GLG News by Security Technology Experts

Smarter RFID is leading to growth in some applications, such as vehicle tracking and food freshness, and even management of assets such as laundry.  But some of the hype from the Wal-Mart requirements and California drug e-pedigree legislation is dissipating: the technology is complicated and expensive,...

Until visual image searching gets a lot better, you'll be relying on words (metadata) to find and make sense of your images, whether personal photos or a corporate image library.  Thousands of hours have been spent muddling toward standards, and it would take thousands more to get compete agreement. ...

Rumors had been swirling over the last few weeks that WAMU was shopping for a buyer, however, the OTS (the Office of Thrift Supervision) couldn't allow WAMU to continue its operations under constraints of deposit outflows exceeding $16 billion in the last week or so and JP Morgan Chase becomes the benefactor...

Google is a behemoth, but it rules because it delivers better search results than the competition.  That's how Google got ahead, and that's how they are maintaining their lead, against Microsoft, Yahoo!, and everybody else.  Does the Cuil team have the magic to beat them at their own game?...

Flickr photographers dream of the big break - and that big break is getting both attention and money for their images.  So Getty Images is giving substance to that dream.  Flickr was right to make the deal: it energizes their users and upgrades their offering with a new veneer of professional...

Facts can be difficult at best to come by in new fields such as Hydrogen on demand fuel cell production. There are many for profit companies (small and obscure), that promise you they will double your gas savings, IRS credits, zero emissions, and more... and then they only offer you a 7 day...

Challenges are the key to innovations and growth. US economy has been hard hit and spending large sums domesticaly is a true economic stimulus the US cannot afford to overlook. Technology stagnates when capital is removed, challenges are minimal, and innovations required for success are mediocre. The...

Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset shows that they have not given up their quest to wrest search control away from Google.  Google dominates because its search capability is better, and their powerful R&D effort promises to keep on improving their offerings.  But Powerset could put Microsoft...

This doesn't seem practical. I've done a back-of-the-napkin calculation below to determine how much power you could get from a solar iPhone. You could use it in a pinch if you need a few minutes of talk time, but only if you're outside and the sun is shining. To fully charge it, you'd have to sit it...

VueStar, a Singapore firm, is requesting license fees from a large number of companies, claiming they have a patent on image search.  They have patents, but they are narrower and relate to how results are displayed.  Companies often panic at infringement claims, and send off a check "just...