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NHS names top tech tag team
News The NHS announced in April that it would split the old NHS IT director general role in two following the departure of the previous holder of the post, Richard Granger, at the beginning of the year. Martin Bellamy... [07 Aug 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The Home Office documents predict the cards will be fitted with a "tamperproof chip" containing encrypted information, which would include the holder's face, two fingerprints, personal details and... [26 Feb 2008]
UK passports face massive price hike
News These passports contain chips that store biographical data and a digital facial image of the holder. To meet the US Visa Waiver deadline the UK's Identity and Passport... [10 Oct 2007]
Biometric passports take off
News The new passports include a chip with the holder's facial biometric, with facial recognition software used to check passport applications against a list of known passport fraudsters. The Identity and... [05 Oct 2006]
PCs, mobiles and PDAs need 'online' TV licence
News A TVL spokeswoman said: "A valid licence entitles the licence holder and anyone who lives with them to watch live television on any device at that address, for example on a television set or on a PC,... [13 Jun 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in mobile and wireless
News Christmas isn't Christmas without Noddy Holder belting out Merry Christmas Everybody complete with the classic line: "Look to the future now, it's only just begun. Vodafone also jumped on the mobile email bandwagon,... [15 Dec 2005]
Vonage debuts wi-fi phone
News Holder said: "The trend is definitely moving in that direction where more cities will offer free and open wi-fi in a lot of public areas. But Louis Holder, executive VP of product... [13 Dec 2005]
Passport price forced up by biometric chip costs
News Anti-fraud features include the gradual introduction of new biometric 'ePassports' from February 2006, which will contain a scan of the holder's facial features embedded in a chip. The UK Passport... [17 Nov 2005]
Microsoft joins the book search bandwagon
News Although Google says it will offer only a few sentences from books that are copyright-protected, unless the copyright holder gives permission to show more, the lawsuits allege that making copies by scanning the entire... [26 Oct 2005]
MasterCard data breach: Lawsuit demands damages
News The suit was originally filed on behalf of Eric Parke, a holder of several MasterCard and Visa credit cards, and Royal Sleep Clearance Center, a business that accepts the cards. The suit... [07 Jul 2005]
BT: 'We won't compete with Apple'
News BT already has its finger in the digital music pie - late last year the telco announced it was to become a distributor, DRM hand-holder and music storage company with a one-stop shop music... [20 Jun 2005]
Police target £50m business identity theft scam
News But the main advice is to sign up for the secure online filing service offered by Companies House which uses a password to prevent fraudsters changing any details and an email alert system that warns the... [10 May 2005]
Yahoo! releases dead marine's emails
News complied with the mandate on Thursday, despite the company's policy of not giving email passwords to anyone other than the account holder. Ray Everett-Church, principal for privacy consultancy PrivacyClue, said: "If an... [25 Apr 2005]
Patent holder demands 12 per cent of Apple's iPod booty
News Currently, Pat-rights is gunning for 12 per cent of Apple iPod and iTunes profits but if the matter comes to court, the pay-off could be equally lucrative for the patent holder. A Hong-Kong based company... [07 Mar 2005]
100MB storage offered by AOL
News Called the service My Storage, AOL will give a 100MB digital locker to every subscriber and up to seven additional screen names that each account holder can create. According to company... [10 Jan 2005]
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