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Friday, 22 February 2013

Goodbye to wallets? Technology tested in SD identifies buyers by fingerprints _ with a pulse

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough to distinguish a living, breathing account holder from an identity thief. What they probably didn’t see coming was that one such technology would make its debut not in Silicon Valley or MIT but at a small state college in remote western South Dakota, 25 miles from Mount Rushmore. Loading... Comments Weigh...

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SCE.com Will Be Unavailable This Saturday for Updates (Edison International) noodls

(Source: Edison International) Media Contact: Media Relations, (626) 302-2255 ROSEMEAD, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013 - Southern California Edison's website, SCE.com, will be unavailable this Saturday from 7 a.m. to approximately 7 p.m. as the company updates its website to better serve its customers....

Oregon senator to ask for GAO probe of Hanford The Washington Times

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The Best Darn Conference of the Year Where Ideas Come Alive: TED Active Huffington Post

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