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Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?
State health officials are tracking the spread of swine flu through electronic prescription records, developing what they believe is a model that could help doctors more easily identify and respond to an outbreak of the illness.
With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.
Where does that coffee cup, disposable razor or unwanted television end up once it's tossed to the curb?
As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events.
British military officials are testing new technologies that they say will make operations with the United States and other coalition partners more efficient and responsive to threats.
Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is — in the air, or worse, in the water.
NebuAd Inc., a company that sought to target ads to consumers based on their online behavior, is going out of business after facing scrutiny over whether its technology infringed on the privacy of Internet surfers.
A former federal prosecutor running for governor approved the tracking of citizens through their cell phones without warrants while he was head of the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey, civil rights attorneys said Thursday.
The government's system for tracing foods is riddled with holes, and that could undercut officials' ability to find the source of a disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack, according to a federal report released Thursday.
The Finnish Parliament approved controversial legislation Wednesday that allows employers to track workers' e-mails.
Federal regulators are asking financial institutions to monitor their use of government money received under the $700 billion rescue plan and other support.
At Hershey Medical Center, a sophisticated computer program serves as a watchdog for infection outbreaks.
The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate — and protect — uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesday.
Angry online subscribers who had their Web surfing habits tracked in detail are suing a Silicon Valley startup that created the technology and six Internet service providers that briefly used it.
It sounded like a winning proposition — free money — for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch.
The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd.
A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.
Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town.
Pennsylvania's auditor general wants his state to join the estimated two dozen others that track some released sex offenders with global positioning satellite technology.
Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are still considering whether to deploy it.
Charter Communications Inc. is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday.
Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.
Consumers and farmers will soon be on their own when it comes to finding out which pesticides are being sprayed on everything from corn to apples.
50 Free Internet Tools for Tin-Foil Hat WearersIf your wardrobe includes a shiny tin-foil hat, then you will love these free Ma Internet tools.
Driver's licenses scanned in search for fugitivesRALEIGH, N.C. - In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.
Obama Job Approval at 56% After Nobel WinBarack Obama appears to have gotten a slight bounce in support after he was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday.
Track H1N1 flu cases across the USAUse this interactive map to track the number and rate of swine flu cases in 10 regions across the U.S. Use the arrow to scroll across the dates at the bottom to see how these statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention change week by week.
Google Maps Adds Traffic Data From Your Cell Phoneyou're automatically sending speed data back to Google wherever you go
Alltop - Top Twitter NewsThis article has great tips for the busness person whom wants to keep an ROI on sales. But, for the smaller yet, developing busness this is still just another goal down the road. Great tips for those who have goals and want to track their progress.
Obama seeks to track visits to .gov websitesPlanned lifting of ban on 'cookies' called '1984'-style spying effort
White House Responds to Cookie RumorsThis is the response of the White-house to yet another scare tactic being perpetrated by some of the "losing America as we know it" crowd.
"The American Civil Liberties Union is opposing an Obama administration proposal to reverse a nine-year ban on the use of tracking cookies on federal Websites. In an Aug.
You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again. By Ryan Singel. August 10, 2009 7:39 pmMore than half of the internet's top websites use a little known capability of Adobe's Flash plugin to track users and store information about them, but only four of them mention the so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley researchers reported Monday.
The Emerging Shadow World of Digital Stalking - Experts Warn It's HereRemember terrified Will Smith being tracked by the NSA in Enemy of the State? Well, a real world GPS scifi horror might be coming to a neighbour near you: like the "neighbourhood" in your pocket or backpack.
Does Google Know Too Much About You?Many people have a lot of information just sitting there on Google's servers including personal appointments (Calendar), correspondence (Gmail), work and personal documents (Google Docs) and online reading habits (Google Reader).
'Cone of silence' keeps conversations secret - tech - 09 May 2009 - New ScientistThis article in New Scientist speaks of tracking employees and bombarding them with "White Noise" to prevent them from hearing the person standing near them.
Agent Smart's cone of silence a realityI always thought that the Cone of Silence as seen on Get Smart was a cool idea, but in the real world it is actually a bit creepy. Imagine if the system tracking you is recording everything you say.
Taxis and buses face automatic speed limitingThousands of taxis, buses and council vehicles could be fitted with devices which prevent them from exceeding the speed limit.
Software Allows Cell Phones to be Tapped and TrackedImagine someone watching your every move, hearing everything you say and knowing where you are at every moment. If you have a cell phone, it could happen to you.
Europe's most prolific female serial killer strikes againExcerpt: The woman identified only as Diana P, 45, was found dead by walkers in a ditch near her Fiat Panda car in October.
BBC UK: People 'can't wait for ID cards'Jacqui Smith says public demand means people will be able to pre-register for an ID card within the next few months. The cards will be available for all from 2012 but she said: "I regularly have people coming up to me and saying they don't want to wait that long."
Cypress's Industry-Leading Custom CMOS Image Sensor Portfolio Earns 100th Design WinSAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today announced that it has completed its 100th custom CMOS image sensor design.
Obama's lead widens.Obama leads McCain 50 percent to 42 percent among likely U.S. voters in the latest three-day tracking poll, up from a 6-point advantage for Obama on Monday. The telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
Mobile tracking reveals spendingBig Brother is really watching! On the surface this seems to be an innocent use of technology to gain information for merchandisers. The "anonymous" tracking signal is only that because the trackers did not access the mobile phone database.
WorldChanging: Mapping a Connected WorldThe folks at the Beeb have started a project with shipping line NYK designed to allow readers to track the movements of a single container over the course of a year.
Court: warrant needed to turn cell phone into homing beaconIt just got a bit harder for law enforcement agencies to turn your cell phone into a personal homing beacon: A federal court has slapped down the Justice Department's appeal of a February ruling that required investigators to seek a probable cause warrant before acquiring histori …
Obama extends poll leadBarack Obama jumped to his biggest lead since late July in public opinion polls, after his August 28 speech to more than 75,000 people in a Denver football stadium when he accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
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