Playing the identity card; surveillance, security and identification in global perspective.
9780415465649 Playing the identity card; surveillance, security and identification in global perspective. Ed. by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon. Routledge 2008 287 pages $29.95 Paperback JC596 Researchers in political science,...

NXP Reaches Milestone in ePassport Chip Shipments.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 December 2008-NXP Reaches Milestone in ePassport Chip Shipments(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, announced that it has shipped its 100 millionth ePassport chip in Qu3 2008, confirming the company's number one position in the eGovernment identification...

The Universal Badge.
Byline: Robert Pearson The Universal Badge A universal badge is an elusive commodity. It is what everyone wants, but it is difficult to develop or obtain. To check the validity of this statement, all you need to do is examine the huge effort, time spent...

Multi-purpose smart cards arrive.
Byline: Vishwa Mohan NEW DELHI: The Centre has chosen Narela in north Delhi to kick-start the distribution of the much-awaited multi-purpose national identity cards (MNIC) in the country. Residents of the area will be handed these microprocessor-based cards on Saturday. Nearly 30 lakh people of...

Most Africans have an ID thanks to this Delhi co.
Byline: Harsimran Singh NEW DELHI: Here's another dimension of outsourcing and it concerns citizens' most critical document for international travel - the passport. Though it's not about passports of Indian nationals but those from the African countries. Almost 40% (35.6 crore) of Africa's population use...

SAUDI ARABIA - May 22 - No Foreign Help in Catching Terror Suspects, Says Naif.
Interior Minister Prince Naif denies that Saudi Arabia seek the assistance of any foreign country when it rounded up 172 suspects involving seven terrorist cells in recent months. "The operations were 100 percent Saudi efforts", Prince Naif said of the arrests, which took place over a number of months...

Non-EU foreigners to need British ID cards - Blair.
LONDON (Reuters) - All foreigners from outside the European Union will need a British identity card to find work or claim benefits in Britain under a new scheme that comes into force from 2008, Prime Minister Tony Blair said. Writing in Monday's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Blair said...

Kalam advocates national approach against terrorism.
NEW DELHI: Even as a section of the political class is accused of displaying a marked reluctance to put the blame for terror attacks where it belongs, President APJ Abdul Kalam on Monday emphasised the need to 'transcend individual differences of opinion and address the issue with a sense...

Look West: Their story.
Byline: Ravi Anthanarayanan The need for a robust identification system in India comes to the fore every time there is a scam, like the current IPO allotment fiasco. Every time there's a move to rectify the shortcomings of the existing system, a new problem crops up. It...

They are watching you.
THE PENTAGON CALLS IT TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS and it's coming to your neighbourhood soon. Information is being gathered about you and stored in an easily searchable database. There are now over five million people on the US MASTER TERROR WATCHLIST. You say you haven't done anything wrong. But can...