Now this is scary. Check out this news story on how easy your RFID-based credit or debit card and passport info could be scanned by malicious types — without even touching you. Think this “electronic pickpocketing” is a big deal or will you shrug it off? Tell us what you think in the Comments section below!

Volvo has developed a technology called “pedestrian detection,” a camera- and radar-based system that can detect pedestrians who walk in front of your car. For more information on it, Sync caught up with Adam Kopstein, manager for North American Product Safety & Compliance at Volvo.

While it has little to do with All Hallow’s Eve on October 31, you probably have “vampires” lurking around your home. Here’s what they are and how to ward them off (no garlic necessary)!

The Internet is running out of unique IP addresses but the average consumer need not worry.

Happy Friday, folks. Need to know what’s happening in the world of tech? The following is a snapshot of the big stories du jour, with links to read the full articles.

If you’re one of the millions of Canadians living with Type I or II diabetes, check out this new gadget that offers a better solution to tracking — and analyzing — your blood glucose numbers.

Intel and Youth Science Canada host a Team Canada send-off in Toronto, to wish the 16 high-school students luck as they compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose. Wow, and I thought my foam planets and erupting volcano made for good science fair experiments! Check out tomorrow’s scientists and engineers…

With all the tech we’ve got in our home, office and even our pocket, it’s somewhat surprising our vehicles are lacking the latest in technological innovations — especially given how much time we spend behind the wheel each week. As we reported from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year, Ford is devoted to changing all that.

Should cellphones be banned/blocked in certain places?

Bell Labs sent the equivalent of 400 DVDs per second over 7,000 kilometers, roughly the distance between Paris and Chicago.