dna in news
RSS dna in newsCalls to delete profiles from DNA database
News About one million people should have their profiles deleted from the National DNA Database, an inquiry has suggested. The inquiry findings also backed the removal of DNA records from the four-million... [30 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Thomas said privacy was already being quietly eroded, citing examples of the expansion of the DNA database and the centralised collection and retention of data from automatic number plate recognition cameras. [15 Jul 2008]
IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News Scientists at IBM are conducting research into arranging carbon nanotubes - strands of carbon atoms that can conduct electricity - into arrays with DNA molecules. Once the nanotube array has been constructed, the... [21 Feb 2008]
Torex Retail looks to future
News He explained the staff will be going through a training programme, so the management can "impose its DNA" on the organisation. The new team in charge of retail software provider Torex Retail has been reassuring customers... [13 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News He added: "Once you've lost your DNA, you've lost your identity forever. Abagnale, now a security consultant, criticised the ID cards scheme and said: "You can develop all of the best security systems in the world, the... [25 Oct 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 07.09.07
Round-Up Podcast Apple's new-look iPods, a UK-wide DNA database, mobiles vs pets and flashmobbing all up for discussion in the latest Weekly Round-Up podcast. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by Tony Hallett, Tim Ferguson and... [07 Sep 2007]
Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database
News A senior judge has called for a universal national DNA database containing the details of every UK citizen and visitor to the country. In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme Lord Justice Ledley called the... [05 Sep 2007]
'Police data-sharing plan will hurt privacy'
News For the data-sharing system - which would allow Europe's bobbies to swap details of individuals' biometrics including fingerprints and DNA - to be adopted by the EU it must be approved by all 27 member states. [01 May 2007]
Deutsche Bank: Why we use India and Russia
News Things like Six Sigma and ISO are part of their DNA but that doesn't lend itself to innovation. Deutsche Bank (DB) is one of the world's largest banks and has long used outsourcing and offshoring, at various sites around... [15 Mar 2007]
Birmingham Airport launches biometric security
News He added that iris-scanning is the "most reliable biometric" - and is about six orders of magnitude more accurate than a biometric DNA sample. Birmingham Airport has launched a security system based on biometric technology. [06 Feb 2007]
Cops' print database is a shoe-in
News The database has been developed by the Forensic Science Service and will automatically search for matches between shoeprints and crimes, in much the same way as the UK's DNA database cross-references DNA... [30 Jan 2007]
UK supercomputer gets upgrade
News Scientists from University College London used the computer to develop an understanding of the transport of biomolecules such as DNA, RNA and polypeptides across protein membrane channels in biological cells. [08 Nov 2006]
Software industry 'close to implosion'
News Lane said SaaS is likely to undermine a lot of established players who may lack "the DNA" to react. He added: "Microsoft is in the best position to do something about this but if you've been selling software for so long... [09 Oct 2006]
Sex sites facing law to clean up their act
News Force sex offenders to provide a DNA sample, a requirement that many states have already adopted. The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for webmasters to use... [26 Jul 2006]
Crime of the future - biometric spoofing?
News Fingerprints and DNA are left everywhere we go and it's been proved that these are real threats. Watch where you leave your fingerprints - soon they could be the target of thieves looking to break into your bank account. [20 Jul 2006]
