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Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment The government's U-turn on ID cards this week caused readers to reach for their keyboards in force. ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots The... [06 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up This week the world's least loved IT project (and let's just say there's plenty of competition for that title) got another kick in the teeth with the new Home Secretary announcing that ID cards would... [03 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News ID card costs for the 2009/10 year are projected to reach £50m and hit £1.31bn over the 10-year period to 2019, according to the government's latest Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report, published in May... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News The government has announced it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. Balpa had said it was considering taking legal action against the government if the Home Office continued... [01 Jul 2009]
BT, Intel, Sun team up over identity
News The same situation has led to a proliferation of identity technologies and standards, which often overlap and are often not interoperable, he said, giving SAML, Information Cards and OpenID as examples. [19 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News The Conservatives have urged a group of technology suppliers not to sign contracts for work related to ID cards, as the party will scrap the scheme if it is elected to power. Damian Green, the shadow... [18 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The other deal, a contract to provide the National Biometric Identity Service with a database to support the introduction of biometric passports and ID cards, was awarded to IBM. The government's scheme... [12 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Top of the list is the £5bn ID cards project, the scheme to provide a biometric identity card for UK citizens and foreign nationals in the UK. Johnson takes over the project as the government prepares to... [10 Jun 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. Visa has already announced that it hopes large areas of the UK will have shops with readers for... [29 May 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment This week: Brits ditching their mobiles, pilots bailing out on ID cards, smart metering and speed-limiting tech all topped the list for readers' rants. Pilots to bail out on ID... [18 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up Just as the opposition parties have promised to bin the ID cards scheme, the government has announced plans to put part of the responsibility for creating the high security cards in the... [08 May 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News The majority of pilots in the UK do not want ID cards and will fight plans to force them onto air crews. A survey of 10,000 pilots by the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) found 60 per cent were... [08 May 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News ID cards, Oracle's move for Sun and the ever-interesting issue of how to keep hold of your job were three of the biggest stories on silicon.com in April. This month silicon.com's refreshed A to Z of... [08 May 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to scan photos and fingerprints for ID cards. Figures released today also revealed that the projected cost of producing ID... [06 May 2009]
Manchester public will get first UK ID cards
News I have come across very few people who see the benefits of [ID cards] and even fewer people who will choose to spend money on ID cards at a time when the country is... [06 May 2009]
