London Underground down again

Thousands of commuters got a free ride into work on the 25^th July when London's underground Oyster card system was plunged into chaos for the second time this month, says The Times Online.

A problem with the flagship pay-as-you go system - which is yet to be fully fixed - kept barriers open throughout the busiest period of the morning, costing Transport For London tens of thousands of pounds in lost fares.

Passengers touch the card on to an electronic reader when entering and leaving stations and money is deducted automatically from their account balance.

Advanced ID, a developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for livestock tracking, pet recovery and supply chain applications, has partnered with its largest distributor in Brazil, says Business Wire.

Brazil has become the centre of a booming South American economy and is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for RFID as the technology continues to revolutionise the supply chain industry.

Demand for Advanced ID's products and solutions are increasing dramatically in tire management, pharmaceutical, document control and other asset management and asset tracking applications.

Alan Dechert, president and CEO of the Open Voting Consortium, Brian Fox and Parker Abercrombie of The Okori Group, and Brent Turner, offered a peek at a different kind of electronic voting system to be demonstrated live at this year's LinuxWorld in San Francisco, says CNet News.

Currently private companies provide electronic voting machines and services throughout the country, among them Premier Elections Solutions (formerly Diebold) and Sequoia Voting Systems.

But doubt exists about the accuracy of these systems, in part, because the companies refused to allow third-party scrutiny.