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US Homeland Security postpones Real ID deadline

The department has delayed the effective date of the Real ID Act, which is opposed by a number of states for invalidating use of a driver's licence for air travel Read more

7 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Amazon pulls the plug on Wikileaks servers

...has published the contents of thousands of confidential US diplomatic cables, after US Homeland Security committee staff contacted the Seattle-based cloud services and retail... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner

US prevails in air-travel data row

The European Parliament may not be in favour of the move, but the Commission has decided that the US is allowed to have details of transatlantic air passengers Read more

19 May, 2004 by Jerome Thorel

Hacker joins US Homeland Security in advisory role

...security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland Security Advisory Council. The HSAC members will provide recommendations and advice... Read more

8 June, 2009 by Elinor Mills

US Homeland Security continues laptop seizures

New guidelines are announced to clarify the US border department's practice of seizing laptops and electronic gadgets indefinitely Read more

28 August, 2009 by Declan McCullagh

US Homeland Security spat comes to London

What are the chances. You get away from Washington for a few days and escape the criticism that your division of... Read more

28 October, 2008

US Homeland Security gives cyber-protection advice

Security advice and best practice aimed at businesses, educational establishments and end users will be available online this month due to a US initiative Read more

1 October, 2008 by Tom Espiner

US Homeland Security CIO blamed for IT woes

Department of Homeland Security IT chief has come under fire over security-related incidents, though he claims the situation is improving Read more

21 June, 2007 by Anne Broache

US homeland security to police the Net

A new bill has been passed in the US which gives the government watchdog powers over the Net Read more

21 November, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Spyware blocking deal signed by US Homeland Security

Websense brought on board... Read more

24 May, 2005 by Will Sturgeon
Identity not the only aim of US-Visit biometrics

Identity not the only aim of US-Visit biometrics

US Homeland Security says it wants to use biometric data to find matches... Read more

6 November, 2008 by Tom Espiner
Identity not the only aim of US-Visit biometrics

Identity not the only aim of US-Visit biometrics

US Homeland Security says it wants to use biometric data to find matches... Read more

6 November, 2008

Throwing money at technology

...In remarks to emergency workers and business leaders last month in Arizona, US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge acknowledged that improvements are needed in communication... Read more

19 October, 2004 by Mike Yamamoto and Robert Lemos

US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts

...to improve its response, the US government set up the 16-strong US Homeland Security Advisory Council, which reports to Napolitano. The move has come... Read more

5 October, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Unisys puts Stealth into the cloud

...IT infrastructure. It uses the company's Stealth technology, originally developed for US Homeland Security, to shield one client's data in the cloud from... Read more

1 July, 2009 by Sally Whittle

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

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