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12. oktober 2005
 

Biometric ATMs Not Being Used in U.S. (AP).

NCR's Alieen Hird uses the fingerprint verification sensor on an ATM at NCR in Dundee, Scotland Friday May 20, 2005. Scanning fingerprints or irises to verify an ATM customer's identity has yet to penetrate the U.S. banking market because of concerns about expense and privacy. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - They walk up to an ATM and press their thumbs on the screen. Out spits the cash. New York? No. Chicago? No. The mountains and jungles of Colombia. It's one of the few places in the world where banks are using fingerprint biometrics, which verify people's identities based on their unique physical characteristics.


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Sportingbet boosts online gamers. Shares in internet gaming companies rise after Sportingbet says its profits have more than quadrupled. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Yahoo! to Bar Minor-Adult Sex Chat Rooms (AP).

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer addresses an investment conference in Manhattan, April 13, 2005. Yahoo agreed to shut down Internet chat rooms designed to promote sex between adults and children, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Chip EastAP - Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday it will bar chat rooms that promote sex between minors and adults and restrict all chat rooms to users 18 and older.


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