Day: April 19, 2004

FTC officials blast spyware measures | Tech News on ZDNet

FTC officials blast spyware measures | Tech News on ZDNet For More info click on above link Two Federal Trade Commission officials ignited a political firestorm on Thursday by criticizing proposed laws targeting spyware and suggesting that the measures might harm legitimate software products, too. During an appearance before a House of Representatives panel, FTC Commissioner Mozelle Thompson said the measures were the wrong approach to spyware and adware. “I do not believe legislation is the answer at this time,” he said. “Instead, we should give industry the time to respond…Self-regulation combined with enforcement of existing laws

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RFID becoming billion-dollar market – silicon.com

RFID becoming billion-dollar market – Storage – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com For more info click on above link The market for RFID semiconductors is set to be worth $2.3bn by 2010, driven by retail use of the tagging technology and volume applications. The figure comes from Future Horizons, which puts the use of RFID (radio frequency ID technology) at an already healthy level of $900m last year. RFID tags can be read wirelessly at short distances as a way of communicating small amounts of data.

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