A lot of troubles are actually concerning  business travellers and all those who cannot leave  their laptop home when moving by airplane: the airline bomb scare that happened in London last August provoked a lot of restrictions about the items allowed  on board, but the problem was partially solved through  the use of memory sticks or of those phones which have the double-function as “mobile/pocket PC”. 

Darpa Grand Challenge, the competition organized by the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for autonomous vehicles that since 2004 takes place in the desert of California, will change its setting, and for 2007 edition it will be performed in a urban context.   No race was planned for 2006, since all the efforts are concentrated on the organization of 2007 edition that for the occasion had the name changed into “DARPA Urban Challenge”.

 The race, which has been scheduled to take place November 3, 2007, will feature autonomous ground vehicles executing simulated military mission in a city environment, merging to moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections and avoiding obstacles. The vehicles will have to cover about 100 km in 6 hours to carry out a simulated supply mission.

As confirmed by a survey carried out by the website Crimestoppers, over 18 million UK households could be failing to protect themselves from identity fraud.

 Identity Fraud is considered  almost a social plague in England, because of its vertiginous growth within last few years. The lack of awareness on these issues then, does not contribute to a proper prevention.  

Actually, British condition isn't far from that of  many other countries where every day identity thieves succesfully carry out their criminal actions, but in the Queen's land a surprisingly high number of initiatives have been set up to face such digital emergency.
Is this the signal that the situation is worsen that expected, or is this the expression of a new and more responsible concern?

The state of global security seems to be quite alarming, not only because of what is happening in  far war contexts. Indeed, according to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the threat could be hidden in the country as well.

Did he refer to Al-queda cells, or to some independent fundamentalist that could carry out an unexpected attack? Of course he did, but he was also talking about all those “disaffected people living in the United States” that for various reasons could develop radical ideologies and represent a threat both for America and the Americans.

Specifically, his concern was due to the possibility that Internet users could easily find in the web all the information needed to acquire skills that could burst into some violent action.

But one day we ‘d wonder which is the risk we  should fear most: the threat of terrorism or the loss of freedom?

And even admitting that the most dangerous peril would be terrorism, how can we be sure that such restrictive measures would be really effective in protecting us?

While meditating on these issues, let’s make a note on last initiative by FBI director Robert Mueller who on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers' online activities, anticipating law enforcements on privacy issue that will come into effect next year, USA Today reported