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  • UK airport begins biometric ID trial

    Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks.

  • Security experts slam 'Australia Card 2' idea

    Security experts and privacy advocates unanimously agree that ID cards will not protect Australia from terrorist attacks, despite Attorney-General Philip Ruddock saying the 'key reason' for an Australian ID card would be 'national security'.

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of taking on a new, high-tech identity.

  • Chip off the old block

    Will RFID be the ruin of mankind, or will we perhaps see some benefit from the technology -- like lower prices?

  • Don't regulate RFID -- yet

    Not many people may remember this, but Phil Donahue was one of the digital age's first technophobes.

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  • Biometrics special: Who are you?

    Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

  • Gates: Passwords passe

    Passwords will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by biometric and smart-card technology, Bill Gates reiterated on Tuesday.

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.

  • Novell: The comeback kid

    Novell's chief executive and chairman Jack Messman says contrary to popular belief his company learnt a lot from its mid-nineties tussle with Microsoft -- and now it's got the Linux community in its corner.

  • RFID: Proceed with caution

    Radio frequency identification has the potential to revolutionise supply chains of retailers the world over. However, for a 20-year-old technology, it still has significant teething problems.

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