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WA prepares for national face matching database upload
Introduces biometrics sharing laws.
Mar 27 2020 6:45AM
Three states complete national face matching database upload
Driver's licence data from millions now in central system.
Dec 11 2019 1:25PM
Govt told to rewrite facial recognition bills
Lacking detail and privacy protections.
Oct 24 2019 1:17PM
First states upload data to national facial recognition system
Victoria, Tasmania play national guinea pigs.
Sep 17 2019 11:57AM
Privacy bodies take aim at facial recognition laws
More checks and balances needed.
Mar 28 2018 6:20AM
Parliament to scrutinise facial recognition bills
Committee commences review.
Mar 8 2018 4:13PM
Qld biometrics sharing laws waved through
Public given five days to raise issue.
Mar 5 2018 12:00PM
Qld follows feds with new biometrics sharing laws
Ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Feb 19 2018 11:40AM
Govt seeks to enshrine national facial recognition system in law
Enters bills into parliament.
Feb 7 2018 12:30PM
Victoria's role in the national facial biometric system
VicRoads opens up.
Nov 21 2017 6:20AM
Microsoft sued by Getty over Bing photo tool
Claims copyright infringement allowed to run rampant.
Sep 5 2014 8:38AM
July sees spam continuing to dominate emails
Threat reports for July show that spam continues to be sent at a high level with image spam and phishing still in high figures.
Aug 12 2009 11:29AM
ImageShack hit by hacking group
The image-hosting site ImageShack was compromised over the weekend.
Jul 14 2009 10:22AM
Google sees new spam players on the horizon
Emergence of hotbeds.
Jul 2 2009 2:58PM
HP StorageWorks gets Citrix StorageLink support
Reduce the cost of managing HP storage kit.
Jul 1 2009 6:28AM
Image spam levels reach 19-month high
Levels of image spam have reached a 19-month high that is getting harder to detect.
May 6 2009 10:30AM
IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has lifted its ban on Wikipedia, which slowed access to the site to a crawl in the UK.
Dec 10 2008 3:11PM
Heavyweights team up on photo data standard
Some of the largest names in photography hardware and software are teaming up on a new project to create a standard image metadata system.
Sep 27 2008 1:43PM
Researchers isolate 'shared elements' to speed 3D map rendering
Researchers have discovered a novel way to render maps and complex 3D images on consumer devices by processing shared elements in the images only once.
Aug 12 2008 2:56PM
Nasa opens up space image library
Nasa is to make its huge collection of historic photographs, film and video available to the public for the first time.
Jul 28 2008 9:27AM
