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Drivers of commercial trucks and buses are prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that the U.S. Transportation Secretary announced earlier this week. The prohibition is effective immediately. Truck and bus
Data breaches at U.S. companies attributed to malicious attacks and botnets doubled from 2008 to 2009 and cost substantially more than breaches caused by human negligence or system glitches, according
Cincinnati police officers are now field testing wearable clip-on video cameras. The device is called AXON and ironically is being marketed by Taser International. A similar experiment in London, but
Computer scientists in Britain have uncovered weaknesses in electronic passports issued by the U.S., UK, and some 50 other countries that allow attackers to trace the movements of individuals as
Duke University has received a $3.7 million contract to develop a test for radiation exposure from a dirty bomb or nuclear attack. The contract comes from the Biomedical Advanced Research
As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology industry survey suggests that a number of hospitals,
How vulnerable is the U.S. food basket? Food producers now can use software developed for the U.S. military to assess their vulnerability to tampering, terrorism, or other criminal attacks. The
The United States does not want countries to use identical airport security systems which could make it easier for potential attackers to elude them. “What we want to avoid is
Computer attacks on Google that the search giant said originated in China are part of a concerted political and corporate espionage effort that exploits security flaws in e-mail attachments to
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