Terrorism Boosts High-Tech Security Industry

Suicide air attacks on U.S. cities delivered a body-blow to an economy teetering into recession, but they've been a big boost to a once tough sell -- the face, fingerprint and eye-scanning biometric industry. Looming fear of further attacks on airports, government agencies, even company offices, has boosted the long-neglected sector in ways that years of steady marketing and backing from big-name tech firms such as Microsoft and IBM never did.