Airport security speedup program to relaunch

  The Clear program, which allowed members to breeze through airport security before it abruptly shut down last year, is expected to be up and running again by the fall. The company was taken over by Alclear LLC, whose board includes Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Alclear bought Clear's former owner, Verified Identity Pass, which filed for bankruptcy. When the program shut down in June, there was a lot of concern among members because of the sensitive personal data they volunteered in...

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Apple sells 1 million iPads, outdoing first iPhone

 Apple Inc. said Monday that is has sold 1 million of its new iPad tablet computers in the month after its launch, meaning it's been selling more than twice as fast as the iPhone did when it was new. Apple said it reached the milestone on Friday, when the new 3G model of the iPad was delivered to its first buyers. That model can access AT&T's cellular broadband network. The first models had only Wi-Fi access. "One million iPads in 28 days — that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," said...

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Late CF card delivery won't imperil elections, Smartmatic says

 The late delivery of compact flash (CF) cards in several areas in the country — including volatile provinces such as Maguindanao and Sulu — would not imperil the conduct of elections in May 10, poll machine supplier Smartmatic said on Friday. “We can make it. We have always said that we can make it, despite the new change in the schedule," Smartmatic Asia president Cesar Flores said in an interview on Friday. Almost all ballots and precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines are already in place in town halls all over the country,...

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In ‘City of Stars,’ celebs bring glitter to local race

A star glittered over the village of West Riverside in Quezon City one Wednesday night. For a moment, the residents — mostly dressed in tattered clothes and plain slippers — thought they can finally find out what it was like to see and hear a real, live star in their midst. But it vanished as soon as it appeared. “Nasaan na si vice mayor? Bakit biglang nawala?" said one surprised resident when Quezon City Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista, Liberal Party (LP) mayoralty bet, this coming polls,...

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