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4/01/08

Few US federal employees have HSPD-12 ID card


Office of Management and Budget says less than 1 percent of federal employees have HSPD-12 cards

3/01/08

Precise scoops new ID deal


Precise Biometrics has won yet another tender to supply technology for a national ID card scheme.

2/01/08

US passport card to be ‘‘vicinity read’’ RFID


Passport cards for Americans who travel to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean will be equipped with vicinity-read RFID technology

28/12/07

Senegal ePassport rolls out


Senegal has officially launched its ePassport

21/12/07

Schengen zone expands


‘Passport-free’ travel is becoming a reality for even more travellers in the EU after nine new countries joined the Schengen zone at midnight last night.

19/12/07

Smart border communities for India


The Indian government is introducing identification cards in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in an effort to stamp out illegal immigration from neighbouring Nepal.

18/12/07

Titanium Group announces new ID solution


Titanium Group has launched a new RFID and biometric-based product targeted at the high growth retail sector in Hong Kong and China.

17/12/07

TSSI exceeds financial targets


TSSI Systems has said it has exceeded its financial targets for 2007, having reported revenues of £3.4 million for the year ending 31 May 2007.

14/12/07

Precise scoops Portuguese follow-on deal


Following its success in winning a deal for the Portuguese ID card earlier this year, Precise Biometrics says it has received a follow-on order linked to the project via its partner Zetes Burótica.

12/12/07

Bahamas ePassport moves up a gear


Bahamas ePassport partners include IRIS Corporation Berhad, Indusa Global, De La Rue, Dell and Microsoft.

11/12/07

Cross Match invests in AssureTec


Cross Match Technologies makes an equity investment in AssureTec Systems

11/12/07

Saudi opts for Entrust


Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) has chosen Entrust to supply PKI and email technology in conjunction with its local partner Moammar Information Systems.

10/12/07

Digimarc to miss profit goal


Digimarc has said it does not expect to report a profit in its 2007 results, although revenue has improved at the digital watermarking and driving licence firm.

6/12/07

India confirms ePassport plans


India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E Ahamed, has confirmed the country’s ePassport plans in a written reply to a question in the upper house of parliament.

5/12/07

Singapore smart card standard launched


New standard could help to eradicate the need to carry multiple cards

4/12/07

Ceramic compounds to beat counterfeiters


Honeywell has launched an anti-counterfeiting technology aimed at protecting high-value documents and products.

3/12/07

Alex Mandl is Gemalto non-exec chair


Gemalto has confirmed the appointment of Alex Mandl as non-executive chairman of the board of the digital security provider.

30/11/07

XIRING scoops Best Alternext IPO award


XIRING has been awarded the 2006 Best Alternext Initial Public Offering in the Midcaps awards organised by Ernst & Young, MiddleNext, NYSE-Euronext and Oddo Midcaps.

30/11/07

Bangladesh elections to go biometric


Bangladesh is set to use biometrics for its 2008 general election following the award of an exclusive follow-on contract to Bio-key International and Tiger IT.

30/11/07

Latest ICAO MRTD report scathing of ePassport critics


ICAO’s latest MRTD report features an exclusive interview with Barry Kefauver who confronts media and hacker claims surrounding the security of contactless chips


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