Source: CNet News
Radio tags the size of a grain of sand could be embedded in the euro note if a reported deal between the European Central Bank (ECB) and Japanese electronics maker Hitachi is signed.
Japanese news agency Kyodo was reportedly told by Hitachi that the ECB has started talks with the company about the use of its radio chip in the banknote.
Source: OS Opinion
Which operating system -- Windows or Linux -- deserves the dubious title, "Most Prone to Bugs and Security Problems"?
The answer, judging by a quick survey of industry headlines, seems obvious: It must be Windows. Every week brings a new announcement of yet another Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) security fix. To best describe the number of security bulletins the software giant puts out, the word that jumps to mind is "blizzard."
Source: Wired
A new anti-assault device for women wards off potential assailants with an 80,000-volt electric shock.
Source: CNN
For the first time since taxis were licensed in London 350 years ago, there is a new way to hail black cabs: By mobile phone.
After dialling just one central number the service uses global positioning satellites to pinpoint the user's mobile phone to within a few meters, it then connects the caller to the nearest taxi.
Source: CNN
The "bullet time" effect in 1999's "The Matrix" was a shot heard 'round the world, one of those rare bits of "cinemagic" that transcends film lexicon and permeates popular culture.
The visual effects team behind that movie received an Academy Award for its efforts and so clearly had its work cut out when attempting to up the creative ante again for the May 15 release "The Matrix Reloaded" and November's "The Matrix Revolutions."
Phreak2000.net, an alternative voice site managed to get a email interview with TechTV's Megan Moore.
Source: Linux Journal
In some cases and for some audiences, relying on the human safeguard isn't facing reality. Here are some tools you can use in those cases.
Source: CNet News
A wall-mounted surveillance camera that can send images directly to a cell phone will be available in the United States this summer, according to maker Nokia.
The Observation Camera will launch in July, executives for the Finnish phone giant said Tuesday. The sub-$500 device is among the first to use so-called machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, which lets machines use cellular telephone networks to communicate with computer systems or other machines.
Source: CNN.com
The walls in a one-story brick home in suburban Washington don't talk but their power outlets do.
From those outlets pour streams of digital video, interactive games, online radio stations and services familiar to people who use cable or telephone modems to get high-speed Internet connections. This technology that delivers broadband through ordinary electric wiring should be commercially available to some consumers this year.
