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There were 62 data breaches involving financial institutions in 2009 — three of them occurring in the last month of the year. These breaches represent only a portion of the
University of Michigan engineers have developed a biosensor that can quickly detect microcystin-LR (MC-LR) in drinking water, according to a press release. The new technology consists of an inexpensive strip
Army Alaska in Fort Richardson needed to protect an abandoned Cold War-era Nike Missile site. Situated on a mountain just outside of Anchorage, the site also houses several wireless towers
It seems that everyone and his brother have advice on how to handle airport security after the underwear bomber incident. The cable TV talking heads have their own views, often
Low tax revenue because of a dicey economy has led to severe cracks in security, especially at local and state courthouses. One example, as reported by the Associated Press this
Natural disasters rarely color inside the lines. Like a toddler with his first box of crayons, they leave a mess all over the map—spilling across federal, state, and local lines.
Alastair Hayfield, research manager at IMS Research comments that “2009 was not a stellar year for the video surveillance industry. Most companies felt the pinch of the global recession and
It is a pattern in which most law enforcement and many security executives see as dangerous. A man described by Canadian police as one of the most sophisticated criminal masterminds
The opening of the Detroit Auto Show later this week also opens a can of worms. Many cities and states have passed laws to restrict texting by automobile drivers. It
OmniVision, a company specializing in the image sensors for mobile phones, cameras and laptops, announced a new image sensor chip capable of recording 14.6 megapixel single images, or full 60-frames-per-second
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