Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Rise of private security companies in Iraq creates regulatory quandary


Rise of private security companies in Iraq creates regulatory quandary
USA Today - BAGHDAD (AP) A half-dozen armored sport-utility vehicles with guns pointed out the windows careen onto Baghdad's busy airport highway, bringing traffic to a screeching halt. Iraqis have learned to keep a wary distance from the convoys of foreign

Follow that car: tracking devices in need of a host
Sydney Morning Herald - Neil Allard was nonplussed when Thales Telematics informed him in March that the dozen tracking devices he bought four years ago for $22,000 would soon be junk. "When I got the letter, I saw it and thought, 'You're kidding me'," says Mr Allard, who

Vehicle Tracking System from Premier Electronics
Security Park - Premier Electronics has announced a new improved vehicle tracking system, designed to meet the demands of both small and large fleet users by providing both GPRS and GSM interfaces. This allows users to monitor all their vehicles at once via a TCP/IP

Monday, May 08, 2006

Making Tracks With the MTA


Making Tracks With the MTA
Unstrung.com - Giving the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) a way to wirelessly track its buses around New York City may not always make them run on time, but it could result in a system that responds more efficiently to traffic flows and customer usage around

More People Hire Detectives To Check Spouse's Fidelity
Denver Channel - OMAHA, Neb. -- Infidelity cases are becoming big business for private detectives, PIs told television station KETV, as more people go to longer lengths to catch cheating spouses. Brett Pippin, with Armored Knights Inc., said infidelity investigations

More People Hire Detectives To Check Spouse's Fidelity
WHIO TV - OMAHA, Neb. -- Infidelity cases are becoming big business for private detectives, PIs told television station KETV, as more people go to longer lengths to catch cheating spouses. Brett Pippin, with Armored Knights Inc., said infidelity investigations

More People Hire Detectives To Check Spouse's Fidelity
WDSU - OMAHA, Neb. -- Infidelity cases are becoming big business for private detectives, PIs told television station KETV, as more people go to longer lengths to catch cheating spouses. Brett Pippin, with Armored Knights Inc., said infidelity investigations

Sunday, May 07, 2006

SEE-SAW OF CRIME


SEE-SAW OF CRIME
Financial Mail - Yes, says Institute for Security Studies researcher Antony Altbeker. And he has analysed the crime statistics to prove it. Altbeker says the growing use of vehicle tracking systems, improved antitheft devices and more targeted policing is making car

Slave to a virtual rhythm
Age - I had the chance to live a little differently the other week. The opportunity came with a three-hour gap between two meetings in the same part of London. Normally I would head back to the office, 40 minutes away and do proper work. Instead this

Biotech takes the lead in attracting VC dollars
Atlanta Business Chronicle - The graying of American baby boomers is now the chief fuel for venture capitalists -- more than the growing use of the Internet and the desire for better communications. In Georgia, biotechnology and medical device companies -- startups developing