"perhaps something in the 640x480 format that behaved like a pure pen device when "closed" but opened up a keyboard the full size of the device like the tablet-convertible laptops? Of course running linux:)"
That's exactly what the other Zauruses mentioned in the article are.
If you reread the article you'll find that this particular product doesn't use VoIP phones but a TA that a regular phone plugs into. Kind of like residential ISDN so that people don't need to purchase ISDN phones.
I don't know the answer to that, but I know that when I went to get a driver's license in Virginia they used my SSN as the license number. When I moved to Colorado they said that I could use my SSN if I wanted to but probably shouldn't.
I'm not sure that I understand why you say that with a national ID card companies would be more likely to demand a social security number in order to begin a transaction. Beyond that, I don't see anything that would increase the likelihood that I'd give it to them unless there were a good reason for them to have it. I don't give my credit card number to a cashier just because they've asked for it.
Does computer software have a similar 'right'? I seem to recall that software buyers have a right to make personal backup copies of install media just as media buyers do. If I am remembering correctly it would seem that the same arguments would apply to the attempts to copy protect software CDs as well.
Globalstar even announced 56 bit encrypted VPNs (IPSec, PPTP, etc) today.
I don't know anything about the partner but if you have to do data this way, VPN would be a nice touch.
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"perhaps something in the 640x480 format that behaved like a pure pen device when "closed" but opened up a keyboard the full size of the device like the tablet-convertible laptops? Of course running linux :)"
That's exactly what the other Zauruses mentioned in the article are.
You can also get a tax benefit if you buy a gas guzzling SUV. Any SUV over 6000 lbs curb weight will qualify for a very generous deduction.
If you reread the article you'll find that this particular product doesn't use VoIP phones but a TA that a regular phone plugs into. Kind of like residential ISDN so that people don't need to purchase ISDN phones.
I don't know the answer to that, but I know that when I went to get a driver's license in Virginia they used my SSN as the license number. When I moved to Colorado they said that I could use my SSN if I wanted to but probably shouldn't.
I guess I should have used the preview button, because that should have been my phone number, not my credit card number.
I'm not sure that I understand why you say that with a national ID card companies would be more likely to demand a social security number in order to begin a transaction. Beyond that, I don't see anything that would increase the likelihood that I'd give it to them unless there were a good reason for them to have it. I don't give my credit card number to a cashier just because they've asked for it.
Does computer software have a similar 'right'? I seem to recall that software buyers have a right to make personal backup copies of install media just as media buyers do. If I am remembering correctly it would seem that the same arguments would apply to the attempts to copy protect software CDs as well.
Globalstar even announced 56 bit encrypted VPNs (IPSec, PPTP, etc) today. I don't know anything about the partner but if you have to do data this way, VPN would be a nice touch.
See Cringley, Robert X. and others.