biometrics a-z
RSS biometrics a-zUK trails in open source race
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z This compares with almost a quarter (24 per cent) of businesses using open source in France, 21 per cent in Germany and 17 per cent in both Canada and... [14 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News B is for Biometrics Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. Smith claimed the cards, expected to cost Ł30, will make it easier for young people to prove... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News B is for Biometrics A to Z of ID Cards IPS chief executive James Hall said in a statement: "We are better placed than ever to build on our successes in the passport service to deliver the National Identity Scheme. [02 Jul 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has extended a mobile fingerprinting trial by handing out 100 devices to a further 10 police forces.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics A is for Accuracy [11 Jun 2008]
IBM gets chips to chill out in water
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of water to cool... [06 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging UK tech hub. A-Zs Software giant SAP has its only UK research facility in the region... [02 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z Chief financial officer Donald Carty, who is to be replaced by Brian Gladden on June 13, said: "I think our results demonstrate we made some progress... [30 May 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers. [19 May 2008]
Open source: UK dragging its heels
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z A-Zs Three years ago, Taylor said, an Office of Government Commerce study reached the same conclusion: a lot of government departments had signed up... [15 May 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z The announcement has already drawn praise from some of the same players in the open source community who, little more than a year ago, criticised... [14 May 2008]
SAP SaaS delay - no surprise
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z SAP's decision to delay the rollout for its Business ByDesign on-demand software should comes as no surprise but could prove a boon for software as a... [01 May 2008]
EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z A-Zs The Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US... [01 May 2008]
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z A-Zs Subir Sarbabidya, VP of sales and relationship management for Satyam BPO, said it had a deal in place to get more of its work in cinemas. [29 Apr 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance required for machines aimed at business users. [29 Apr 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Biometrics from A-Z Security from A-Z Broadband from A-Z Wireless from A-Z Green IT from A-Z Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions. [28 Apr 2008]
