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ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said: "Unexpected matches reported by an automated fingerprint system are checked by expert human fingerprint examiners. The ID card scheme will guard against one person... [26 Sep 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo Identity cards for UK nationals will display largely the same information as a British passport - including biographical information and the cardholder's photograph on the front. The Home Office has officially taken the... [25 Sep 2008]
UK ID cards unveiled today
News These first generation of cards for foreign nationals will be produced by the UK Border Agency, while the Identity and Passport Service is in the process of awarding contracts to five companies short-listed to produce... [25 Sep 2008]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News The UK was one of 27 countries that took part in the tests of RFID chips and passport readers for second generation ePassports.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The tests demonstrated that it was possible for different... [22 Sep 2008]
ID card contract shortlist gets shorter
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has further whittled down the shortlisted companies to deliver parts of the ID card system and passport application scheme. IBM and Thales are through to the next... [16 Sep 2008]
First 50,000 ID cards issued in November
News The ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers - such as airport staff - in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in 2011/12, when people will have a choice... [09 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News I is for Identity and Passport Service The Home Office has enlisted the help of advertising agency M&C Saatchi to promote the national ID card scheme. Adverstising gurus will be employed to spread the word about the... [09 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of ID and certification. I is for Identity and Passport Service Written in a coffee shop in Mountain View CA and... [21 Aug 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News The facial recognition technology will be used to verify adult travellers with a UK or European chipped biometric passport by comparing scans with the digital photographs stored on their passports. Manchester Airport has... [20 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News But a spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said the department had confidence in the system that would be fully functional by the second half of 2009. A prototype of the UK ID card biometric database will be... [04 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News Phil Booth, national co-ordinator for anti-ID card and privacy pressure group NO2ID, said: "The really tricky part about faking a passport is getting a hold of convincing blanks. As NO2ID and others have shown, the... [29 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News The launch of the site coincides with the publishing of findings of a survey by the Identity and Passport Service showing that 63 per cent of young people support the idea of a nationally recognised form of identity to... [09 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News However, James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, maintained that the cards would enhance airport security. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as... [07 Jul 2008]
Italian Foreign Ministry Calls Linux Solution From IBM Its Passport to Success
White Paper The Ministry of Foreign Affairs represents Italian politics and culture in the world. Through its consulates and embassies, it takes care of diplomatic relations with foreign countries and acts for the Italian government outside Italian... [03 Jul 2008]
Univity GSM SGSN: GPRS Core Network Solutions
White Paper This paper talks about Univity GSM SGSN, which is based on the Passport platform, is the right choice to provide operators with all the capacity and reliability needed. GPRS is taking off thanks to the introduction of... [03 Jul 2008]
