Encryption

Source: InfoSync

Nokia's new 7650 model features GSM, HSCSD and GPRS support, as well as an integrated digital camera plus support for WAP, Bluetooth, SyncML, IR, e-mail, J2ME and MMS!

C/C++ IDE Plugin for the Eclipse Project workbench provides a fully functional C and C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The IDE is not bound to any compiler; it can be used with any C/C++ compiler (for example, gcc). C/C++ IDE Plugin includes its own C/C++ parser for gathering information from projects. The parsed information is then used by other tools to provide information about the project. The C/C++ Plugin is written in Java and is therefore platform-independent.

Source: Security News Portal - SNPortal

Source: http://www.msnbc.com

We’ve all heard about the media food chain, where a controversial story first appears in the tabloids and then finds its way into the establishment organs. But no one thought that the same would apply to anthrax attacks.

In the first-ever large-scale use in aviation, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport will upgrade its existing building access-control system based on fingerprint-recognition technology from SecuGen Corporation. Beginning this fall, new smart card fingerprint-verification readers using SecuGen's technology will be installed on approximately 1,100 doors at both O'Hare and Midway airports.

The readers verify the smart-card holders' identities and allow only authorized employees to enter restricted airport areas such as jet ramps, baggage handling and other secure rooms...

This is a nice overview of parallel computing with Beowulf:

"Andrew Blais introduces the concept of Beouwulf clusters, which extensively reduce the time to process software by using multiple CPUs executing program fragments in parallel under Linux or NT. He describes various implementations, the relative performance of the clusters, and the technology needed to make them effective."

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Will face recognition be the Patriot missile of the domestic fight against terrorism--a technology that initially draws raves but ultimately doesn't work as well as billed?

Facial recognition involves using computers to scan a picture--like those from security cameras at an airport--and then searching through a database of other pictures for matches. A number of the companies selling face-recognition products have made elaborate promises about their technology since the Sept. 11 hijackings--claims that in some cases have contributed to a sharp run-up in their stocks.

Phone circuits were jammed, and cell phones couldn't handle the increased traffic last week. Frustrated at the inability to connect, many people found human reassurance from lines of simple text, transmitted over the Internet.

Imagine e-mail that can self-destruct after a certain amount of time, leaving no trace in in-boxes
and servers. Omniva Policy Systems has created software that can do just that.

Later this year, the Federal Communications Commission will decide whether to give the green light to so-called ultra-wideband transmission. If approved, UWB could have a dramatic impact on short-range wireless communications for the enterprise.