A recent Forrester Research survey polled on-line Ca­nadian households and found that only 9 per cent of consumers are now getting statements on-line, but 46 per cent say they are likely to switch to e-statements and 60 per cent would switch if they were given a small incentive such as a $25 one-time bonus.
“We’re clearly [...]

Every time you write or edit these files you leave a trail of information revealing what you did and when you did it.
Even if you turn off the change tracking options in popular word processing packages, background tasks keep a minimal log of what happened when.
With the right tools it is possible to [...]

The world’s first gene chip has been launched for pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine that uses a person’s genetic constitution to guide drug treatment.
Switzerland’s Roche Holding, the world’s largest diagnostic company, will introduce the chip first in the US and then in Europe following expected approval by American and European regulatory authorities.
Called the AmpliChip CYP450, the product [...]

Ink for home printers is now seven times more expensive than vintage champagne.
Ink in a typical replacement cartridge costs about £1.70 per millilitre, compared with 1985 Dom Perignon at 23p per millilitre.
The news comes as a Which? survey shows that many cartridges say they are empty long before they are. Some printers warn [...]

One day a bank teller is helping you, the next it’s an ATM.
Then some guy is pumping your gas, or at least taking your money after you pump your gas. The next day, nobody. Just put your credit card or cash or first-born into the slot provided.
Airport? Same thing. Those who ask whether you’d rather [...]

The radio frequency identification business appears to be finally picking up. Wal-mart (WMT) recently announced that by 2005 it will demand that its top 100 suppliers use the tiny, passive radio tags in their shipments to the retailer. And Gillette (G) just placed an order for 500 million RFID tags, reportedly to be used to [...]

Surrounding city centres and likely terrorist targets with “soft walls” will make it impossible for hijacked planes to get anywhere near them. So say the inventors of an avionics system that creates no-fly zones that pilots cannot breach.
Since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, anti-aircraft missile batteries have been installed to protect buildings [...]