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New Scientist reported yesterday on research from the University of Cambridge that suggests the movements of money in the financial markets are correlated to stock traders' levels of two hormones: t...
Councils in Sydney, Australia (and other cities) are tracking trash, with RFID chips (like 'smart' cards) being placed on rubbish bins and bins being weighed during the collection process. This provid...
The US Administration is considering a Manhattan type project, where they get all the smart guys together to work out a way to solve a problem. In the 1940's it was a race to nuclear dominance, this y...
I don't suppose there is ever any vandalism of bank ATM machines unless digging them out with a front end loader and driving off with them is counted as vandalism. The full range of potential for prob...
Two of the UK’s biggest banks, Barclays and NatWest, have moved to make subscription to MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa mandatory for debit card payments made online to approved merchants. ...
As part of the 'War on Terror' Australian bosses will soon be able to legally read their employees email. Do we really have to? I can see some executive wage pressures. This is apparently neccesary to...
IBM is the latest cyber firm to raise the white flag on security admitting that it's an arms race they can't win. “The security business has no future,” announced Val Rahamani, general manager of IBM ...
It's great news for FI's s that many customers want to use the online channel to manage their credit card account, apply for cards and we can assume generally do more business with their FI's. This pr...
How do you get senior management buy-in for a commitment to environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality? By hitting executives where it hurts – in the back pocket. That’s the approach that’s be...
Humans are flawed, they fall for con tricks. We have to accept that and have a system which expects people to occasionally have poor judgement. Mastercard's system is an example of a flawed process. ...
I am the first to agree that ID is essential infrastructure for business, government and citizens. I do not agree that it should cost £87 billion to provide it. I did a few back of the envelope calcul...
Some interesting numbers The top botnets are capable between them of sending over 100 billion spams per day Less than a million hosts are responsible for the majority of spam Given anywhere from 10%...