Two companies announce they have the answer to the problem: plug-in hardware devices that lock down sensitive information and secure communications over wireless and wired networks. The debate over e-voting rages in Congress, state capitals, and county offices across the country, and next week moves to Houston, where two federal panels will discuss what minimum federal standards should be established for new technologies. Kidnappings in Argentina have increased more than fivefold in the last two years, official figures show. In 2002 Argentina defaulted on almost $88 billion of debt, in the midst of its worst-ever economic crisis.”]