Saturday, May 27, 2006

Rise of guns-for-hire in Iraq creates regulatory quandary


Rise of guns-for-hire in Iraq creates regulatory quandary
North County Times - BAGHDAD, Iraq (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

Bluetooth modules enhance automotive security
Electronics Talk - A new car security system that identifies car owners through the Bluetooth element of their mobile phones is set to revolutionise the fight against car thieves. Auto-txt immediately identifies a car as stolen if the car is started with the keys but

Remote Monitoring and Surveillance -
Security Park - Remote Monitoring and Surveillance news articles cover analogue and digital cameras, video surveillance, CCTV, remote surveillance, home monitoring, video over IP surveillance and monitoring, video over ISDN, remote surveillance software

Friday, May 26, 2006

This is a printer friendly version of an article from www.gainesville


This is a printer friendly version of an article from www.gainesville
Gainesville Sun - 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 guns-for-hire in

Bluetooth modules enhance automotive security
Electronics Talk - A new car security system that identifies car owners through the Bluetooth element of their mobile phones is set to revolutionise the fight against car thieves. Auto-txt immediately identifies a car as stolen if the car is started with the keys but

Road pricing: Your bill is on its way
Belfast Telegraph - Pay as you drive has become the Department of Transport's new big idea. The new Transport Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has promised more cash will be available for congestion charging schemes as he pledged to get road pricing to work. He promised to

Follow that car: tracking devices in need of a host
Age - A vehicle tracking device will soon be useless if a new service cannot be found, writes Patrick Gray. "Blasted joy-riders!" Neil Allard was nonplussed when Thales Telematics informed him in March that the dozen tracking devices he bought four years

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Preflight Interview: Piers Sellers


Preflight Interview: Piers Sellers
NASA - We are speaking with Piers Sellers, Mission Specialist on STS-121. How was it that you made the decision that you wanted to be an astronaut? Image to right: Astronaut Piers Sellers, STS-121 mission specialist. Credit: NASA It wasn't really a decision

RFID expansion at JFK highlights uses, issues
Network World Fusion - To ease runway and facilities access, trucks with airport access are equipped with active radio tags that provide identification and validation when they approach entrance gates. "The driver doesn t have to step out of the truck anymore," said

Royal Mail turns to GPS
VNUnet - Royal Mail has launched a same-day delivery service based on GPS satellite technology allowing customers to track items in real time. As well as tracking deliveries online, customers can see the exact location of the vehicle carrying their items

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

MicroTRAK, Inc. Acquires RFID Provider Fibergrations LLC


MicroTRAK, Inc. Acquires RFID Provider Fibergrations LLC
TMCnet - 17 hours ago... Fibergrations offers system deployments that track inventory ... time wireless location and tracking, emergency assistance, stolen vehicle recovery and ...

GHL Technologies to Seek OTCBB Listing
Autochannel - 15 hours ago... is a worldwide radio-navigation system formed by a ... technologies with GPS location-tracking capabilities inside a ... Applications such as vehicle location-tracking ...

First Coffee for 24 May 2006: CRM Vendor NetSuite's "SAP For The ...
TMCnet - 4 hours ago... management, integrated e-mail messaging, and task tracking. ... mail merges directly in the Free CRM system. ... being marketed as an inexpensive vehicle for powering ...

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Rise of guns-for-hire in Iraq creates regulatory quandary


Rise of guns-for-hire in Iraq creates regulatory quandary
North County Times - BAGHDAD, Iraq (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

Home, domestic and residential security -
Security Park - Aston Martin Lagonda Limited has signed a master agreement with London-based Eurowatch to provide a pan-European service to support the launch of its own-brand vehicle tracking system later in 2006. The product will be fitted at the Aston Martin

Iraq struggles with rise of guns-for-hire
Seattle Post Intelligencer - BAGHDAD, Iraq -- 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

SA electronics companies profile: DigiCore Holdings (DigiCore)
Dataweek - DigiCore Holdings ( www.digicore.com ) burst into life in 1998 with its listing on the JSE and the bringing together of seven different companies ( Vepro , Kivtronics , DigiCore , etc) that had been working in the tracking and fleet management field

Monday, May 22, 2006

Wamp announces grants to AC Emergency Management, Marlow Volunteer ...


Wamp announces grants to AC Emergency Management, Marlow Volunteer ...
Oak Ridger, TN - 10 hours ago... the area. * The Rhea County Sheriff's Department in Dayton will receive $46,889 for an advanced vehicle tracking system. The Commercial ...

County's vehicle tracking set to go


County's vehicle tracking set to go
Evansville Courier-Press - Want to know where the Vanderburgh County Highway Department's trucks and heavy equipment are at any moment? Just go online and you can find out. The Vanderburgh County Commissioners announced Tuesday that the county's new Automatic Vehicle Locating

Boise: Boise Announces First Quarter 2006 Financial Results BOISE
dBusinessNews.com - Boise: Micron Technology Foundation Donates $5 Million to Support New Engineering Ph.D. Program at Boise State University BOISE -- The Micron Technology Foundation will award $5 million Boise: Hecla First Quarter 2006 Earnings Top $38 Million

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

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Rhea County Gets Homeland Security Grant


Rhea County Gets Homeland Security Grant
Chattanoogan - Rhea County is among counties qualifying for competitive federal grants under the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, Congressman Zach Wamp said. Local and county public safety organizations are often the first help on the scene when

Linebackers on the field
Brownsville Herald - SOUTHMOST The sun is setting on the day, but Cameron County Sheriff s Deputy Gabriel Arreola is just beginning his patrol of South Dakota Avenue. The 32-year-old s eyes methodically scan each car that passes, checking headlights, license

Child Foster Care Reform: National Call to Action on Children in
Onlypunjab.com - Representatives from the nation s state courts and child welfare agencies have developed specific recommendations to improve child foster care systems and foster care programs throughout the country as part of a National Call to Action on children