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Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News The project, called Lantern, is intended to examine how time can be saved by officers trying to establish the identity of persons stopped on the street by enabling fingerprint and number plate checks out on the beat. [11 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The databases that GMP run checks against include the Police National Computer, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA's) system, as well as other local police logs. The network of 15 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras cover main... [05 Jun 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of... [26 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment But employers will be forced to stump up for the physical hardware and associated IT costs of installing equipment to do the biometric checks, as well as a fee for each check. F is for Facial recognition [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita. [21 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News 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 Commission, international travellers... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News 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 Travellers waiting to board UK-bound flights will now be able to access the larger... [08 Feb 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency officials and set out 10 milestones to strengthen border... [14 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The university admissions body Ucas trialled software that checks university applications against its archive to make sure applicants aren't copying material available via the web.applicants were found to have plagiarised other sources within... [19 Dec 2007]
Tech leads to crunch time for uninsured drivers
News The use of ANPR has led to more than 100,000 uninsured vehicles in the UK being seized this year by the police in roadside checks, compared to 78,000 during 2006. Record numbers of uninsured vehicles are being seized and crushed thanks to automatic... [14 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 uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to make the pages searchable. The British Library is working with Microsoft and... [27 Sep 2007]
Source Technologies Case Study: Banco Popular de Puerto
White Paper The bank maintained 26 different types of checks. CheckPartner is a secure, server-based software platform that provides users with robust payment management capabilities accessed via a single interface to view, manage, and print checks from any... [05 Jul 2007]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News The UK's airports have been rolling out biometric checks at their gates recently as part of Project Iris - Iris Recognition Immigration System - which uses iris-scanning technology to identify frequent travellers and speed up immigration checks... [27 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. Would you be happy to go through biometric security checks in airports? [20 Jun 2007]
The biggest VoIP security threats - and how to stop them
Comment When a call comes in, the system checks to see if the call is potentially a spam call by checking whether it comes from a suspect source. Ovum analyst Graham Titterington says: "A normal content filter won't work, although some pin their hopes on... [22 Mar 2007]
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