http://hsdailywire.com Homeland Security News and Information 2008 Homeland Security Daily Wire en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://hsdailywire.com http://hsdailywire.com/ads/WEBLOGO.jpg 144 12 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4978&source=rss Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 U.S. deployed weapons-carrying UAVs to Iraq and Afghanistan; the administration plans to rely more heavily on these systems in hunting down and killing al Qaeda operatives now operating freely in Pakistan's lawless North-West Territories http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4978&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5017&source=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 DHS, Justice, the Pentagon, and the U.S. intelligence community oppose the merger of 3Com and Huawei Technology, arguing it will bolster Chinese military computer network attack operations; the White House plans to issue presidential order which would undermine the law designed to tighten security review of foreign companies, thus allowing the merger to go through http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5017&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5020&source=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 China may be slowly integrating into the global economy, but its massive disregard of intellectual property laws shows that it has yet to internalize important norms of market conduct; and now this: Chinese intelligence is using its considerable assets to engage in industrial spying on behalf of Chinese companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5020&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5035&source=rss Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 IBM is making its largest acquisition ever: It is buying Cognos for $5 billion in cash, hoping to keep pace with rivals in business intelligence software http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5035&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5141&source=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Imperial Capital has been expanding during the past two years, and now it adds considerable sector-specific depth by acquiring boutique investment firm USBX; USBX's analysts bring with them considerable knowledge of four sectors: Security (both commercial and homeland), government IT and business services, technology, and consumer; USBX CEO John Mack to head M&A at Imperial Capital http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5141&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5146&source=rss Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Director-general of MI5 sends letter to 300 British companies warning systems are sustained under attack from Chinese intelligence services; China engages in a systemic campaign to steal Western industrial secrets -- and provide information to Chinese companies about Western companies with which these Chinese companies are doing business http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5146&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5160&source=rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Last year the United States attracted $180 billion in foreign direct investment; U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies employ 5.1 million Americans with a payroll of $336 billion; this translates into annual average worker compensation of $66,042 -- well above the national average; one analyst argues that we should not allow protectionist sentiments and misplaced security concerns disrupt this contribution to the U.S. economy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5160&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5171&source=rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Virginia-based video analytic specialist raises $10 million from Chicago investor http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5171&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5173&source=rss Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Adesta is a versatile and innovative systems integrator specializing in the construction and maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication networks and electronic security systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5173&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5188&source=rss Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The ISE-CCM Homeland Security Index has been listed on the NYSE as the FocusShares ISE-CCM Homeland Security ETF; Exchange-traded funds (or ETFs) are open-ended investment companies that can be traded at any time throughout the course of the day http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5188&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5191&source=rss Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 In 2007, VC investment is expected to top $40 billion at the close of the fourth quarter while the number of deals should reach about 3,884, or similar to levels in 2003. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5191&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5192&source=rss Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Israel leads a group of four countries -- the others are Canada, India, and China -- as a market for high-quality deals; U.S. VCs said the four countries were by far the most "seductive" markets for investments http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5192&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5201&source=rss Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 In first eleven months of 2007, China has attracted $3.18 billion in venture capital, up 78.9 percent from 2006; 428 contracts were signed http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5201&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5205&source=rss Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 More than 300 middle-market homeland security industry executives, investors, and prime defense contractors who are looking to exploit opportunities afforded by the growth in the homeland security and government services market will attend homeland security investors conference http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5205&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5231&source=rss Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 House backs a slimmer version of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) -- but this version is still broader than the one favored by the Senate and White House; TRIA will expire on 31 December unless renewed, and insurance companies, big cities are increasingly anxious http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5231&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5301&source=rss Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The fastest growing segment within the $155 billion consumer electronics industry is consumer security; heightened worries about terrorism, natural disasters, and sophisticated criminals drive this growth, and the growth, in turn, leads many government- and corporate-security companies to consider entering this market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5301&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5307&source=rss Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces more than 489,000 claims for the damage and deaths in the post-Katrina flooding; one claim alone seeks $3 quadrillion in damages, almost all of it for personal injury; this is 3 followed by 15 zeros -- about 250 times the U.S. GDP http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5307&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5308&source=rss Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Dublin-based Airtricity develops and operates wind farms in the United Kingdom, Ireland, continental Europe, and China; Scottish and Southern Energy, eager to have more of a presence in renewable energy, acquires it http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5308&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5313&source=rss Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Banks in Indonesia and India have emerged as the frontrunners in deploying advanced technologies to grow their microfinance businesses; biometric technology is particularly useful in areas with low literacy rates, as customers no longer have to rely upon signatures or filling out documents http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5313&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5315&source=rss Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Melbourne, Florida, is home to two security companies: Communication manufacturer Harris and biometrics specialist Authentec; both companies saw the price of their stock increase by more than 35% in 2007 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5315&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5328&source=rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Deepwater program, aiming to replace aging vessels, is the Coast Guard's largest acquisition program; Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin were awarded to contract, but the agency now charge the two companies with delivering defective boats that do not meet requirements; it wants some of of its money back http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5328&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5333&source=rss Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Advisory group says theft of trade secrets (did somebody say China?), cyber attacks, and home-grown radicalism were among the major 2007 threats to U.S. businesses operating abroad -- and that 2008 will see intensification of these threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5333&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5334&source=rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Stroia, a sixteen-year veteran at Diebold, now leads the company's government security sales organization and event monitoring team; SIA, a 300-member strong trade association, represents electronic and physical security product manufacturers, standard specifiers, and service providers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5334&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5347&source=rss Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Global hunger for inventions and new technologies sparks an explosion in patent applications, threatening to swamp the system responsible for dealing with them; another problem: Massive, systematic Chinese campaign, encouraged by the Chinese government, to steal Western trade secrets and violate intellectual property rules http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5347&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5349&source=rss Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 L-1 continues its expansionthrough-acquisition campaign; the latest acquisition is Candian biometrics specialist Bioscrypt; the acquisition would give L-1 a position in both the biometric physical and logical access control spaces as well as far more exposure to the commercial market than it currently has http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5349&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5376&source=rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Rapid increase in U.S. wind power generation capacity sees 45 percent growth in 2007, injecting $9 billion into U.S. economy; growth of wind power accounts for 30 percent of the entire new power-producing capacity added nationally in 2007 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5376&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5382&source=rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The staggering costs incurred by commercial institutions, governments, and consumers as a result of identity fraud have led to an increased emphasis on secure authentication and identification solutions; this means more opportunities -- but also more obstacles http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5382&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5383&source=rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 New biometric technologies emerge, but fingerprint biometrics is quickly becoming a data security 'must have' across multiple vertical markets as the convenience, power, and versatility of the technology become apparent http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5383&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5392&source=rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 2007 saw U.S. VC funding continue to grow the fourth year in a row; there were 3,813 venture deals totaling $29.4 billion; clean technology, life sciences lead investments http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5392&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5395&source=rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Saudi Chemical Company is first Middle East company to enter global explosives security market; real-time explosives control is becoming a big business, with approximately nine million metric tonnes of explosives moving throughout the global supply-chain annually http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5395&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5405&source=rss Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Since 2004, GE's wind turbine business has grown 500 percent, with its wind business revenues exceeding $4 billion in 2007; half of all wind turbines sold in the United States since 2005 were manufactured by GE http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5405&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5408&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 China is becoming the driver of the world's science, technology, and economy; the U.S.'s persistent failure to encourage and support the training of scientists and engineers in sufficient numbers, at the same time that post-9/11 immigration barriers prevent non-American scientists and engineers from filling the gap, has caused the United States to fall further behind China; if the EU were considered one entity instead of 27 separate countries, it, too, would surpass the United States http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5408&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5423&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Beginning Thursday, U.S. and Canadian citizens crossing the border between the two countries will have to show a passport, passport card, or enhanced driver’s license before allowing to cross; business leaders worry this will have a chilling effect on local economies along the border http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5423&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5424&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 GAO says that Customs and Border Protection made important steps forward toward the effective implementation and operation of CSI, DHS’s major container security initiatives -- for example, CSI is now operating in 58 foreign seaports, thus having 86 percent of all U.S.-bound cargo containers pass through CSI seaports – but much remains to be done http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5424&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5427&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Market anxiety and worries about recession notwithstanding, U.S. defense companies are doing fine -- and expect to be doing fine in the coming year; an analyst says that the defense industry is "a pillar of stability compared to the turbulent markets in other industries" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5427&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5428&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Government watchdog organizations say the cost of the war in Iraq has ballooned, in part, because of the dearth of trained acquisition professionals assigned to the theater and the failure of federal agencies to establish a uniform set of procurement policy guidelines http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5428&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5433&source=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The $169 million PayPal paid for Israeli on-line security specialist Fraud Sciences is part of a larger trend in security: "Security is less a matter of keeping everyone outside the outer wall and more one of detecting them sneaking through the premises," as one analyst put it http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5433&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5439&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Avian flu continues to reap its grim toll in Indonesia, with the country recording its 100 death from the disease; as more and more manufacturing jobs move to low-labor-costs countries such as Indonesia, the spread of H5N1 is cause of economic concern in the developed economies, not only human concern http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5439&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5440&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Massachusetts-based American Superconductor signed a contract to to develop and install new electrical power-grid technology in New York City which would enable Con Edison better to handle power surges and interruptions caused by accidents, weather or terrorist attacks; after government agencies' squabble, and congressional examination of the contract, DHS tells company to go forward http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5440&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5441&source=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Intel will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates; company said it hoped the record-setting purchase would help stimulate the market for green power http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5441&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5443&source=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Software Systems Engineering Initiative (SSEI) aims to reduce the cost and speed up production of the software; the government has identified such software as "the critical enabling technology" for modern platforms; BAE's Military Air Solutions will lead a consortium to manage the project http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5443&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5447&source=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 RFID tags are everywhere -- on boxed goods, in some computer printers, car keys and tires, on shampoo bottles and department store clothing tags; they are also in library books, contactless payment cards, passports, and travel documents; they introduce efficiency and security to the supply chain, but also allow companies and organizations to track the behavior and shopping patterns of individuals http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5447&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5452&source=rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 One key security upgrade which resulted from the 9/11 attacks has been the installation of impregnable cockpit doors; locked doors means that the pilots need other means to monitor area right outside the cockpit -- and airBaltic chooses AD Aerospace's gear for that http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5452&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5453&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 VCs continue to show interest in biometric technologies; Series C funds will support customer-centric deployments of multispectral imaging fingerprint systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5453&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5454&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 CCAT is seeking funding applications for technologies which support the smart unmanned ground robotics initiative; technologies of interest to the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC); and force health protection http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5454&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5455&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The sum of the world’s total wind energy installations has increased by 27 percent to reach over 94 GW by the end of 2007; the global wind market is estimated to be worth about €25 billion or $36 billion per year in new generating equipment http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5455&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5457&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Forget ski masks and machine guns: Savvy Swedish bank robbers stealthily placed an electronic device under the desk of a bank employee; the device gave instructions to the computer atop the desk to transfer millions of dollars from bank deposits to an account the robbers had set up http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5457&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5460&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Israeli smart-fencing company receives contracts from several U.S. critical infrastructure operators; recent developments along the Gaza-Stip-Egypt border offer Magal new opportunities http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5460&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5463&source=rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Depending on the assumption we bring to the issue, additional 36 billion barrels of oil and 137 trillion cubic feet of natural gas would be added over current reserve estimates; this would result in limiting oil imports and increase America's energy security; but -- and this is an important "but" -- many assumptions must hold for this to be the case http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5463&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5472&source=rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Yes, many cyber crimes are covered -- if implicitly -- by current insurance policies under clauses such as fraud and dishonesty (for data sabotage), theft (sensitive data removal), general property terms (disclosed personal data), etc.; still, small companies which rely on outside vendors would be advised to demand policies which are more explicit in their coverage of cyber crime http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5472&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5499&source=rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS's Custom and Border Protection agency says that Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program made major contributions to U.S. security in 2007 by keeping a close eye on the supply chain bringing goods into the U.S. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5499&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5503&source=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5503&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5505&source=rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Inspectors clear Chinese dumpling facility of deliberately poisoning food exported to Japan; Chinese now blame nationalist activists opposed to improving Chinese-Japanese relations http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5505&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5506&source=rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 India is worried about China's growing military might; Indian companies see an opportunity here, and more and more of them are looking to enter the defense market -- with U.S. companies as partners; the U.S. government, too, is intensifying its defense cooperation with India http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5506&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5523&source=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Spanish oil company signs up a leading Norwegian engineering company to do infrastructure work for to oil exploration projects off the east coast of Spain http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5523&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5526&source=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Chinese government has embarked on a massive industrial espionage campaign aimed to hasten China's rise to global technological and economic dominance while at the same time weakening Western companies; Aussie intelligence says Australia is now also a target of that campaign http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5526&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5546&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The tidal farm scheme would be capable of generating 10.5 MW of power drawn entirely from the sea’s major tidal currents; project will be built off the north-west coast of Anglesey, north Wales http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5546&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5562&source=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The textual analysis technique can be used to identify language patterns in management communications which are inconsistent with either the company’s financial performance or with the communications of other companies in the same industry, indicating fraud http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5562&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5568&source=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Aussie biometric company finds success in the United Kingdom, with recent order from Wales bringing to company's U.K. orders to more than $1 million; company still awaits similar recognition at home in Australia http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5568&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5570&source=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Lockheed Martin built and maintains the FBI's current ten-fingerprint database, so it was expected to win the contract for the agency's new database -- and it did; contract potential value is $1 billion http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5570&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5574&source=rss Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Australian specialist in wave energy to build three platforms off the coast of Maui; project aims to provide up to 2.7 megawatts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5574&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5595&source=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Bain Capital and a Chinese partner wanted to buy 3Com for $2.2 billion; 3Com's TippingPoint unit sells security software used by U.S. government agencies, and persistent questions were raised over the national security ramifications of the deal; Bain and Huawei Technologies have now withdrawn their application to CFIUS http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5595&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5625&source=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The market for integrated smart cards and biometric products earned $249.1 million in 2007 and is expected to reach $822.2 million by 2013; market driven by growing interest in national biometric IDs; market grew in 2006 by 55.2 percent, despite many of the national ID projects not operating at full scale http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5625&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5626&source=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Pay by Touch came to market with a big splash; its system was installed in more than 700 U.S. retail locations; its biometrics and personalized marketing businesses, however, lost $137 million last year on only $600,000 in revenue; it sought buyers, but there were no satisfactory offers, so it is planning to auction off its assets http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5626&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5642&source=rss Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 New survey shows the 3.6 million U.S. adults lost an average $886 each to phishing schemes, totaling in $3.2 billion loss; the good news: More victims were able to recover some of their losses relative to previous years; phishing and malware attacks will continue to increase through 2009 because it is still a lucrative business for the perpetrators http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5642&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5669&source=rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 VCs investment in clean tech in 2007 increased 43 percent over similar investments in 2006; U.S.-based companies received $2.52 billion, or 83 percent of the total, in 159 clean-tech deals http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5669&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5670&source=rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Israeli electric car venture raises $200 million in first round financing -- the largest single recipient of VC cleantech funding in 2007; total VC 2007 investment in cleantech: More than $3 billion http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5670&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5673&source=rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 A big loss for Boeing, as its European rivals win a $35 billion U.S. Air Force tanker deal; Boeing may have paid the price for the tanker contract it had in 2003, but which was annulled after revelations of procurement fraud; Boeing paid a record $615 million settlement to the government http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5673&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5675&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Video surveillance is a growing market, and Bosch moves in by acquiring Canadian specialist in infrared illuminators http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5675&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5676&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The company has more than four decades of experience in radiation measurements of all kinds; the Falcon 5000, a portable radionuclide identifier for first responders, determines whether there is a radiation source present, the location of that source, and which isotopes are emitting the radiation http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5676&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5680&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The company has more than four decades of experience in radiation measurements of all kinds; the Falcon 5000, a portable radionuclide identifier for first responders, determines whether there is a radiation source present, the location of that source, and which isotopes are emitting the radiation http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5680&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5682&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 About $72 billion in drugs and active ingredients were imported into the U.S. in 2006; the FDA that year spent a mere $12.75 million inspecting foreign production plants; between 3,250 and 6,800 non-U.S. plants export drugs and drug ingredients to the U.S. (the FDA's two main databases each gives a different figure), and are thus subject to FDA inspection; in the last five years the agency has conducted only 1,445 foreign inspections; main reason: In the face of growing drug and food imports, the Bush administration steadily cut the agency's budget and resources since 2001 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5682&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5683&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The shared goal of both the United States and the United Kingdom is safeguarding our citizens and the security of key national assets. Our governments are working collaboratively and have long recognized the need to work closely on science and technologies for security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5683&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5684&source=rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Using food crops such as corn to produce fuel may not be such a good idea after all, as the contribution to pushing up the price of corn-based fuel would likely be greater than the contribution to reduce oil dependence or clean up the environment; two companies offer a way out http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5684&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5685&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 A new Moody’s service aims to create the security world’s equivalent of Aaa to C ratings, replacing the need for companies to do individual vendor assessments; it would only work if enough companies sign up http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5685&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5688&source=rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Good news for Qinetiq: the Ministry of Defense signed a £951 million contract with the company, part of a contract values at £5.6 billion over 25 years; company has already been paid £964 million for the 2003-9 period http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5688&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5690&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Mobile phones can be part of the banks’ security to prevent terrorist financing through fraud, but it can also be a direct tool in the pursuit of homeland security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5690&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5700&source=rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Ever since the 2006 Dubai Ports World's takeover of management operations in major U.S. seaports, Congress has shown increasing irritation with attempts by foreign companies to own U.S. critical infrastructure assets; there is a growing resistance in Congress to U.K.-based TCI to take control of rail operator CSX http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5700&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5701&source=rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The new status will allow private aircraft coming into the United States from foreign countries to fly directly to the airport and clear customs; boon to local businesses http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5701&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5704&source=rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Singapore suffers increasing water shortages; the country's Public Utility Board (PUB) has joined with two specialists in the field in a joint development of wastewater reclamation technologies using separation membranes http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5704&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5718&source=rss Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 United Technologies manufactures plane engines (Pratt & Whitney), helicopters (Sikorsky), and elevators (Otis); it wants to expand into the electronic security market by buying Diebold, one of the field’s largest players http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5718&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5741&source=rss Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 In an effort to accelerate the development of fuel cells, two companies form a JV to target the light industrial, commercial, and residential markets in the United Kingdom and Ireland http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5741&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5755&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 In February Hallmark/Westland Meat was forced to recall 143 million pounds of meat -- the largest recall in U.S. history -- after it was revealed that the company processed cows which were potentially sick; a week after the recall, the company went out of business; company's president admits company was at fault http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5755&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5760&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 As more organizations turn to biometric technology to help them perform their missions, they show interest in a variety of technologies -- vein architecture, retinal scan, facial recognition, and more; these are good times for innovative biometric companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5760&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5790&source=rss Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The globalization of food supply is a two-way street: More and more Western food companies sell their products in the growing Indian market; rising standard of living and working mothers drive the demand for pre-packaged and pre-prepared food, but local culinary preferences, and government bureaucratic practices, die hard http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5790&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5794&source=rss Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 ICx Technologies has expanded its menu of security offerings through the strtageic acquisiton of 17 companies and the formation of two others since its founding in 2003 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5794&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5805&source=rss Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 UDT licenses spore detection technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and commercializes it; UDT developed a real-time continuous detection device capable of identifying abnormal levels of bacterial spores in the air, which is signature of a possible anthrax attack http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5805&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5818&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Orlando biometrics company claims its lead investor reneged on as much as $3 million of the firm's $11 million loan commitment; late last week this investor announced plans to become the lead financier for Sequiam's rival http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5818&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5819&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The fingerprinting/biometrics segment will reach $940 million in 2008 and $2.1 billion by 2013; next five years will be a boon to forensic technologies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5819&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5820&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Pay By Touch came to market with much fanfare, offering to process biometric transactions for merchants; things did not work as planned, and company discontinues service http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5820&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5822&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Non-American companies exporting food to the United States must comply with the strictures of the 2002 BioTerrorism Act; for a Victoria, Canada, chocolate factory this meant prohibiting school kids from touring the factory http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5822&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5824&source=rss Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The United Kingdom is a preferred market for security companies: It has a global financial center in the City of London, years of experience in dealing with terrorism threats to its infrastructure, and has therefore reacted and developed accordingly with sophistication and expertise in the sector http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5824&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5840&source=rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Cargill will partner with AQSIQ to provide Chinese government officials, academics, and business leaders with food safety training to expand their knowledge in food safety management http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5840&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5847&source=rss Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 ICx Technologies has been largely built through the far-sighted and strategic acquisition of seventeen companies and the formation of two others since it was founded in 2003; the successful management of this growth has positioned the company as a technology leader in the detection and surveillance fields; 2007 was the company's most successful year ever http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5847&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5860&source=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Southern California Edison, largest utility in California, will place 250 MW of photovoltaic generators on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern California commercial buildings http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5860&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5861&source=rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0500 There are serious questions about the security of Boiling-Water Reactor (BWR) design and construction, questions which Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR) design was supposed to answer; not everyone is convinced; NRG Energy, Toshiba to promote and build ABWRs in the United States http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5861&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5878&source=rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Spain is generating more and more of its energy from wind -- and Spanish company applies for permits to open six off-shore wind farms which, in the aggregate, will generate 3,000 MW http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5878&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5881&source=rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Spain is generating more and more of its energy from wind -- and Spanish company applies for permits to open six off-shore wind farms which, in the aggregate, will generate 3,000 MW http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5881&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5891&source=rss Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0500 CoreStreet's Card-Connected technology creates a system of stand-alone electronic locks and physical access control systems which communicate by reading and writing digitally signed data (privileges and logs) to and from smart cards; card holders thus become an extension of the physical access network in which cards, rather than of wires, carry information to and from the standalone locks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5891&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5894&source=rss Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0500 CoreStreet's Card-Connected technology creates a system of stand-alone electronic locks and physical access control systems which communicate by reading and writing digitally signed data (privileges and logs) to and from smart cards; card holders thus become an extension of the physical access network in which cards, rather than of wires, carry information to and from the standalone locks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5894&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5934&source=rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 In the last five years the U.K. government has been vigorously promoting the idea of a U.K. nuclear power revival; John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform explains the government's policy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5934&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5935&source=rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 VC hopes to capitalize on an increasingly scarce resource http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5935&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5941&source=rss Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Large U.K. defense contractor acquires specialist in cellular telecommunications for the law enforcement and national security markets http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5941&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5964&source=rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Robert LaPenta's L-1 has been steadily, methodically pursuing an acquisition campaign which would make the company an identification authentication superpower; latest acquisitions: Bioscrypt and the ID systems business of Digimarc http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5964&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5965&source=rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Cairo Amman Bank, the fastest growing retail bank in Jordan, will deploy U.K. company's iris recognition technology in its seventy branches in the Middle East http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5965&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5975&source=rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 ADT, a division of Tyco, is acquiring FirstService Security, a commercial security systems integrator providing a full range of integrated security systems services http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5975&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5991&source=rss Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Renewable energy in Spain: Iberdola Renewables, one of Spain's largest alternative energy companies, forms a joint venture with an Aragón bank to develop clean energy installations in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5991&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5992&source=rss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Irish renewable energy company buys controlling interest in SES; SES is developing two of the world's largest solar generating projects in the Imperial Valley and Mojave Desert http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5992&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6019&source=rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The U.S. Treausry Department has proposed new rules to govern foreign investment in U.S. critical infrastructure assets; business and industry groups welcom new rules http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6019&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6029&source=rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Boeing's Project 28 -- showcasing advanced technologies to be used in making U.S. borders more secure -- was hobbled from the start by technological glitches and delays; it delivered much less than what was promised, and DHS decides to scrap it http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6029&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6037&source=rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:35:30 -0400 High corn prices have driven California-based biofuel specialist Amyris to join with a Brazilian company to produce sugarcane-based diesel http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6037&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6105&source=rss Fri, 09 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Clearwire, Sprint Nextel to form $14.55 billion wireless company which will deploy WiMAX networks across the United States; WiMAX's speed dwarfs current wireless technologies, holding the potential of rendering cable and phone line Internet obsolete http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6105&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6125&source=rss Wed, 14 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 In the past decade, Intel has invested $1 billion worldwide to improve education; today, Intel invests more than $100 million annually to promote education and technological literacy around the world http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6125&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6139&source=rss Thu, 15 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Intercell will expand late stage product pipeline and strengthen position in vaccine market; immunostimulant vaccine patch enhances the immune response compared to injected pandemic influenza vaccines; if tests prove successful, it would have the effect of expanding limited vaccine supplies by allowing public health officials to use fewer or lower doses of the vaccine http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6139&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6143&source=rss Fri, 16 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Tyco sells its radio frequency components and subsystem business to Cobham Defense Electronic Systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6143&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6150&source=rss Fri, 16 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Tyco sells its radio frequency components and subsystem business to Cobham Defense Electronic Systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6150&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6151&source=rss Fri, 16 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Tyco sells its radio frequency components and subsystem business to Cobham Defense Electronic Systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6151&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6153&source=rss Tue, 20 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Verizon, AT&T win contracts worth nearly $1 billion to provide DHS with IP and security services as well as emergency communication services http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6153&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6162&source=rss Tue, 20 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Environmentalists and immigration rights advocates have been in the forefront of the fight against the U.S.-Mexico border fence project; now, a coalition of business owners and small towns along the border has joined the battle http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6162&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6191&source=rss Fri, 23 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 A new trend is afoot: camps for entrepreneurs; organizers and participants say that in these camps people to mix ideas more freely than traditional conferences http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6191&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6201&source=rss Tue, 27 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Precise strengthens its already-strong position in Middle Eastern biometric markets by signing a contract to supply its200 MC combined fingerprint and smart card readers to an unnamed government http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6201&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6216&source=rss Thu, 29 May 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Specialists in penetration testing take six hours to hack the FBI; hacking the networks of Fortune 500 companies takes much less time; even companies which have been Sarbanes-Oxley compliant for several years have been hacked within twenty minutes, with the hackers taking control of the business; these hackers proved they could actively change general ledgers and do other critical tasks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6216&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6251&source=rss Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Company's sales of $24.6 million and profit, excluding some costs, of 16 cents share exceeded the consensus forecast for $23 million and 9 cents, and profit more than doubled from the same period a year earlier http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6251&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6265&source=rss Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 ASIS 2008: The 54th edition of the key security industry show; Williams: "The opportunity to meet with your trusted peers on a regular basis is critical in this field. It's helpful professionally. It's helpful personally" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6265&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6272&source=rss Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Billions of dollars are pouring into biodefense vaccines and treatments; do companies engaged in developing such vaccines and treatment offer attractive investment opportunities? The answer is a qualified "Yes" to this specific question -- but a more resounding "Yes" when these companies' other research and development endeavors are taken into consideration http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6272&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6279&source=rss Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 More and more investors are moving into the German solar energy sector; sector employment should grow from 41,000 jobs last year to around 110,000 by 2020 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6279&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6285&source=rss Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Renewed interest in nuclear power increases new investments and expenditures for uranium exploration more than 254 percent over the two-year period from 2004 to 2006; new report says supply sufficient for next century http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6285&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6293&source=rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 More questions about airline safety: Not only do many U.S. airlines have maintenance work on their planes done by abroad in shops which are not properly inspected by the FAA -- many also buy spare parts on-line from suplliers not inspected ar approved by the FAA; some airlines buy spare parts on Craigslist http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6293&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6301&source=rss Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Baxter's cell-based vaccine appears to work better than more traditional egg-based ones; tests show promise at low doses http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6301&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6307&source=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The Transportation Security Administration awards Smiths Detection a $25 million follow-on contract for the company's Advanced Threat Identification X-Ray (aTiX) systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6307&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6309&source=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 WiMAX has so far failed to deliver on the promise inerent in it; six WiMAX big hitters create a patent alliance which will allow for quicker and smoother adoption of the technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6309&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6333&source=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Biometrics market shows a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.3 percent; fingerprint biometrics still leads the pack, with face recognition following http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6333&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6335&source=rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 As interest in less-lethal and tactical munitions grows, the acquisition of specialty arms manufacturer by a leading branded munitions maker would allow both to pursue new market opportunities more aggressively http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6335&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6357&source=rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Billions of dollars are being spent on finding vaccines and treatments for possible bioterror attacks; investment analyst says that these billions of dollars in government spending notwithstanding, when considering an investment in a company doing R&D in the bioterror field, you should consider its non-terror-related biotechnology efforts, and the quality of its management team http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6357&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6358&source=rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Most business continuity plans fail to take into consideration the fact that in the aftermath of a disruption, organizations may have to handle large volumes of telephone calls from a variety of sources including http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6358&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6376&source=rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Greater reliability and convenience make a case for RFID and biometric security solutions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6376&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6384&source=rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Growth in government's need for technology sees Washington, D.C. becoming the U.S. No. 2 cyber city by high-tech employment; 132 of every 1,000 private sector workers work in high-tech http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6384&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6386&source=rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:35:30 -0400 L-1 Identity Solutions' Robert LaPenta says allowing French company Safran, which is 30 percent owned by the French government, to acquire U.S. ID card maker Digimarc would compromise security of U.S. citizens' personal information http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6386&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6397&source=rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Identica champions one of the newest biometric technologies: Vascular pattern recognition, also referred to as vein pattern authentication; the technology offers several advantages over current biometric measures http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6397&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6414&source=rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 BAE acquires versatile Aussie defense company; the acquisition grows BAE Australia significantly, taking the number of employees to more than 5,500 and current annual sales in excess of A$1.2 billion http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6414&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6422&source=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Congress's supplemental war-time bill, which President George Bush recently signed, includes nearly $185 million for Northrop Grumman's Joint STARS combat surveillance aircraft program http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6422&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6427&source=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Five big technology hitters create a new organization aiming to address complex, multi-product, multi-vendor security threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6427&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6429&source=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Five big technology hitters create a new organization aiming to address complex, multi-product, multi-vendor security threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6429&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6430&source=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Palm vein architecture biometric technology is wide-spread in Asia, especially in Japan, where many banks use it in their ATMs; one reason for the popularity of the system in Japan is the stronger association made in Japanese culture between fingerprinting and criminality; Fujitsu believes other reasons -- the fact, for example, that fingerprinting is not suitable for about 8 percent of the population -- offer opportunities in the U.S. for its technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6430&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6431&source=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Warwick Warp has developed innovative technology in biometrics which dramatically improves the accuracy and speed of recognition of fingerprints; VCs are intrigued http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6431&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6437&source=rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Legislators uncomfortable with French company Safran acquiring U.S. ID maker Digimarc; they want CFIUS to take a very close look at the sale and its consequences for U.S. citizens' security and privacy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6437&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6441&source=rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 L-1 contracted to sell its hand-held detection device, identifying individuals via iris, finger, and face biometrics in a mobile situation, to unnamed U.S. government agencies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6441&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6446&source=rss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Network of PIN codes' thieves nets millions of dollars; hackers are targeting the ATM system's infrastructure, which is increasingly built on Microsoft's Windows operating system and allows machines to be remotely diagnosed and repaired over the Internet http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6446&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6452&source=rss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 TSA does not select Unisys for Phase 2 of procurement for the Information Technology Infrastructure Program; the contract was worth about $225 million a year in revenue to Unisys http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6452&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6453&source=rss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Customs and Border Protection plans to improve trade facilitation, but enforcement could increase costs http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6453&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6457&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 A slew of U.S. government programs -- US VISIT, the Real ID Act, TWIC, the FBI's next-generation database, and many more -- depend on biometric technology; the estimated value of potential contracts to implement federal identity-solutions programs has more than doubled since 2006, rising from $890 million to $2 billion this year; biometric companies fiercely compete -- and lobby -- for contracts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6457&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6458&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Five companies are in the lead in the competition for a share of the U.S. government biometric market; they have plowed money -- a lot of money -- into their lobbying activities, and some hope to strengthen their hand by hiring former administration officials http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6458&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6459&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 New study shows that data leaks are becoming a leading source of headaches for U.S., U.K., German, and Japanese companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6459&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6463&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Swedish fingerprint specialist expands its presence in China with a SEK12 million (about GBP1 million) order http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6463&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6464&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The Malaysian government has renewed its contract with Unisys Malaysia to continue work on the national ID card (MyKad) http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6464&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6465&source=rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Walter Hamilton, chairman of the Board of Directors of IBIA, talks about different biometric technologies, new and innovative biometric approaches, the role of biometric in security and commerce, biometrics in the theater of battle, and more http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6465&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6471&source=rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The Verification Station from the Santa Ana, California-based company wins Buildings Magazine 2008 award; "Finally...a high-end, cost-effective biometric system for more stringent security needs," the magazine's editors explain http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6471&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6481&source=rss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Digital DNA fingerprinting technology launched to improve IT security and reduce ID theft and fraud for the U.K. banking industry http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6481&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6482&source=rss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 French IT services company missed out on the U.K. e-Borders contract, and has also failed to win a framework contract as part of the procurement for the U.K. national ID card scheme, but it finds consolation in winning the contract to manage the development and rollout of the biometric passport system in France http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6482&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6502&source=rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 the Security Network, a non-profit industry body, declares BRS's BioLock+ the "Most Innovative Security Product" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6502&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6504&source=rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Can biometrics make banking more secure? Perhaps this will: New system allows customers to designate one finger as 'panic finger": swipe the said digit across the scanner and the transaction will appear to go through as normal even as the bank is alerted that something fishy is going on http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6504&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6505&source=rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Survey shows that bank customers are worried that PINs, passwords, and security questions may not be the most viable ways of identifying individuals when it comes to accessing their details; researchers say voice biometrics is the solution http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6505&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6507&source=rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Card is designed to read encrypted biometric data, such as a digital fingerprint, perform the match to the card holder, and perform an active card authentication across a contactless interface http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6507&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6518&source=rss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Fourteen Busy Bees children's nurseries install biometric access control from UK Biometric; access control will allow entry only to parents and care-givers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6518&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6521&source=rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 U.S. investment group and German energy company forms partnership to construct one of the North Sea's largest wind farms http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6521&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6523&source=rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Ashland acquires Hercules, and Dow announces its plans to acquire Rohm and Haas; Ashland values Hercules at $3.3 billion; Dow is willing to pay $18.8 billion for Rohm and Haas http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6523&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6528&source=rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Purchase puts integrator on the biometrics fast track, enabling it to compete with some of the largest systems integrators in the government market for opportunities with the Defense Department http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6528&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6537&source=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 To meet growing demand for its Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) systems, Smiths Detection opens a 4,000 m2 production facility in Wiesbaden, Germany http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6537&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6539&source=rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Rolls-Royce estimates worldwide civil nuclear power market could be worth £50 billion a year in fifteen years time; company wants a piece of the action http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6539&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6554&source=rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Motorola's Biometrics Business Unit has more than 300 customers in 40 countries; Robert Horton, director of Portfolio Management & Strategy, Biometrics Business Unit, Motorola, expects an increased number of deployments incorporating Motorola's multi-modal and Mobile ID functionality with seamless mobility http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6554&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6555&source=rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 John Petze, CEO of Privaris, about the plusID: "The security system wants proof of identity. Wouldn't it be possible to satisfy that demand with something that can be carried on the person? Well, it is possible." http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6555&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6560&source=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 There is a growing demand in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand for midsize nuclear reactors; Hitachi and GE respond http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6560&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6568&source=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Over the next five years, systems with multitechnology, multivendor capabilities will drive adoption in both public- and private-sector applications, ABI said http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6568&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6571&source=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Irish, Israeli companies develop new simulation tool which immerse trainees in a scene which has been designed for them; new tool will help first responders and law enforcement familiarize themselves with situations before they occur http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6571&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6575&source=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Biometrics conference held today in South Africa highlights a little-known fact: South Africa is an international leader in its application of biometric technology solutions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6575&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6576&source=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The U.S. government controls the export of biometric hardware, software, and technologies; U.S. biometric companies would be wise to comply with the various control regulations http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6576&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6577&source=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 BAE's acquisition of Detica, a company with a large portfolio of British civil IT contracts, exemplifies the EU policy of encouraging military firms to use their knowledge of homeland security; civil libertarians are worried http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6577&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6581&source=rss Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Nanavati: "If you're going to be a really effective integrator, you need to know a technology as well as the people who developed the technology" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6581&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6587&source=rss Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Athlone Global Security completes new round of investment in DefenSoft, a simulation specialist http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6587&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6595&source=rss Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Congress mandates that port security equipment purchased with DHS grants must be produced in the United States; DHS argues that if better equipment is produced by non-U.S. company, it should be allowed to buy it; the debate intensifies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6595&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6596&source=rss Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Researchers find widespread security flaws in online banking Web sites; these design flaws are not bugs that can be fixed with a patch; rather, they stem from the flow and the layout of these Web sites http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6596&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6604&source=rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The German federal government plans to introduce an electronic ID card similar to the electronic passport already in use; for the industry, the device will create a significant additional business http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6604&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6605&source=rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Illinois firm teams up with a Texas partner to offer fingerprint biometric products to the various departments in the Texas state government http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6605&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6607&source=rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Security and network operations are becoming increasingly complex. Large enterprises have multiple firewalls spread across different time zones and business units and are also required to comply with stringent regulatory requirements; Tuffin Technology offers management solutions to help businesses cope http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6607&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6613&source=rss Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The U.S. military signed a $285 million deal to by up to 3,000 Negotiators -- robots that can securely handle IEDs; iRobot filed charges against the recipient of the conteract, a former company engineer, claiming he stole the design from the company; iRobot won the case -- and the rights to the Negotiator http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6613&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6630&source=rss Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 On Tuesday the Justice Department announced the indictment of eleven people for stealing and selling more than 40 million credit card and debit card numbers; watchgroups say this is evidence, if one were needed, that federal laws governing debit cards should be tougher -- and more uniform http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6630&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6649&source=rss Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The acquisition will boost QRSciences' product offering of security related applications including the detection of explosives and narcotics, metal detection and imaging http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6649&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6678&source=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Accenture is the prime contractor for US VISIT, and has been busy upgrading biometric readers from two fingers to ten; DHS extends company contract http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6678&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6692&source=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6692&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6697&source=rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Canadian food processing giant struggles to maintain health and safety standards while coping with financial difficulties http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6697&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6703&source=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 TSA inspector at O'Hare used an air temperature probe attached to the exterior of seven unattended American Eagles to hoist himself onto nearby jet bridges and access the planes; sensitive devices had to be recalibrated, resulting in delays http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6703&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6707&source=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 TSA suspended Verified Identity Pass (VIP) from the Registered Traveler program because one of VIP's computer, containing the personal details of 33,000 customers who had registered for the program; the lap top was found, and TSA reinstated VIP; Priva technologies, locked in a legal battle with VIP over trademarks, is unhappy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6707&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6710&source=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 ETG is a privately held and highly specialized company providing computer network operations and computer forensics; in acquiring it, ManTech signals its intent to expand further into the cybersecurity counter-terrorism technology support market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6710&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6712&source=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Technology companies have often been criticized for assisting governments in what many see as unwarranted intrusion, most notably in China; such criticism notwithstanding, these companies find rich business opportunities in the growing surveillance market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6712&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6717&source=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Founded in 2000, Daon initially looked at selling biometrics to the financial industry as a way for people to make secure purchases; then 9/11 happened http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6717&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6730&source=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Criminal ring steals personal data of more than 50 million individuals -- including Taiwan's current and former presidents, and the current Taiwanese chief of police http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6730&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6738&source=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Sprint Nextel invested $59 million in network preparations in coastal communities; bolstering preparations aimed to help both customers and first responders http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6738&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6743&source=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Over the past few years biometric technology has developed from a new technology used in a narrow band of closed environment applications to a useful, practical, fit-for-purpose tool used across a range of industries and in a wide variety of applications http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6743&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6744&source=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Biometrics and security solutions provider sees a 73 percent hike in profits during the first six months of 2008 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6744&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6746&source=rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 South African, Israeli companies collaborate on offering voice recognition security solution for e-commerce applications http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6746&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6756&source=rss Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 EU gives European companies $9 million in U.S. money to develop advanced cryptography for interoperable fingerprint biometric solutions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6756&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6768&source=rss Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Security makes up 10 percent of overall IT operating budgets in 2008, up from 8 percent in 2007; trend to continue http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6768&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6775&source=rss Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 A recent study says that private security service demand in the United States will rise 4.7 percent annually through 2012 based on high perceived risks of crime and low expectations of public safety help; a small West Virginia security company benefits from this trend http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6775&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6777&source=rss Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 New York State awarded M/A Com a contract for building the infrastructure for the statewide wireless network for first responders; the contract was to be completed by December 2006; state comptroller office, citing the delay and nearly 20 other deficiencies, gives company 45 days to fix problem or see its contract revoked http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6777&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6782&source=rss Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Information security concerns propel market for software products, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6782&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6786&source=rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency's Encore II is a $12 billion program to protect U.S. military communication; BAE was awarded part of the contract http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6786&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6788&source=rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 AeroVironment reports its first quarterly earnings numbers for fiscal 2009 today; the tiny UAV company has proven its competitiveness over bigger hitters in its, well, airspace http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6788&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6790&source=rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 As federal, state, and municipal governments justifiably look to the private sector to help rebuild the aging U.S. infrastructure, they must make sure that the public interest in affordable and accessible infrastructure does not take a back seat http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6790&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6792&source=rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Any required labor-market test must facilitate extraordinary alacrity; delays of years, months, or even weeks are unacceptable; similarly, H-1B workers should be paid the same wage as their U.S. counterparts: The H-1B program should not be a means by which "cheap foreign labor" is imported http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6792&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6793&source=rss Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Many large companies, especially those in the financial services, utilities, and telecommunications industries, have cut their technology budgets this year because of the economic slowdown http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6793&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6795&source=rss Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 KFC plans to modernize its Louisville headquarters; the company's top secret -- the fried chicken recipe hand-written by Colonel Harlan Sanders -- will be moved next week to a secure, undisclosed location in a military-like operation http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6795&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6796&source=rss Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Lufthansa will deploy Smiths Detection's 500DT trace explosives detectors in all of its eighteen U.S. airport locations; the 500DT was recently placed on the TSA Qualified Products List http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6796&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6820&source=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 System x Vault protects data when a server's hard drive is disposed or stolen, without affecting server performance http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6820&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6822&source=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 For the technology sector, it may be a case of good news now and so-so news later; one wild card for the tech sector is the poor health of the nation's banks and other financial-services companies, which account for about 18 percent of the U.S. technology market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6822&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6830&source=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Two companies quietly shopping new motorist tracking options to prospective state and local government clients; goal is to create a nation-wide car tracking system in the United States by using existing and newly installed red light cameras and speed cameras http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6830&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6831&source=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Developer of finger-print biometrics will offer a whole-hand sensor; new system designed to read multiple characteristics of the hand through the use of multispectral technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6831&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6834&source=rss Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Lab tests in Hong Kong find that Chinese company's dairy offerings, including milk, ice cream, and yogurt, were contaminated with melamine -- an organic base usually found in plastics and resins, and banned in food http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6834&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6837&source=rss Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The two companies, saying that existing U.S. infrastructure has not kept pace with the digital economy and the hundreds of technology opportunities that are ready for market, will focus on improving power generation, transmission, and distribution of energy; http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6837&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6857&source=rss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Paladin Capital Group closes its third fund, Paladin III L.P., with equity commitments of $340 million; Paladin, a leader in homeland security investing, has more than $980 million under management across multiple funds and thirty-one portfolio companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6857&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6858&source=rss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The U.S. managed security services market was valued at approximately $1.3 billion in 2007, an increase of 19.6 percent over 2006; IDC says this figure will increase to $2.8 billion by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 17.2 percent http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6858&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6859&source=rss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 The U.S. infrastructure is often described as "aging" or "crumbling"; in india they refer to the country's "ramshackle infrastructure"; the Indian government, as part of a move to have $500 billion invested in improving the country's infrastructure, eases borrowing rule, allowing Indian companies involved in infrastructure improvement to borrow more money abroad http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6859&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6866&source=rss Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 New biometric technologies must make a compelling business case why business should adopt them over much-improved existing technologies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6866&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6867&source=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Next-generation enterprise biometric solutions will evolve toward being able to work both with centralized, distributed as well as mobile devices, such as smartcards or contractless smartcards http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6867&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6874&source=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Cameron County, Texas, must decide which option is more beneficial to it: DHS's fence plan which the county does not like, but which will see $37 million in contracts go to local businesses, or resubmitting the county's alternative fence plan, which DHS had already rejected, exploiting the fact that DHS has postponed the 31 December fence deadline http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6874&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6876&source=rss Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Twenty-two Chinese dairies used industrial additive melamine in their products; 54,000 Chinese babies were sickened, 4 died, and more than 10,000 are still hospitalized; 27-nation EU bans baby food with Chinese milk http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6876&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6877&source=rss Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 In an effort to limit the contamination of drinking water with pharmaceuticals, California launches "No Drugs Down the Drain Week" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6877&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6881&source=rss Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 There is a boon in government use of biometrics, but the commercial sector is still waiting for the trickle down effect, say Biometric Consortium Conference attendees http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6881&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6896&source=rss Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Washington State has one of the nation;s toughest anti-spyware laws, and the state attorney general joins with Microsoft to sue companies which use fear to sell security products http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6896&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6901&source=rss Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:35:30 -0400 Years after Congress urged the U.S. Coast Guard to speed up its patrol boat replacement program, the service finally picked a design and a shipbuilder for its new cutters; the winner: Bollinger Shipyards http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6901&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6904&source=rss Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:35:30 -0400 As more attention is paid to alerting people of imminent or on-going disasters, investors pay more attention to companies producing effective, reliable alert systems; Send Word Now benefits http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6904&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6924&source=rss Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:35:30 -0400 New IDC reports says businesses are struggling to find the right balance between security and innovation; information security concerns have caused 80 percent of companies surveyed to back away from new innovation opportunities http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=6924&source=rss