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UK passports face massive price hike
News The report also questions the need for both an ePassport and a national identity card, which will contain similar data. Leigh said: "Most of us are going to have to have both an ePassport and an identity card. [10 Oct 2007]
3G data cards - think business apps, analyst urges
News At the heart of whether Vodafone and others can afford to offer 3G at a low cost is how much they pay for the data card technology, in their case, from either Option or Lucent. The wholesale cost of the technology, based on a chipset from Qualcomm... [11 Aug 2004]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News Government policy is that all UK residents over the age of 16 should eventually be required to have an ID card. During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of the Conservatives David Cameron questioned Brown about his commitment to the... [10 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.11.03
Round-Up The company's SecureCode authentication system, which operates via a handheld card reader adds an extra layer of security which MasterCard claims effectively creates "a card present digital signature". [21 Nov 2003]
Beyond Wi-Fi - the future of wireless networks
Comment In terms of getting through the battery life of a laptop, a Wi-Fi card burns it up faster than a barbeque party in a firework factory. Generally, the more data you send the more power you need.a and g both consume more power than b. [29 Apr 2003]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News The card numbers, card expiry dates, transaction amounts and account balances were clearly readable in plain text to anybody intercepting the data as it travelled through the network. ATMs today face the internet-born threat of worms and denial of... [04 Mar 2008]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News A MessageLabs advisory warned: "2007 will see VoIP become a prime target for phishing attacks whereby spoof phone calls are made to victims to extract their credit card details or steal their identity using third party software. [04 Jan 2007]
Achieving Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Compliance With Tripwire Change Audit Solutions
White Paper The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires banks, insurance companies, brokerages, credit card companies and other financial businesses to establish safeguards to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of personal customer information and... [20 Sep 2005]
Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?
News The mobile broadband market is hotting up with data card sales set to jump four-fold in the next three years as prices come down - possibly threatening the wi-fi hotspot market. The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and... [28 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Penalties ranging from £125 for not notifying the government of the loss of an ID card, to £250 for not applying for a card or... [26 Feb 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [25 Jan 2008]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. D is for Data privacy worries Seven out of 10 of these matches were due to fingerprint data previously collected in the UK from... [13 Jul 2007]
ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
News Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. D is for Data privacy worries The cost of a passport is set to increase substantially over the next five years to cover the cost of larger... [09 Nov 2007]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service, responsible for realising the ID card... [11 Apr 2008]
Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database
News Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. D is for Data privacy worries There are some immense practical issues as well as the civil liberties and data protection issues. [05 Sep 2007]
