• China is world’s largest Internet-using population

  By Jane Macartney | China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest user of the internet, thanks to a rise of more than...

   

• Brain-plug weapons could provide war crime immunity

  By Lewis Page | An American law student has published an analysis of international law regarding war crimes that might be...

   

• Scientists Uncover Secrets at Centre of Black Holes

  

  Apr 25, 2008 3:37

  Salford Online | Scientists say they have moved one step closer to understanding the processes occurring in supermassive...

   

• Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK

  

  Apr 25, 2008 2:38

  By Owen Bowcott | Airline passengers are to be screened with facial recognition technology rather than checks by passport...

   

• Police: DNA database ready as early as next year

  By Elizabeth Roberts | Bermuda could have its own DNA database within a couple of years, to aid the Police in cracking more...

   

• Controversial council tax database

  By Tomos Livingstone | A CONTROVERSIAL database that calculates council tax bands according to features like parking space...

   

• Enhanced Tracking Technology May Help RFID

  By DON CLARK A Los Angeles start-up says it has developed a way to dramatically expand the range of a popular wireless tracking...

   

• Brain scanner predicts your future moves

  Ewen Callaway New Scientist Long before you decided to read this story, your brain may have already said “click that...

   

• Superfast internet may replace world wide web

  By Lewis Carter The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster...

   

• The Emerging Surveillance State

  Ron Paul Last month, the House amended the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the government’s...

   

• New Domestic Satellite Surveillance System

  Plans for the Department of Homeland Security to launch a new satellite surveillance system is coming under new criticism...

   

• The Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind

  By Clive Thompson Wired Trolling down the street in Manhattan, I suddenly hear a woman’s voice. “Who’s...

   

• FBI looks at DNA technique

  A DNA police technique used to hunt down a rapist is being lauded in the United States as an example of pioneering detective...

   

• Mobile phones ‘more dangerous than smoking’

  Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation. Mobile phones...

   

• CIA enlists Google’s help for spy work

  US intelligence agencies are using Google’s technology to help its agents share information about their suspects Google...

   

• Spirit of internet at risk, campaigners warn

  A promise by the biggest broadband provider in the US that it would stop discriminating against users who swap music and...

   

• Brain scan lie detectors ‘may already be in use’

  A brain imaging technique called fMRI may be being used as a “lie detector” by US intelligence agencies, despite...

   

• NSA Had Access Built into Microsoft Windows

  Heiss – A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National...

   

• FBI posts hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects

  The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors...

   

• VOTING COMPANY BULLIES ELECTION OFFICIALS

  Failed machines same as those to be used in Pennslvania tally BRAD BLOG Sequoia Voting Systems’ legal threats against...

   

• High-tech interrogations may promote abuse

  Among certain circles, including the American Psychological Association, we need more research on effective interrogation...

   

• One out of ten trust government data security

  It’s probably no surprise, but the government’s horrendous record with data security has destroyed the public’s...

   

• Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’

  The growing use of biometrics to identify individuals is “insecure and in need of immediate attention,” according...

   

• Russia said to receive U.S. missile shield plan

  MOSCOW – Russia received written U.S. proposals on Wednesday which Washington hopes will allay Moscow’s concerns...

   

• DNA database will not be extended, says minister

  MPs told that calls from senior police officers will not be answered. The government has no plans to extend the DNA database...