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FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

FBI aims for world's largest biometrics databaseFreedom for Security?If as man would give up freedom for security, that man deserves neither. Ben Franklin. This is a continued outrage, by the powers that be. Pushin further and further into a police state. I will do everything in my power to fight...

Tags: Federal government, Authentication/Encryption, Vertical industries, information technology, irony, FBI Aims, biometrics database, Revelation 13:17, biometrics, FBI, government

Discussion threads 2007-12-22

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ID Flow 4.3 (Windows)

Whether you need to print a few ID badges or automate large scale ID card production by fetching data from a database, ID Flow Photo ID Card Software has it all. ID Flow can function as a stand-alone system or integrate with your existing database via a live connection. ID...

Tags: ID Card, Data Entry, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Jolly Technologies, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-07-28

How can Internet security be stepped up?

The state of Internet security nowadays has reached its worst it has ever seen. With botnets attacking Mac's which was almost unheard of before last week and password thefts, eBay and Twitter scams to identity and data theft which breached the Pentagon. One of the main reasons...

Tags: Password, Internet, Internet Security, P4ssw0rd, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-23

News to know: FCC oks white spaces; Firefox; Dell; Adobe patch

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Obama wins: CBS News: Election Webcast Techmeme: FCC approves plan to approve white spaces for broadband use Joe Brockmeier: Vote Firefox! Mozilla passes 20%...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., FCC, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05

The most comprehensive police database: Facebook

Over the last few decades, police intelligence gets better through technological means. Before they used pen and paper, and the only way to cross reference files was by means of filing. Nowadays with specific databases for different crimes - the PND, ViSOR, the UK DNA database, ANCHORY, FBI Guardian, and...

Tags: Facebook, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-14

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...

Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?Mind ControlWith my X-files inspired name, and a subject line like that, I probably deserver to be dismissed as a loon, but...A read of Derren Brown's book "Mind Control" should make even the the most ardent sceptic ponder on just how controllable people are....

Tags: Biometrics, Government, Authentication/Encryption, Mind Control, Google Inc., information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

On the (mis-) use of DNA

Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We'll sneak up on it. The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people's reaction to it did. Whenever I'd mention biometrics, people would say, "Have you seen GATTACA? Isn't that a frightening view...

Tags: DNA, Analysis, Employee Discrimination, Biotechnology, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-04-11

News to know: People don't get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merger mania

Notable headlines: Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a '10' Janice Chen: Think the MacBook Air is thin? Check out the thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera. Dan Farber: Salesforce adds $5 per login pricing option and new developer tools. Phil Wainewright:...

Tags: FCC, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Merger, Apple MacBook, Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Camera, Notebooks, Open Source, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-17

FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.

FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.Great for US tourismEveryone will flock there.RE: FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.http://www.securenet.bc.ca/NewsReleases/Press%20Releases%202008/jan142008pr.htm'nuff saidRE: FBI takes biometrics: More BS!What can't be done in the U.S. Due to that pesky constitution and stupid Americans and their freedoms can be done in Britain, out of...

Tags: Federal government, FBI, biometrics database proposal, US-VISIT Program

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

FBI building massive biometric database

In The Simpsons movie, Marge, Bart and Lisa's conversations are tracked by the NSA. It's not that they've been targeted as specific threats to the EPA's plans to wipe Springfield off the map but because the NSA listens to every American's conversation. That scenario -- which...

Tags: Database, FBI, Fingerprint, Pentagon, Iris, Federal Government, Storage, Databases, Government, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-24

News to know: Mozilla Weave, LCD inflation, Santa tracker, predictions, more

Notable headlines: George Ou: How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio score Google NORAD Santa tracker Robin Harris: Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime time Larry Dignan: Can an airline exec run Red...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., LCD, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Productivity, CAD, Monitors & Displays, Apple Mac OS X, Finance, Software, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-24

Of iPods and digits

Of iPods and digitsI always keep in iPod in plain sightThat way, if I get mugged, the thief takes the useless iPod and leaves right away without finding my hidden Zune. The poor thief now has to deal with nightmares like [url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1255910&tstart=15] this. [/url]RE: Of iPods and digitsIt's Security Vs....

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, biometrics, iPODS

Discussion threads 2007-11-23

U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'

U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'Not arrived in the UK yet?Where do you live? The disease has been here for much longer than anywhere else.What is a Government? Even if it is prefaced by Her Majesty's. Can any unelected government be wrong ever? Ask George W not Washington, Bush!...

Tags: Biometrics, Financial services, privacy disaster, U.K. Government

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

Identifying fingerprints in seconds

Researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, say they have developed a technology to identify damaged fingerprints in just a few seconds. Their approach neglects surface marks and focuses on underlying patterns. The researchers claim that their technique is fast and 100% accurate -- at least it was on 500...

Tags: Researcher, Print, Technology, Social Security, Biometrics, Productivity, Authentication/Encryption, Identity Theft, Operational Accounting, Security, Government, Finance, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-02

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yet

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yetJust numbers!We are an Oracle shop with a few other Redmond Servers. Oracle is a good product but their support sucks. They themselves don;t know how it works. I wouldn;t bet on their Linux support. Redhat is doing a good job with a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Oracle-Linux, Red Hat Linux, writeoff, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-16

Sybase: The mobile infrastructure company

If you ask most people about Sybase, they think "database company." That is true, but not the whole story. Last year Sybase did about $700 million in database-related sales, but it is a lowly number four in category dominated by Oracle, Microsoft and IBM, with upstarts like MySQL gaining momentum.During...

Tags: Telecommunications, Mobile, Datacenter, Wired & Wireless, General

Blog posts 2007-03-07

Why does government hatch so many bad tech ideas?

BBC Click reporter Chris Long offers a rant about government-initiated projects that DOA dumb on arrival. He offers a few examples from the UK, many of which have parallels in America. A national health database took too long to load, so now one shift leader logs on from...

Tags: Government technology, IT Management, International

Blog posts 2007-02-27

State officials oppose repealing Real ID Act

State officials oppose repealing Real ID ActBiometrics will always be problematicThere will always be exceptions to foil biometrics, simply because humans and the human condition are so varied. Fingerprints? What to do with amputees that have no fingers? Retinal scans? Won't work if you're blind. ...

Tags: Biotechnology, Authentication/Encryption, Smart cards, SECURITY, DNA, biometrics, smart card, Real ID Act

Discussion threads 2007-02-09

Biometrics Technology in Global Security

As governments engage in the fight to combat fraud, organised crime and illegal immigration, the demand for the further development and application of biometric technologies is increasing. Today, public officials tasked with immigration, border control, criminal justice and law enforcement, have a range of sophisticated options at their disposal -...

Tags: Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security

White papers 2007-01-05