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Following is a list of the media coverage of the company around the world for 2006.

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Country Publication Date Heading Summary
Australia The Road Ahead December 2006

Secure Position
The article was inspired by the Four Corners program Car Wars (available on DVD) featuring DataDots

USA Popular Science February 2007

A million little ID tags
Unmistakable identifications keeps the thieves away from your ride

Australia Yahoo News November 2006

VendingData(TM) Secures Exclusive Global Rights for Counterfeit Nanotechnology Security Protection in the Gaming Industry - click here for full story

Australia Adelaide Advertiser 17/11/2006 Calls to microdot new cars The Police Minister's Council announced a new proposal at their annual meeting, that new cars should be micro-dotted on every part of the vehicle in production.
Australia Courier Mail 17/11/2006 Microdots to stall car theft State transport ministers will consider the proposal early next year after the nation's police ministers yesterday backed the plan.
South Africa Financial Mail November 2006 Dots that make a difference DataDots could cut the heart out of hijacking and car theft
Australia Egoli News 15/11/2006 DataTrace - VendingData agreement
 
DataTrace has signed a global licensing agreement with US company VendingData Corporation
Australia West Australian 1/11/2006

 

Education top of class for losing computers Western Australian schools are trailing DataDots in an attempt to reduce theft of its laptops
New Zealand Shift October 2006 No excess on theft Star Insurance believes that DataDotDNA reduces the risk of theft to a point that it will waive the theft excess for any bike stolen which has DataDots applied
USA BusinessWire 25/10/2006

DataDot Technology™ and MicroID Technologies Launch Program Focused on Security of Agriculture and Construction Equipment

Australia Joondalup Times 26/10/2006 Beat the burglars with identification An initiative of The Western Australia Police was a series of Property Marking Days in suburban shopping centres
Australia Egoli News 25/10/2006 DDT - Prixcar partnership
 
DataDot announced that Prixcar Services have been appointed as the final partner to complete development of the DataDot robotic application cell
Australia Sunday Times
 
Sunday 15/10/2006 Paint Spots thieves Local police are driving a national campaign calling on all car manufacturers to install DataDots as a standard feature
New Zealand Police News October 2006 Initiatives to reduce car theft may be stymied Click for article here
South Africa Motoring October 2006 Nissans get dotted - but you'll pay for it Go to web article here
South Africa Engineering News Online October 2006 Nissan introduces new security feature to all SA cars Go to web article here
Australia Press Release September Yamaha Australia to re-employ DataDot technology Yamaha Motor Australia is applying DataDotDNA to its entire range of imported products
South Africa Africa.com - Cape Town September 2006 A tiny dot that has cut car theft Go to web article here
South Africa Wheels24 September 2006 'Dots' cut car theft by 50% Go to web article here
South Africa Released by Toyota South Africa September 2006 Hands off the Toyota Quantum Toyota South Africa took a leading role in improving vehicle identification and making it more difficult to sell or hijack cars by fitting ToyotaCare Microdots to all Toyota Quantum minibuses.
USA Speedway Illustrated's website whowon.com  September 2006 DataDot Motorsports, WKA Form Partnership with Anti-Theft Program for Racers DataDot Motorsports has partnered with WKA to fight the rising problem of theft in the motorsports industry. The story is taken from
Australia Tumut and Adelong Times 29/8/2006 Helping Police connect the dots A theft reduction program for the Tumut Shire involving DataDot anti-theft technology is being proposed
Australia SMH Online September 2006 Microdots to fight crime National news featured this story on DataDots being introduced to combat theft in the equipment hire industry
Australia Wentworth Courier 28/8/2006 Batten down the hatches After a number of thefts from boats in Sydney harbour a local paper encourages readers to use DataDots on their marine accessories
USA Orange County Register August 2006 Forget-me-not dots The Orange County Register features DataDots as the technology becomes popular as a theft deterrent in college campuses
Australia City Chronicle 1/8/2006 Security Upgrade at CIT The Canberra Institute of Technology has installed DataDot Technology to deter thieves
Australia Auto Industry News August 2006 How secure is your car? Trade magazine Auto Industry News featured DataDots in its story on emerging technologies that prevent car theft
Australia Go Auto enews #338 Attention Car Thieves" DataDot advertisement: PDF of document - click here
Australia The Australian 8/8/2006 Dots for ammo DataDot's increasing media profile is prompting many discussions on the uses of the technology, as can be seen in this readers letter to The Australian
Australia Regulatory News August 2006 DataDot technology to be mandatory Telstra eBusiness news website featured compulsory, whole-of-vehicle-marking
Australia The Australian 1/8/2006 Quick bots to spray dots DataDot Technology is planning to cash in on the state police ministers' enthusiasm for microdotting vehicle parts to prevent theft. It has produced a robot that can indelibly mark an entire vehicle in 40 seconds
Australia Manly Daily 27/7/2006 Spray on an ID system Business DNA by DataDot DIY pressure pak has hit the shelves across Australia and is already attracting attention
Australia Hobart Mercury 29/7/2006 Terror fears fuel push for datadots Federal and State Governments are pushing for whole-of-vehicle-marking amid fears stolen parts are being used to finance Middle East terrorism
Australia Go Auto News 7/6/2006 Car-makers comment on new microdot marking PDF of document - click here
Australia Go Auto news 24/5/2006 On the Dot PDF of document - click here
Australia Australian Pensioner's Review   DataDotDNA Protection PDF of document - click here
Australia Telstra News   Did you know we were going a bit Dotty PDF of document - click here
Australia Sydney Morning Herald 3/02/06 Going, going..gorne The Holden Monaro was Australia's best selling sports car for four years, and when the last ever Monaro was sold on E-bay, it came with specially designed DataDotDNA. The Dots contained the car's ID number and the signature of the designer.
Australia FEN 31/01/2006 How are you tracking? DataDotDNA and DataTraceDNA are compared to RFID, barcodes and other identification technology.
 
   

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