Carly Fiorina finds a new job

Carly Fiorina is joining the board of a computer security company, Cybertrust, in one of her first moves since being ousted by the HP board in February, reports News.Com.

Fiorina has kept a low profile since being ousted over the $19 billion acquisition of Compaq in 2002 that failed to deliver the results she promised.

She reportedly expressed interest in the information security industry to friends who arranged for a meeting with Cybertrust`s management.

Despite gaining support from only 1% of the US public, the State Department has finalised plans to go ahead with passports containing radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, reports eWeek.

The department plans to begin implementing the electronic passport programme in December with a pilot test of government employees who use official passports for work.

It will begin issuing the electronic ID to citizens generally early next year and plans to have all passports RFID-enabled by October 2006.

Slim Devices is to ship the third generation of its Squeezebox wireless digital music system at the end of the month.

According to The Register, the Squeezebox 3 focuses more on looks than functionality, tapping into Apple`s latest iPod colour scheme of black or white and sporting a fluorescent display.

The new unit`s antennae are hidden inside the box, but like the previous release introduced last March, Squeezebox 3 supports 802.11g wireless networking. It includes a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port, headphone socket, RCA analogue audio ports, and optical digital and audio ports.