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EU border checks go biometric
News F is for Facial recognition Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European... [14 Feb 2008]
London calls time on gas-guzzling vehicles with ANPR
News London's Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) is using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to limit the number of high emissions vehicles entering the city. The zone is designed to reduce the level of harmful diesel emissions produced by... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News F is for Facial recognition Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need... [08 Feb 2008]
Northern Ireland police brings IT under one roof
News The various elements will be managed by around 100 Fujitsu Services staff and will also cover the fixed line telephony, wide area and local area networks, hosting and automatic number plate recognition camera technology. [06 Feb 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News F is for Facial recognition UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [15 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News F is for Facial recognition All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.silicon.com's A... [14 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News F is for Facial recognition The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated his backing for ID cards this week in the face of accusations his support for the controversial scheme is wavering. During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of... [10 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News Ever the fan of speech recognition technology, Gates demonstrated how mobile search can be improved by combining GPS (Global Positioning System) data with Tellme's speech recognition technology. Bill Gates may be stepping away from full-time work... [07 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News F is for Facial recognition Technology aimed at improving care and the quality of life for the elderly will receive a boost with a major project looking at computational intelligence. Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of... [03 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Harrow Council trialled voice recognition technology to test benefit claimers and saved £110,000 of benefit payments in three months. The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal data, whether that was ID information or what... [19 Dec 2007]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News F is for Facial recognition The Driving Standards Agency has admitted losing more than three million learner drivers' details. In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said the details had been lost by a third-party... [18 Dec 2007]
Tech skills not valued by businesses
News IT skills are still not getting the recognition they should. A plethora of 'softer' skills - such as planning, communication and problem solving - are all valued more highly by top business leaders in the UK today, according to a survey. [14 Dec 2007]
Tech leads to crunch time for uninsured drivers
News Record numbers of uninsured vehicles are being seized and crushed thanks to automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology, research reveals. The use of ANPR has led to more than 100,000 uninsured vehicles in the UK being seized this year by... [14 Nov 2007]
Scientists perfecting picture passwords
News As in other biometric recognition systems, the graphical password is recognised from the template that has been created, not from the drawing itself. Researchers at Newcastle University have developed graphical passwords for mobile devices, and... [05 Nov 2007]
Gates: 'My work here is not yet done'
News Gates continues to lobby hard inside Microsoft for investment in speech and handwriting recognition, though neither has been a huge financial success for Microsoft. Gurdeep Singh Pall, a Microsoft vice president, who has worked closely with Gates... [19 Oct 2007]
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