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...displeased customer reported to HUPD that a theft had just occurred at Holyoke Plaza. The responding officer searched the area for the fleeing suspect—and the 30-pack of Budweiser beer he allegedly stole. The officer was unable to find either. The victim filed a police report for his stolen beer, valued at—arguably—only...
...attackers spend a million dollars to break into a hospital, we can't prevent records from being stolen," says Appenzeller. But, he says, "we make it much harder for them to access private information digitally." E-mail and data protection is just a start. With growing concern about identity theft, Voltage is developing new methods for securing instant messaging and voice-over-Internet-protocol telephone calls...
...Voice.Trust AG, which aims to eliminate that kind of identity theft. He teamed with engineer Raja Kuppuswamy to create a system that uses a combination of a password or PIN and voice authentication to securely establish...
...tightening their policies and relying on computer authorization systems to track and limit returns and exchanges, and this year they're even more aware of fraudulent returns. Retailers say they are just trying to soften the hit they expect to take--as much as $30 billion each year--from theft and fraud. "Honest customers won't be denied when they're in the right," says Joseph LaRocca, vice president of loss prevention at the National Retail Federation. Guess who decides what "right...
...that “addressing the challenge of new technologies and understanding which ones warrant a patent” is particularly difficult in the area of computer software. During the speech, Smith also said that the technology industry faces the challenge of making the Internet more secure from identity theft. “We have patchy legislation about privacy,” said Smith, who wants uniform federal laws. “We need to recognize that our ability to grow depends on consumers having confidence in the technology.” Smith also said he wants to see increased...