblymag.com/execute.asp?Section=Articles&Sub=Detail&rID=2FCFB1CA899C40FA8BA73E8280F739A2

â A ban on all laptops on planes is being investigated. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/26910.html

â UWB chipsets have hit the developers and products will start to appear in the market soon. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-946665.html?tag=cd_mh

â You have got to see this: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in an incredible two-minute animated film, made entirely with Lego. (And while you are there, check out some of the other movies as well) http://www.lego.com/eng/studios/screening/movie.asp?id=montypython

â  Looking for that force field to protect your new car the next time you go out? Don't laugh it may be closer than you think. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26728.html

â Looking for mindless activity? Try herding sheep! http://www.david-lewis.com/sheepgame/

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