CNN Technology - July 29, 2003 - Telemarketers expanded their legal challenge to the government's do-not-call list, suing a second federal agency over the call-blocking service for consumers that the industry says will devastate business and cost as many as two million jobs ( Read more... )

BBC NEWS - July 28, 2003 - Top lawyers from Greece filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on Monday against senior UK officials ( Read more... )

Jersey - July 22, 2003 - As envisioned by the Auto-ID Center, a group backing the technology, it involves placing tiny "tags" -- microchips with antennas -- on every product on the planet, from beer cans to boxer shorts. Computers in stores would be able to communicate with these tags ( Read more... )

Wired - July 28, 2003 - Napster may be dead, but the name and the "kitty" logo of the pioneer online music-swapping program could return to cyberspace before the year is out ( Read more... )

Global Security - July 28, 2003 - When the Bush administration announced in 2001 that it would withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so it could build a national defense system designed to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky, critics warned it would start an arms race in space. Supporters, certain the United States would win, essentially ( Read more... )

Yahoo - July 26, 2003 - Japan canceled a national computer-hacking contest scheduled for next month after the government came under fire as encouraging cybercrime, a government official said Friday ( Read more... )

News from Northeastern University - July 3, 2003 - A new pill, developed by CereMedix, a biotech startup at Northeastern University, could restore the body

The Register - July 22, 2003 - A senior US government official has laid out detailed plans for the timing and form of US government issued biometric passports. [...] "Our goal is to begin production by October 26, 2004," Moss announced. Current plans call for the new passport books to include a contactless smart chip based on the 14443 standard, ( Read more... )

BBC NEWS World Edition - July 21, 2003 - More than seven million people in America have been the victim of identity theft, a report warns. Research by IT consultancy Gartner Inc indicates identity theft - the use of someone else's personal details for financial gain - leapt 79% over the 12 months to June 2003 ( Read more... )

NewsFactor - July 22, 2003 - Security software companies "try to create a need for [vendor solutions]," says Frost & Sullivan security analyst Jason Wright. "That's how capitalism works." But do some go too far? One day you check your e-mail, and there is a forwarded message with a questionable-looking subject line. Say you are conscientious about ( Read more... )