Sunday, May 15, 2011
Lac Carling: Belgian IT ministry shows off electronic IDs The country is using identity cards to manage all kinds of public services, from birth registration to getting beer out of a vending machine. Plus: How Belgium uses the Internet to create trust with its citizens. WITH VIDEO
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wal-Mart to support smartcard payments Retail giant's reported move to chip-and-PIN transactions could finally nudge others into doing same in the U.S.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Court gives preliminary OK to $4M settlement in Heartland case The credit and debit card payment processor agrees to reimburse consumers for costs associated with a breach in 2009. Heartland will set aside US$2.4 million for consumers’ claims
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
The case for claims-based identity management B.C. CIO Dave Nikolejsin is putting his weight behind a new approach to verifying who someone is online and creating trusted services that promise to put the user back in control. Now he just has to convince everyone else in Canada.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Alcatel announces 100 Gig Ethernet modules Telus plans to buy at least 80 of the devices to manage the metropolitan portion of its network, so customers can pay a premium for improved quality of service. Find out about the FP2 chipset
Monday, June 08, 2009
Telecom vendors announce 100-Gig metro networking A Dutch research and education network completed a trial using 100 Gbps optical networking, while Juniper has announced 100 GigE cards. The technology is one of Nortel’s prized possessions, according to an Ovum analyst
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Visa, Rogers, RBC bank on mobile payments trial Near-field communication chips will be installed on pre-production Motorola Sliver phones and distributed to up to around 500 people. Meet the vendor that brought the partners together
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Nigeria antifraud agency to unplug Internet at homes The government agency is cracking down on fraudsters operating from homes, offices and hotels who send out suspicious e-mail. It also wants to register everyone with a cellular SIM card and an Internet access point
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
U.K. gov't urged to drop multibillion pound IT plans Prime Minister accused of wasting huge amounts of money as bureaucrats start work on a communications database that hasn't been approved yet by parliament
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Apcon offers faster matrix switches The company's series allows 10GbEthernet connectivity, offers more ports in less space and includes dual controllers for failover capability. Just think about patch panels in a home stereo system
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Juniper deals services on a card New SRX family lets managers configure gateway for security or connectivity by swapping cards. An industry analyst says it looks to be more flexible than other products
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Gobi wireless chipset to ship in Toughbooks in October Qualcomm says the CDMA chips will make it easier to manage a fleet of laptops and allow users to switch to HSPA networks while they’re on the road. Why Gartner has warmed to the idea of Gobi
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Asustek gives sneak peek of desktop Eee PC Following the success of its small Eee PC laptop, the computer manufacturer will bring out a book-sized desktop PC in two months
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Green Data Centre: Four ways to save power -- and money -- now Lowering power consumption is a bottom-line game. Here are some strategies that can start paying off now
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Green Data Centre: Storage Minimize the number of disks to reduce power draw
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Enhanced drivers' licences create furore in Canada and U.S. Privacy advocates on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border are sounding loud alarms about RFID-enabled enhanced drivers' licences (EDLs). In January, British Columbia became the first province to introduce EDLs for cross-border travel in conjunction with Washington State.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Colombian nabbed in ID theft scam Man pleads guilty to installing keylogging software on public PCs to steal personal information.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
TJX proposes US$40.1 million to Visa issuers Affected banks have until Dec 19 to accept an offer aimed to save millions in lawsuit damages. Financial institutions that agree to the terms will be compensated by month's end, the retailer said in a statement Friday 
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Contactless payment cards more secure but still 'hackable' Contactless payment cards, which use embedded radio frequency identification technology to complete credit and debit transactions wirelessly, may offer more security than the traditional magnetic stripe card, but they're not impervious to attack.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Pay but don’t touch – Arby’s rolls out ‘contactless’ payment cards Arby's restaurants roll out support for contactless payment cards nationwide, both inside and at the drive-through
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Politicians must get creative, says German e-government expert Politicians should be more creative decision-makers, instead of bureaucratic, according to the director of e-government at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems in Berlin, Germany. There is a need for seamless process in the delivery of e-government services across all levels, but the challenge to this process is bureaucracy, Michael Tschichholz said in his keynote address yesterday to delegates at the 2007 Lac Carling Congress at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Ottawa focuses on IP cameras to secure facilities The City of Ottawa is replacing its aging army of 400 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras with Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled units that will improve data gathering and security system integration
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Rethinking the ID registry Mass registration projects have an enormous appeal to politicians. In a perceived crisis, anything from gun crime to terrorism, it is quick and easy to pass legislation and create new databases, thus demonstrating decisiveness and concern. The consequences, as with Canada's deeply flawed firearms registry, are often at odds with the intent. 
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Rethinking the ID registry Mass registration projects have an enormous appeal to politicians. In a perceived crisis, anything from gun crime to terrorism, it is quick and easy to pass legislation and create new databases, thus demonstrating decisiveness and concern. The consequences, as with Canada's deeply flawed firearms registry, are often at odds with the intent. Mass identity registration projects are even worse.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Police thwart fraud scheme based on TJX stolen data Law enforcement officials in Florida have arrested six individuals suspected of carrying out a fraud scheme built around the misuse of credit card data stolen from retailer TJX Companies.