Heathrow tests biometric security

A trial of a new biometric scanning system at Heathrow Airport's Terminal Three started today. Dubbed MiSense, the pilot scheme, set to run until the end of January, will track passengers as they make their way through the airport and onto their plane. Passengers travelling on Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights will scan their fingerprints and passport at the check-in. ...more

US jobs boost for Tyneside

US firm ATMEL is to buy Seimens' former DRAM wafer factory in Wallsend, on Tyneside. In a deal partly financed with a ?27.8m regional assistance grant from the Government, the programmable logic, flash and microcontroller firm will create around 700 jobs in the area which could double as production gains momentum. ...more

IFPI says no to Napster

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has turned its nose up at Napster’s $1bn compensatory offer to record companies. A statement issued by General Counsel Allen Dixon says: ”We are disappointed that Napster has resorted to a tactic which is little more than a public relations gambit. “IFPI believes Napster should comply with the court order and stop offering infringing files to the public. ...more

There's life in e-advertising yet

The boom days for dot coms may be over but a report released yesterday shows Internet ad revenues are still rising. Research by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that online ad revenues for the second quarter of 2000 were $2.1 billion. ...more

US tax site baits hook for phishers

A configuration error on a US government website is allowing phishers to redirect visitors to bogus sites. The phishing emails are therefore able to meet key tests for authenticity: firstly the phishers can use a URL belonging to that domain, and simply force a redirect by additional parameters to that link. Therefore they don't need to obscure the real web address through clever HTML, and the emails arrive as text, and advise copy and pasting the link into a browser - a better way to ensure you are not duped than simply clicking a link. ...more