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RSS fingerprintsSmartDEGREE From TCS to Combat Certificate Malpractices
White Paper Using SmartDEGREE, a university can award certificates with an embedded RFID tag that is encoded with the holder's name, date of graduation, type of degree and entire transcript, photograph and biometrics (fingerprints),... [12 Nov 2009]
UK inks fingerprint sharing deal with Australia, Canada
News Thousands of fingerprints will be made available under the reciprocal deal (Photo credit: williac via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) The government has announced a fingerprint sharing deal,... [24 Aug 2009]
Mobile Biometric Identification
White Paper Yet deploying cost-effective portable devices with the ability to capture biometric identifiers - such as fingerprints and facial images - is only part of the solution. Adding a wireless dimension to Biometric... [15 Aug 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - how it will look on your desktop
Photo The default desktop on the Windows 7 beta or release candidate featured a betta fish. The final desktop shipping with Windows 7 showcases the Windows logo and some swirly accents, instead. Image credit: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET [06 Aug 2009]
Biometrics system for foreign students raises MPs' eyebrows
News Under the scheme, students must submit their fingerprints and other identifying characteristics at biometric collection points overseas for holding in the NBIS database. In addition, the UKBA does not have enough... [05 Aug 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo ID cards will be able to be used to verify a person's identity via the cards' embedded microchip, which will store the cardholder's biographic information, their photograph and a scan of two of their fingerprints. [30 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News In April, IBM was awarded the contract to administer the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) database, which will hold identifying information such as facial images and fingerprints. IBM's contract to supply... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The cost of providing ID cards and biometric passports over the next 10 years has been reduced to £5bn on the basis that people would scan their fingerprints and facial photographs in high street outlets, which also... [08 Jul 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist DeLeRue. The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which... [12 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to scan photos and fingerprints for the ID cards scheme under new plans. The bright idea is that customers will be able to use the high street outlets to... [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. Under the plans customers will be able to use the high street outlets to scan their... [06 May 2009]
Photos: The future biometrics giving security a hand
Photo He said it was also more suited for use at workplaces such as building sites where the rough work can leave fingerprints damaged and unreadable. The latest biometric technology could let workers access buildings with a... [24 Apr 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News He estimated that as much as 70 per cent of the spam now sent over the internet bears the fingerprints of Russian cybercriminals. The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international... [23 Apr 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The original plan was to use 13 biometrics: 10 fingerprints, both irises and the face. But avoiding getting a card or having your fingerprints and photograph stored in the National Identity Register may... [15 Apr 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National... [08 Apr 2009]
