Why you should care about biometrics - ZDNet UK
ZDNet provides a primer on biometrics: "Biometrics can be described as either the study of biological measurements, or the use of those measurements to identify people or verify them. Voice, fingerprints, hand geometry, face, signature, iris and gait can all be measured and used for identification and authentication."

Wired News has a few laughs at how popular ideas about mark tech have changed over the years. All in good fun, or sacrilegious?

BBC News - Blair goes on ID card offensive
BBC News reports, "Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will push on with ID cards - insisting that as with CCTV and DNA the issue is one of 'modernity' not civil liberties."

Freedom and the Internet
Amnesty International is asking bloggers to show their support for the plight of fellow bloggers jailed for what they wrote in their online journals. The organization says freedom of expression and privacy "are under threat from governments that want to control what their citizens say, and what information they can access."