I have been using this Cingular 3G Globetrotter GT MAX wireless card for one year now. I am pulling 1.6mb/280kb from my house!!!!! Antenna retracts into device for easy laptop storage. I have been using this card for some time and I still find it near perfect. The retractable antenna does have a draw back... it snaps out rather then break but if you loose it, as happened to me, it will cost you $75 to replace. I travel a lot and I would say that I can get a good reception about 95% of the time. Read more

So the TSA finally figured out that xrays do in fact see through bags and that its not really necessary to remove your protected laptop and throw it into a bin. But oh it was so entertaining while it lasted. Read more

Airport travellers may be given RFID braclets rather than boarding passes to increase airport security.

This technology improvement would use embedded RFID tags into wrist bands or boarding passes to allow authorities to track passenger movement around terminal buildings. The technology could be linked with a record of the flyer which could include photos or other bio-unique data. Read more

eWeek's Lisa Vaas had a brief column in the May 29, 2006 issue
concerning the increasing threat of avian bird flu reaching a global
economic impact. I recalled an article in Baseline regarding the same
subject. The 11/2005 article, "Are you playing chicken?" (online here)
has some critical questions on whether companies and IT teams are
prepared for a US outbreak. "In the U.S., the CDC estimates that a Read more