http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3404155a11,00.html
Reg Ponniah
"With a burgeoning Muslim community in New Zealand this report examines the role of Islam and the impact of the immigrant community on the New Zealand way of life. "
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Friday, September 09, 2005
Anti-terror laws raise 'police state' concerns. / ABC News Online, 9 sep 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1456486.htm
"Muslim and legal groups say the Federal Government's new counter-terrorism laws will unfairly target the Muslim community and could lead to Australia becoming a 'police state'."
"Muslim and legal groups say the Federal Government's new counter-terrorism laws will unfairly target the Muslim community and could lead to Australia becoming a 'police state'."
Don't Ignore Western Europe, Terrorism Expert Warns U.S. / Washington Post, 8 Sep 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702087.html
"Walter Pincus
Many Muslims Are Alienated by Multicultural Continent's Inability to Assimilate Them, Dean at Johns Hopkins Says. The failure of European countries to assimilate their large and growing Muslim populations in the era of globalization has caused an alienation among the young that has created a 'hard core for terrorism,' "
"Walter Pincus
Many Muslims Are Alienated by Multicultural Continent's Inability to Assimilate Them, Dean at Johns Hopkins Says. The failure of European countries to assimilate their large and growing Muslim populations in the era of globalization has caused an alienation among the young that has created a 'hard core for terrorism,' "
BioP II: biometrics panic at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) / Heise, 8 Sep 2005
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/63740
"The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has also analyzed the major biometrics study Bio PII, which has looked into the day-to-day use of biometrics-based access protection systems. The results of the study were said to lend added support to the earlier criticism of the application of biometrics technology in passports voiced by the CCC. After thoroughly analyzing the study the alternative data experts pointedly 'warn against the use of what are manifestly unsuitable biometric systems,' it says in a press release that to some degree spreads panic with regard to the biometrics issue. 'Should these systems in actual fact be used at passport control points throughout the whole of Germany, every day tens of thousands of people would be faced at airports with screens flashing red lights,' the press release notes. "
"The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has also analyzed the major biometrics study Bio PII, which has looked into the day-to-day use of biometrics-based access protection systems. The results of the study were said to lend added support to the earlier criticism of the application of biometrics technology in passports voiced by the CCC. After thoroughly analyzing the study the alternative data experts pointedly 'warn against the use of what are manifestly unsuitable biometric systems,' it says in a press release that to some degree spreads panic with regard to the biometrics issue. 'Should these systems in actual fact be used at passport control points throughout the whole of Germany, every day tens of thousands of people would be faced at airports with screens flashing red lights,' the press release notes. "
NEC Releases Annual CSR Report 2005
PDF - http://www.nec.co.jp/csr/en/report/2005/
"NEC is harnessing innovation in the form of biometrics technology to contribute to a safer and more secure society. The report presents two prime examples of biometrics technologies - fingerprint authentication and face recognition. NEC fingerprint authentication systems have been applied to the fields of justice and law enforcement in over 20 countries and more than 110 systems have been deployed. In Hong Kong, NEC's face recognition technology has already been adopted for use in immigration control systems. NEC will expand applications of these technologies in a diverse array of domains in order to play its part in making the ubiquitous networking society more secure."
"NEC is harnessing innovation in the form of biometrics technology to contribute to a safer and more secure society. The report presents two prime examples of biometrics technologies - fingerprint authentication and face recognition. NEC fingerprint authentication systems have been applied to the fields of justice and law enforcement in over 20 countries and more than 110 systems have been deployed. In Hong Kong, NEC's face recognition technology has already been adopted for use in immigration control systems. NEC will expand applications of these technologies in a diverse array of domains in order to play its part in making the ubiquitous networking society more secure."
Human rights 'out-dated' argues EU presidency / EUPolitix, 7 Sep 2005
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200509/155e53cc-c6b0-44ee-8a04-a7057a09248f.htm
"The view of my government is that this balance is not right for the circumstances which we now face - circumstances very different from those faced by the founding fathers of the European Convention on Human rights and it need to be closely examined in that context. "
"The view of my government is that this balance is not right for the circumstances which we now face - circumstances very different from those faced by the founding fathers of the European Convention on Human rights and it need to be closely examined in that context. "
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Modern Mapmaker / Government Technology, 31 Aug 2005
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php?channel=19&id=96477
Blake Harris
"Chicagocrime.org was launched in May by 24-year-old Chicago resident Adrian Holovaty, because, as he put it, it was an interesting technical challenge and a chance to help the community. Despite lacking a GIS background, he built chicagocrime.org from scratch to take publicly available data from the Chicago Police Department's official Citizen Information Collection for Automated Mapping (ICAM) Web site and integrate that data with Google maps. It shows detailed hour-by-hour lists of all crime reports in a public service twist on what some have started to describe as a "Google hack" -- creatively harnessing Google's powerful tools to enrich specialized Web sites."
Blake Harris
"Chicagocrime.org was launched in May by 24-year-old Chicago resident Adrian Holovaty, because, as he put it, it was an interesting technical challenge and a chance to help the community. Despite lacking a GIS background, he built chicagocrime.org from scratch to take publicly available data from the Chicago Police Department's official Citizen Information Collection for Automated Mapping (ICAM) Web site and integrate that data with Google maps. It shows detailed hour-by-hour lists of all crime reports in a public service twist on what some have started to describe as a "Google hack" -- creatively harnessing Google's powerful tools to enrich specialized Web sites."
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