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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.

  • New Zealand examines voluntary ID system

    The New Zealand government is working on a voluntary token-based identity authentication system for people dealing with government and possibly with private businesses as well.

  • Feds release public service ID management plans

    The federal government has moved to set minimum standards across its agencies for checking employees or contractors are who they claim to be and that their qualifications are genuine.

  • St George upgrades ID management system

    St George Bank is upgrading its identity management systems to better manage employee access and accommodate more stringent customer authentication technologies such as biometrics or tokens and password verification by phone.

  • Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

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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.

  • Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

  • Biometric options multiply

    Biometric authentication systems may be common within a few years, thanks to improving technology and the concept of combining multiple biometrics, to increase security or to provide a backup in case one technique fails.

  • 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.

  • One billion passports to get biometrics, RFID by 2015

    Civil liberties groups from both sides of the Atlantic have joined forces to oppose the proposed introduction and cross-border sharing of biometrics and RFID in more than one billion passports worldwide.

Reviews (7)

  • 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.

  • Raritan Dominion PX8

    The Raritan Dominion PX keeps track of power consumption, and records temperature and humidity data from sensors placed amongst your servers. When combined with an un-interruptible power supply, we think it will keep your servers safe and happy.

  • Firefox 3 beta 1: a first look

    A few months later than originally planned, Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 3, the widely used open-source Web browser. Firefox 3 beta 1 includes a number of features that Mozilla says should improve security, ease of use, rendering of Web pages and location of previously visited Web pages.

  • .Net demystified: What you must know about MS's software scheme

    Suppose, for a moment, that everything could talk to everything else. Your calendar could get information from and supply data to your documents, or your cell phone, or someone else's calendar and cell phone. Your computer's desktop could tell you that your dry cleaning is ready or your bank account is overdrawn.

  • To know you by your touch

    One of the most annoying things that can happen when using a computer is forgetting your password or log on name. Digital Persona's, UareU Pro finger print verification system is among the first applications of biometrics security systems in mainstream personal and office computing

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