CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

“With the changes, information cannot be extracted from it.”

Neville Pattinson, director of technology and government affairs for Texas RFID card maker Axalto, on the features of a new and improved U.S. passport chip, 26 October 2005

JUST !@#$ING GOOGLE IT

“We are testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to Google.”

Google marketer Tom Oliveri, on the latest way his company is trying to get publishers to do its work for it, Google Blog, 25 October 2005