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Most biometric checks will bypass ID database

Will use data stored on ID cards

19 Nov 11:28

Ex-CEO says BAE's British future 'in doubt'

Also: Eurofighter development far from complete

19 Nov 10:51

Wacky Jacqui's £12bn gIMP could be unleashed by 2012

But 'nothing decided' on comms überdatabase, says Home Office

18 Nov 16:04

DARPA seeks 'Machine Reading' AI auto-analysis bot

Human analysts' unanimous view - it'll never work

18 Nov 15:14

First self-inflicted identity donor cards to ship in late 2009

Criminal Records chief takes charge of rollout

18 Nov 12:56

Mobile phones will 'cut off' Al Qaeda

US puts faith in mobe-issued boarding passes

18 Nov 12:34

British pilots ramp up opposition to ID cards

'Unfair' plan could prompt strike action

18 Nov 12:15

Slo-mo MoD budget traincrash rolls on

Analysis But the wireless cam-grenade will save us all

17 Nov 13:43

UK health records should not be flogged off

Health watchdog barks

17 Nov 12:57

Gov to Manchester: No new trams without road pricing

One-way congestion charge favours night shift

17 Nov 11:17

Leicester nursery loses memory stick with children's details

Details of 80 children potentially AWOL

17 Nov 11:03

Obama names techies to transition squad

Not all bankers and lawyers

14 Nov 15:50

Tory MP smacks Labour about the balls

Thinking of England at every stroke

14 Nov 12:35

Tens of thousands of kids need to be protected from ContactPoint users

So says UK.gov

14 Nov 11:25

eBay bans sale of Obama inauguration tickets

The revolution will not be auctioned

14 Nov 00:46

Retro piracy - Should the Royal Navy kick arse?

Analysis Tackling the freebooters of the 'Gate of Tears'

13 Nov 13:53

CRB database wrongly labels thousands as criminals

Criminal records four times worse than thought

13 Nov 12:34

CBI calls for UK lo-carb tech spend 'equal to weapons'

Nuclear power stations, not nuclear bombs

13 Nov 10:00

How the gov's child protection database fails to add up

Comment Risk-averse authorities likely to treble access

12 Nov 13:14

UK's 'secure' child protection database will be open to one million

Exclusive Government underestimates, under pressure

12 Nov 13:08

DHS robotic airport missile-patrol plan to be shelved

Droid dazzler overwatch ploy too pricey

12 Nov 11:24

ISP boss pledges to undermine Great Aussie Firewall

Stupid plan is stupid

12 Nov 10:37

Aircraft boneyard gets tagged

RFID, but not as you know it

12 Nov 10:12

US Forces offer soundtrack-search 'TroopTube'

World War 2.0

12 Nov 09:42

US spec-ops get robot whispercopter kill fleet this month

Droid choppers can also carry passengers

11 Nov 13:51

US senator demands clamp down on Obama ticket touting

Make inauguration an e-commerce free zone

11 Nov 13:36

The US and the impossible green revolution

Book Review A dream beached by the economy

11 Nov 12:23

Iowa: How the vote was won

USA '08 The view from the front line

10 Nov 12:28

US stocks up on semi-automatic rifles

Obama menaces right to bear Kalashnikovs

10 Nov 12:06

Pakistan threatens death penalty for 'cyber-terrorists'

Sabre rattling to prevent nuclear espionage

10 Nov 11:54

Google's Schmidt not looking for a new job

So who will be America's Next CTO?

10 Nov 09:43

Finland's flawed e-voting scheme - blame the voters?

Ministry of Justice earns itself an Oscar Orwell

9 Nov 08:02

Malaysian court frees 'detained' blogger

ISA arrest ruled unlawful

8 Nov 00:25

Passport and ID card price hike laundered via private sector

High Street enrollment adds £20–40 to tab

7 Nov 11:05

Doormen's database boss goes

Bouncers' bouncer bounced

7 Nov 09:23

North Korea photoshops stroke from Kim Jong Il

Pixelated communist chief in shadow snafu

7 Nov 01:34

FBI drops hammer on AMD employee charged with stealing Intel documents

Four more counts for alleged Chipzilla double-cross

6 Nov 20:53

US airforce online ad theme: 'Horror Meets Comedy'

'Fairy Tale Police' to debut on Xbox Live

6 Nov 16:28

Jacqui Smith prints seized by No2ID in daring dabs grab

Gloves off in the ID card struggle

6 Nov 15:29

German court curbs data collection law

34,000 class action suit pays off

6 Nov 14:42

US admiral wants pain-rayguns for Gulf fleet

'Take, sink, burn or destroy'

6 Nov 11:07

Pentagon spends $442m on 'multiple kill' space interceptors

Smart swarms to eliminate ICBM 'threat clusters'

5 Nov 16:44

Lords demand DNA database deletions

Ermine-clad defenders of our liberty

5 Nov 14:37

Nasty Toryboy bloggers ate my politics, claims Blears

There should (will) be a law against it

5 Nov 14:23

Guy Fawkes stunt arrives early

Comment Blows up junior transport minister

5 Nov 14:05

UK.gov apologises for Tory-bashing child database memo

Civil servants went rogue on partisan missive, DCSF Sir Humphrey says

5 Nov 13:33

Whitehall credit card abuse and payment fraud costs £4m

Fewer incidents but bigger losses

5 Nov 13:28

Roadpricing satnav spybox trials under way

ANPR alone too easy to beat

5 Nov 13:10

Smith's airport ID card plans cut back to small pilot scheme

Small pilots still angry, though...

5 Nov 12:09

The Independent gets the wrong end of Jacqui's gIMP

Universal snooping plans trailed again at ISP jaw-jaw

5 Nov 11:36

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