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By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Nov. 4) -- The United States and other countries have spent billions developing high-tech tools for battling terrorists around the globe. Some work, others fall flat. On Tuesday The New York Times reported on one case of highly questionable technology being used by the Iraqi military: an explosives-detecting "wand" that critics dismiss as a dangerous sham. There have been plenty of other dubious ideas in the war on terror. From the insanely bad to the merely ineffective, here are 10 ideas that have fallen short: 1) Sniffex: Like the wand being used by Iraqi forces, Sniffex was a device that ...
Tax Proposal Risks Alienating Tech Sector
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyDuring the presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama wooed the tech world. His tech-savvy campaign team, advisers such as Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and promises to hire a tech czar raised expectations that he would be the most tech-friendly (nevermind tech-savvy) president ever. Now, he appears poised to betray the tech sector as part of an effort to pay for the many spending programs we've seen come down the pike. This May, the Obama administration put forward a proposal to change tax rules applicable to U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries, all in an effort to spur domestic job ...
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