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RSS checks in photosPhotos: Getting hands on with Windows 7
Photo A WinHEC attendee checks out a touchscreen version of Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope at a booth highlighting Windows 7's touch abilities. A Microsoft booth worker at WinHEC demonstrates how touch can be used to move... [12 Nov 2008]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo During Project Lantern, the system was used alongside automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems checks to verify the identity of people in vehicles flagged up as of interest to the police. A recent trial, Project... [24 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo Enter a search term and the app checks files on your device as well as online. 1: Google Mobile App The iPhone is a surprisingly large place to be in, lots of data, phone numbers, email, apps and websites and the free... [15 Aug 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo Richard Williams, civil autonomous systems director at BAE Systems, said in a statement: "Some people will use any means to get past immigration checks, and catching them can be extremely hazardous. Hero bot is part of a... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo Former Seinfeld star and Celebrity Poker Showdown winner, Jason Alexander, checks out Microsoft's Surface technology at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats into art using... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is using a mobile process for streamlining assessments by fire fighters of operational risks, home fire risk checks and fire safety audits. Police forces and other emergency services... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: Inside the British Library's digital books project
Photo A scanner operator checks a book is set up correctly for the machine to continue taking images. The British Library is working with Microsoft and imaging company Content Conversion Specialists (CCS) on a massive book... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo Or checks take place against numerous gantries running over the motorway system. If a driver is stopped, after checks show no payment has been made, they can be made to cough up while out on the road. [02 Feb 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo The card is activated 24 hours later after further background checks to verify the identity of the person. Cyrille Bataller, biometric specialist at Accenture - one of the tech companies behind the project - admitted... [06 Dec 2006]
Photos: RFID tickets track football fans
Photo Fans have their RFID smartcard scanned by the reader, which checks the details against the central ticketing database. London-based Premiership football club Fulham has started issuing RFID-enabled smartcards to fans,... [15 Nov 2006]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo The system also checks the tester and garage are authorised to test that class of vehicle and that the calibration of the test equipment is up-to-date. The MOT computerisation project is the single biggest change to the... [07 Apr 2006]
Photos: New ePassport revealed
Photo Other security features include enhanced background checks on applicants and face-to-face interviews for first-time adult applicants from October 2006. The cover of the ePassport looks only slightly different. [30 Nov 2005]
Photos: World's biggest grid
Photo John Gordon deputy director of the CCLRC e-Science Centre at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory checks that the grid is running well. Photo: Steve Ranger This robot hand, part of a tape library, is used by researchers to... [24 Nov 2005]
