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Identity scheme echoes ID cards, say campaigners

...said. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Shades of ID cards haunt new authentication scheme on silicon.com. Get the latest technology... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

ID cards: Why they were destined to fail

...in the first place. Hardware too failed to keep pace with the ID cards grand vision: in February last year silicon.com revealed that the... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

ID cards scrappage bill set for December

...reverse state intrusion into the lives of law abiding citizens by scrapping ID cards and unnecessarily intrusive databases, and restoring rights to non-violent protest... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Kable

Mobile's biggest show, Android invasion, tablets galore, ID cards' end

February was also the month that the ID cards scheme literally went up in smoke. At a secure site in... Read more

7 March, 2011 by silicon.com staff

ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

...Identity Documents Bill yesterday. The coalition government announced it intended to scrap ID cards for British citizens in May when incoming Home Secretary Theresa May... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Cabinet Office hails £500m savings in IT

...already achieved, the Cabinet Office said that £402m had come from stopping ID cards and other major projects. Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, said: "This... Read more

20 December, 2010 by Kable

Labour spending for ID cards totals near £300m

The development, introduction and deployment of ID cards has cost the Labour government just under £300m, according to a... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Kable

ID cards, identity register abolished within 100 days

...in earnest next year. This was projected to rise to 10 million ID cards/passports being issued ever year from 2016 onwards. A separate scheme... Read more

28 May, 2010 by Kable
ID Flow 6.0.83

ID Flow 6.0.83

...Photo ID Card Software provides everything you need to design and print ID cards. Whether you are using paper badges, PVC cards with magnetic stripes... Read more

23 January, 2012
ID Maker 2.0.3

ID Maker 2.0.3

...organization. With ID Maker, you can create: Access cards, Employee or Student ID cards, Membership cards, Visitor IDs, Season Passes, Customer rewards. ID Maker features... Read more

29 March, 2011

ID card scrappage bill to gain royal assent

...the Identity Documents Bill will pass into law. As a result, existing ID cards will be invalid for use in a month's time. Home... Read more

21 December, 2010 by Kable
iWinSoft Label Maker Professional 1.5.1

iWinSoft Label Maker Professional 1.5.1

...make address labels, mailing labels, shipping labels, letterheads, Form Letters, business cards, ID cards, Inventory Tags, postcards, and envelopes and much more... Starting from existing... Read more

3 December, 2010

Government to begin shredding ID card data

...June. The coalition government announced in May that it would scrap the ID cards scheme and the National Identity Register. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

Miliband backs DNA and CCTV policies

...campaign, he wrote: "The argument is being won that on issues like ID cards and stop-and-search, we became too casual about the liberties... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Kable

Government to save £50m in revised biometrics deal

The government has renegotiated a contract previously linked with ID cards, which will see IBM support checking biometric visas and residence permits... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Kable

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