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Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Both... [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial... [24 Jan 2008]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News Biometric passports were introduced on schedule in 2006 but the spokesman said it was reviewing the date for the introduction of the second generation... [23 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. B is for Behavioural biometric ID cards will combine biometric data with... [10 Jan 2008]
Biometrics video cheat sheet
video silicon.com's latest Video Cheat Sheet looks at the various types of biometric technology - from fingerprints and irises to veins and facial recognition - and how it is being used by both private sector... [18 Dec 2007]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News But he admitted the breach now raises questions about the security of the government's National Identity Register and biometric ID cards. Plans for a... [27 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The proposed national identity register for the ID card scheme will store even more data, including biometric information - what happens if your fingerprint records fall into... [22 Nov 2007]
ID cards not about to be scrapped, says gov't
News Even a cursory look at the technology would show that a rigorous biometric-checking database for 60 million people is pie in the sky. The ID cards scheme will not be... [06 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News The Home Office spokesman added: "No one is saying the scheme will be a panacea but by linking unique biometric information - initially face, fingerprint and possibly in future iris too... [25 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment It was sold as a panacea, that the biometric ID card will [makes things] better and I'm not exactly sure how. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and... [23 Oct 2007]
CIO Essentials: Virtual worlds, biometrics and green IT
News Biometric solutions have now become reliable, affordable and most importantly practicable. Companies, quite rightly, are being caught in a pincer movement on green issues - upwards from staff and downwards from... [16 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. Fees for adult UK passports have risen by £45 between 1998 and 2006 to £66 with the... [10 Oct 2007]
Biometric visas get $4.4m tech boost
News The US-based biometric identity company will provide British embassies and consulates around the world with 1,385 of its livescan Guardian scanner devices. Head of procurement for... [24 Sep 2007]
100,000 non-UK fingerprints recorded each month
News This has already seen over 8,000 sets of prints matched to individuals "of concern" which the government said proves the effectiveness of the biometric... [17 Sep 2007]
£31m pumped into ID card project
News More than 4.8 million biometric passports have also been dished out during the last financial year, with the IPS posting a deficit of £2.1m on its passport services - which is lower than... [30 Jul 2007]
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