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Int’l Biometric Group
Biometric systems use a unique human characteristic such as a face, voice or iris pattern to authenticate identity, and are viewed by ministers as an answer to a host of seemingly insoluble problems. The Home Office plans to introduce passports that carry biometric information by 2005. However, the technology has many critics who point to a number of serious flaws including new opportunities for criminals to steal another person’s identity with devastating effect.
[ continue ]Game Informer
The very concept of Classic GI is based on the assumptions that the old consoles are history; that their stories have ended, and thus can be dissected and retold in these pages. However, assumptions are frequently wrong – none more so than the one that suggests that the systems of yesterday are dead. In fact, in the last few years, there has been a steady stream of new and previously unreleased titles published for consoles, ranging from the legendary Atari 2600 to the all but forgotten Phillips CD-i. While industry giants like Electronic Arts and Square Soft labor to pull …
[ continue ]The New York Times
The Sony Clié was as good a smoking gun as investigators could get in a white-collar crime. When the police in San Jose, Calif., broke up an identity-theft crime ring two weeks ago, they used search warrants to seize and examine the hand-held organizers of the suspects, including that of the man the police said had been the ringleader, Julian Torres, 21.
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