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Face recognition in your photo album

News The software looks at a person's face, but will also look at the shirt they are wearing and other cues to find a match. Two-dimensional photographs are mapped onto virtual 3D models so that pictures where someone's face is turned slightly away from...

14 March 2006, 10:14

UK cops look into face-recognition tech

News Now the IT agency wants to look at the business case for the national introduction of face-recognition technology by police forces. Geoff Whitaker, PITO's head of biometrics, said the organisation is "in the process of assessing the ability of...

18 January 2006, 9:09

UK drivers could face jail for using phone

News Currently, motorists face an automatic fine and three points on their license under the lesser charge of careless driving. Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald said earlier this year that drivers who flout the law and drive dangerously...

Tags: charge, handheld, face, drivers

21 December 2007, 8:15

Banks face prosecution over Indian call centre leak

News UK banks have been warned they face prosecution for breaching the Data Protection Act after a call-centre worker in India sold bank account details of 1,000 UK customers to an undercover reporter. A Nasscom statement said: "Nasscom will work with...

24 June 2005, 9:47

Drivers to face fines for using mobiles

News From 27 February motorists will face the threat of getting three points on their licence as well as a doubling of the on-the-spot fine to £60. Drivers who insist on chatting away on handheld mobile phones are facing a further crackdown as the...

23 January 2007, 9:10

Sex offenders face social network ban

News Home Office plans come to fruition, registered offenders who fail to supply an email address or supply a false one could face up to five years in jail. Registered child sex offenders could soon be legally obliged to supply local police with their...

Tags: industry, environment, addresses, networking

4 April 2008, 11:21

Alleged UK NASA hacker to face trial in US

News Judge Nicholas Evans, sitting at Bow Street Magistrates' Court, ruled on Wednesday morning that McKinnon must face US courts. Evans rejected the defence arguments that McKinnon would not face a fair trial in the US or that he risked being treated...

11 May 2006, 10:18

Putting a face to Amazon Digital Video

News People were snatching early glimpses of what may be Amazon's new video store on Friday, after a former employee posted screenshots of the store on his blog. Web pages that first surfaced at Kokogiak.com, entitled 'Amazon Digital Video' seem to...

21 August 2006, 10:52

CeBIT gets a tech face-lift

News Europe's biggest technology conference is changing to keep itself relevant in a new trade show era. CeBIT, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday, is undergoing a "180-degree shift in focus" in line with changing market dynamics, according to Sven...

13 March 2007, 9:24

Wi-Fi hotspots face 'dongle mania' danger

News The mobile broadband market is hotting up with data card sales set to jump four-fold in the next three years as prices come down -- possibly threatening the Wi-Fi hotspot market. The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and...

Tags: research, wi fi, services, industry

31 March 2008, 10:10

BitTorrent enemies face new hurdle

News Antipiracy operatives have lost an edge over illegal downloaders of movies and software, thanks to a new feature in file distribution program BitTorrent. BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has eliminated the need for Web site hosting of centralised...

23 May 2005, 10:36

Windows PCs face new Trojan exploit

News A new Trojan horse program was infecting PCs on Wednesday, exploiting a hole in Windows systems to sneak onto computers, then dropping adware or spyware or turning them into zombies, according to several Internet security companies.

29 December 2005, 8:31

David Beckham the new face of Motorola

News David Beckham has signed a deal to promote Motorola mobile phones around the world, the company announced on Tuesday. The three-year agreement kicks off with the England football captain appearing in advertising and retail promotions in Asia.

14 June 2006, 10:56

Security tools face increased attack

News As the pool of easily exploitable Windows security bugs dries up, hackers are looking for holes in security software to break into PCs, analysts have warned. Software makers of ubiquitous antivirus products have not yet been forced to acknowledge...

21 June 2005, 9:58

Linux and Unix face fresh security threat

News US security authority Cert has uncovered a hole in popular software used to run desktop versions of Linux and Unix. The news will bring into question the widespread assumption that Linux and Unix are more secure than supposedly flawed Microsoft...

11 July 2002, 11:20