 In this April 10, 2009. photo, Chris Paget, a self-described "ethical hacker," sits in the back of his car with electronic equipment seeking information from imbedded radio frequency identification, or RFID chips as people pass him along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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-- Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.
Sprint ( NYSE: S ) and Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ) have changed their mind and in what is becoming a pretty common move will start allowing Wi-Fi as a common feature in its smartphone line-up. The two U.S. CDMA carriers held off for years, while both AT&T ( NYSE: T ) and T-Mobile USA encouraged...
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