Archive for February 15th, 2007
Thousands of government snoops to police smoking ban
BBC | Feb. 15, 2007
By Nick Triggle
Thousands of council staff are being trained to police the smoking ban in bars, restaurants and shops in England.
Ministers have given councils £29.5m to pay for staff, who will be able to give on-the-spot £50 fines to individuals and take court action against premises.
They will have the power to enter [...]
Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips
CNET | Feb. 15, 2007
By Michael Kanellos
Putting RFID chips into people’s arms is, it turns out, not a booming business.
VeriChip, which has created a system for putting RFID chips into humans for medical-record tracking, held an initial public offering on Friday, and the company’s stock has been struggling ever since. The stock is currently trading [...]
The Rockefeller File
