Kansas City presses on with emerging ‘smart city’ corridor (with video) | Computerworld

A 2.2-mile downtown streetcar line in Kansas City, Mo. will be the focal point of an ambitious smart city project that includes Cisco, Sprint and smaller app developers.

Source: Kansas City presses on with emerging ‘smart city’ corridor (with video) | Computerworld

Electronic Warrantless Surveillance: What IT Should Know – InformationWeek

Today, in the name of public safety, federal and local government agencies are piling up advanced technologies to monitor people, with little regard for the basic principles of privacy. Here’s what businesses and individuals need to know.

Source: Electronic Warrantless Surveillance: What IT Should Know – InformationWeek