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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 immigration status. [26 Feb 2008]
Web unites bundles of lost cash with forgetful owners
News People who think they may have a lost account fill out an online form, giving as much detail as possible, such a previous addresses of the account holder. A new website has been set up to help people track down money that belongs to them on long... [01 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. The cost of a passport is set to increase "substantially" over the next five years to cover the cost of larger electronic chips that will hold more... [10 Oct 2007]
Intel to expand chip-making in China?
News Export licences are granted based on a combination of factors, including the export compliance record of the potential licence holder, the stated end-use of that technology and the level of technology involved, according to Semi, a semiconductor... [14 Mar 2007]
IE 7 gives secure sites the green light
News The difference is that the identity of each certificate holder has been verified. Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a new feature in Internet Explorer 7 meant to combat phishing scams. In early January, the software giant made a change on... [05 Feb 2007]
Football club tags fans with RFID tickets
News The old system took, at the best of times, 10 to 20 seconds per season-ticket holder on the turnstile. London-based Premiership football club Fulham has started issuing RFID-enabled smartcard tickets to fans to cut queues at the turnstiles on match... [15 Nov 2006]
RIM's nemesis slaps Palm with patent suit
News NTP also lists Nokia as a licence-holder, though that company is not mentioned in the complaint. NTP, the company behind the epic patent infringement lawsuit against BlackBerry maker RIM, is now going after Palm. [07 Nov 2006]
RFID-chipped passport deadline passes
News The high-tech passports include an RFID chip with the passport holder's information and a biometric identifier, such as a digital photograph, to make them harder to forge. RFID tags are being included in passports despite concerns about the holder... [27 Oct 2006]
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. More that 2.5 million ePassports have been issued since the new... [05 Oct 2006]
RFID-chipped passports cross the pond
News The new passports, which have been undergoing testing for several months and have already been issued to some US diplomats, will be equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips that can transmit personal information including the name... [15 Aug 2006]
Biometric passport cracked and cloned
News The UK is currently in the process of rolling out ePassports which store biometric data about the holder on a chip. News that attendees at a US hacking conference have seen a demonstration of how to clone a digital passport has raised fresh... [04 Aug 2006]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News Linden was keen to point out that legitimate purchasers of dot-eu domains have not had their domains suspended, saying: "If you are the holder, you're not affected". EURid, the organisation that administers the dot-eu top-level domain, has... [25 Jul 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Each passport contains a chip which stores a scan of the holder's passport photo, to increase security and comply with international standards. The cost of high-tech security will push the price of a passport up by more that 50 per cent in a year. [24 Jul 2006]
IT vendors fear being linked with ID cards scheme
News Other concerns outlined by the IT companies include a lack of capacity to manufacture the ID cards or the iris recognition cameras needed to verify the card holder with their biometric eye scan. Leading IT suppliers have told the government they... [24 Jul 2006]
Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London
News A security check asking the card-holder to enter their PIN number will be done only after a certain number of transactions. Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value goods by simply... [26 Jun 2006]
