Privacy concerns grow with the use of RFID tags

Last month, a three-day summer camp in Israel brought Facebook to the real world. Using bracelets equipped with radio-frequency identification tags and programmed with their Facebook log-ins, teenagers could "Like" objects and activities by holding their arms... Facebook - Israel - Radio-frequency identification - Social network - Coca-Cola

Judge: Lower Merion must pay attorney in laptop case

On Monday Lower Merion School District was ordered by Senior U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois to pay attorney Mark Haltzman his fees and costs in a civil case involving allegations school officials improperly used webcam-enabled laptops to spy on students.

Bartering is local club's stock in trade

A new club has turned to an old-fashioned practice to help local businesses survive and thrive — bartering.

Small biz carries the workload

Put this economic miracle on the backs of New York City's small businesses. Despite the tough economy, the city's small business owners are generating a flood of new private-sector jobs -- contributing in spades to the state's largest monthly private-sector employment gains since April 2005. A multitude...

Pets ordinance bill

Introduced by the Council President at the request of the Mayor:   ORDINANCE 2010-527 [substitute] AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES (ACPS); AMENDING CHAPTER 111 (SPECIAL REVENUE AND TRUST ACCOUNTS), PART 4 (ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND CODE REGULATION), SECTIONS 111.450 (SPAY AND NEUTER REBATE TRUST FUND) AND 111.455 (ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TRAINING AND VETERINARY ...