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The Privacy Implications of Facial Recognition Technology

Unless facial recognition software is used with the permission or at least with the knowledge of the individual, then the use of such software raises privacy concerns.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - By using facial recognition software, a law enforcement agency can use its video surveillance system to pull an image of an individual, run that image through the database to find a match, and identify the person.

It can pick someone's face out of a crowd, extract the face from the rest of the scene and compare it to a database of stored images.

Mexican High-Tech Workers Demand Justice and Dignity.

The lot of high-tech industry workers in Guadalajara and elsewhere will be on the agenda of an international gathering scheduled for Amsterdam this upcoming May.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The two high-tech workers laughed when asked if they could afford the smartphones made by their colleagues on Mexican production lines.

“No, no, no,” chuckled Maria and Alma, two Guadalajara workers who have labored for years in Mexico’s Silicon Valley.

US to Launch Nuclear Missile from Vandenberg on March 1, Anniversary of Biggest-Ever US Nuclear Test

Second US Test of a Nuclear-Capable Missile in One Week.

(SANTA BARBARA) - The United States has selected March 1, 2012, the 58th anniversary of the Castle Bravo nuclear test, for its next launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

The launch will take place at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a target in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Technology Opinion: CSS Whatever

In a PHP world, CSS can be a real nightmare...

(SALEM) - Change for the sake of change, that is the American way right? This money philosophy is designed to keep consumers spending and little else, reinventing the wheel is not always necessary.

CSS is a form of web language that is increasingly taking over the field, the one created in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) that gave us what we know today online.

Senators Encourage FCC Effort to Make Campaign Advertisements More Transparent

With the 2012 election season already underway, citizens have a right to know who is purchasing public airtime to support or oppose candidates.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley led a group of eight Senators in a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski encouraging swift implementation of a proposed rule to make political advertisements more transparent.

“With the 2012 election season already underway, citizens have a right to know who is purchasing public airtime to support or oppose candidates,” the Senators wrote.

Indow Windows Garner News Award Nomination

Portland company is a 2012 finalist in Prestigious Edison Awards.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Indow Windows announced today it is a finalist in the energy and sustainability category for the 2012 Edison Best New Product Awards, which honorinnovation and excellence in the development, marketing and launch of new products and services.

The awards are named after inventor Thomas Edison, who registered over one thousand U.S. patents during his lifetime.

Are Cellphone Masts Damaging Our Brains?

Activists say 4G has higher penetration levels into buildings, and “therefore into our bodies”.

(DURBAN, South Africa) - The ultimatum from the teachers at Eldorado Park Senior Secondary School in Joburg was clear: either the planned cellphone mast went, or they did.

For Lionel Billings, it wasn’t a hard decision to make.

First-of-Its Kind Mobile Sensor Technology Revolutionizes Road Maintenance Industry

Industry Leader Vaisala Launches Cross-Country Tour.

(SALEM) - For the first time, road maintenance departments now have the ability to access weather data from their entire networks of roads with mobile sensor technology developed by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental management.

To coincide with the announcement of its Condition Patrol technology, the company is launching Vaisala Across America, a cross-country tour to start February 1 from the company’s U.S. headquarters in Louisville, Colo.

United States Marine Corps Brings Leadership Courses to Wounded Warriors

"Thinking about that day, my injuries was a life changing experience; something bad did not occur but rather something changed. My Marines, my Marine Corps, my family depend on me to represent myself as a MARINES CORPORAL!"
- Corporal Brandon Rumbaugh, USMC, Distinguished Honor Graduate

(BETHESDA, MD) - The Marines and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are bringing leadership courses to wounded warriors.

Merkeley: Caller ID `Spoofing` Must Come to an End

Senator Merkley urges FCC to take action.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today sent a letter to Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski concerning recent reports of fraudulent use of caller ID technology.

Press reports have indicated a dramatic increase of caller ID “spoofing”, or callers that misrepresent themselves on caller IDs.