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ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News A Home Office minister has mooted turning UK driving licences into ID cards, sparking accusations the national biometric database will be forced in by the back door. Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008,... [21 Oct 2008]
Inbox: ID guinea pigs, snooping database and CIO standards
Comment ID cards are a rubbish idea and a complete waste of taxpayers' money. ID guinea pigs attracted lots of attention on silicon.com this week, closely followed by a story concerning a government database to... [17 Oct 2008]
'ID card guinea pig' pilots ready to call in lawyers
News The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) union has warned it may seek a judicial review of the government's ID cards scheme to prevent pilots being forced to carry identity cards. As part of a phased introduction... [13 Oct 2008]
Integrating Automatic Data Acquisition With Business Processes Experiences With SAP's Auto-ID Infrastructure
White Paper SAP's Auto-ID infrastructure enables the integration of RFID and sensor technologies with existing business processes. Smart item technologies, like RFID and sensor networks, are considered to be the next big step in... [07 Oct 2008]
Chrome future, vintage PCs and credit crunch IT
News ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches' Also getting the readers excited this September was this ID cards story - with its warning the system is (surprise, surprise) not fit for purpose. John... [03 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo Here's a first glimpse of the much-debated UK ID card the Home Office will soon introduce for foreign nationals coming to the UK. Here's a driver giving the tech a spin. To see more click here. Photo credit: Ministry of... [02 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News March 2008: The Ministry of Defence confesses 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen over the last two years. In the last 12 months a series of data security lapses have seen personal data on as many as 29... [30 Sep 2008]
Exec shake-up in Yahoo!'s mobile world
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Yahoo! is under financial pressure this year but it's shaking up management... [30 Sep 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The government has underestimated the likely failure rate of the ID card scheme, according to a biometrics expert who reviewed the system. The ID card scheme will guard against one person having multiple... [26 Sep 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo The Home Office has officially taken the wraps off the new ID card for foreign nationals coming to the UK. The cards, which will be issued from 25 November, contain eight pieces of information, including two fingerprints... [25 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News The UK will produce up to one million ID cards for foreign nationals every year, according to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. This will gradually be increased to all categories of foreign nationals and by 2015 the Home... [25 Sep 2008]
Photos: Exploring virtual shipwrecks
Photo ¦ Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card ¦ Photos: How computing cracks terrorist networks ¦ Photos: The best of Google Earth ¦ Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card ¦ Photos: How computing cracks... [25 Sep 2008]
UK ID cards unveiled today
News The first UK ID cards are set to be unveiled today. People who fail to provide biometric scans for ID cards face penalties of up to £1,000. The Conservatives have repeatedly stated they will scrap... [25 Sep 2008]
Staff web 2.0 skills can boost work productivity
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics Businesses should exploit their employees' knowledge of web 2.0 in order to fully take... [24 Sep 2008]
UK firms top the pile in Galileo shortlist
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo satellite system... [23 Sep 2008]
