My Way News - Arizona driver dons monkey masks to elude tickets
My Way News reports: "Arizona began deploying the stationary and mobile cameras on state highways a year ago, and through Sept. 4 had issued more than 497,000 tickets. Of those, about 132,000 recipients had paid the fine of $165 plus a 10 percent penalty, netting the state more than $23 million. Arizona is the first to deploy such technology on highways statewide."

Comment: Surveillance as a money-making scam. He should wear one of those masks from that British movie, be a rebel with a cause.

My Way News - DNA pioneer appeals for cuts to criminal database
My Way News reports: "Britain's DNA database is the largest in the world, containing genetic profiles of more than 5 million people. Samples are taken from everyone arrested for a crime - and the information is usually retained even if the person is acquitted or freed without charge."

My Way News - Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online
My Way News reports: "Google proposed offering news organizations a version of its Google Checkout system, which is used for processing online payments. It would give readers a place to sign in to an account and then pay for media from a variety of sources without having to punch in their information over and over. And the company says it could offer publishers a variety of pay methods, from basic subscriptions to so-called 'micropayments' on a per-article basis."

Comment: That's not mobile-commerce, you say? Well, the web is mobile, so any payment scheme on the web that you can access on your smart phone is similarly mobile. If payments can be made online with a single login and you have a mobile device with you, a mobile device that can combine GPS data, RFID product data and transmit payment data to the ubiquitous Google, then we have an instant global payment system without the hassle of funding any new infrastructure.