Ignore Wall Street Is Skagen’s Advice With Emerging Markets Bet Bloomberg Kristoffer Stensrud, the founder of Stavanger-based Skagen who manages the 50 billion-krone ($8 billion) Kon-Tiki A emerging market fund, says a series of elections in the… See on http://www.bloomberg.com

Biometric standard for the cloud…plus multi-biometric app award Planet Biometrics While biometrics are becoming a ubiquitous component of securing consumer data on mobile and other digital devices, there are few industry standards in place to… See on http://www.planetbiometrics.com

Midsize Insider Hoyos Labs nabs Envisioneering Innovation & Design award at CES Biometric Update The new app, as we reported yesterday in BIometricUpdate.com was just launched and is a multi-biometric recognition system for mobile devices that uses… See on http://www.biometricupdate.com

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has insisted that he is “very proud” of the company’s tax structure, and said that measures to lower its payments were just “capitalism”. See on http://www.telegraph.co.uk

One technology executive predicts mobile banking users will soon eclipse online banking users. See on http://www.cutimes.com

Typing in passwords on tablets and PCs could become a thing of the past. (Would you trust putting biometrics on a US device? See on http://www.technologyreview.com

London’s Gatwick Airport takes innovative biometric passenger tracking system for increased security through its entire passenger handling process (RT @ProSecurityZone: Automatic passenger verification for Gatwick Airport #Biometrics @HRS_biometrics… See on http://www.prosecurityzone.com

London-based Elliptic will use ‘deep cold storage’ techniques, that use both strong encryption and secure physical locations to secure Bitcoins. See on http://www.dailymail.co.uk

The NameTag app uses facial recognition software and combs the web for social networking and dating profiles belonging to the unsuspecting passerby. See on http://www.scmagazine.com

Target today announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach and its expected fourth quarter financial performance. See on pressroom.target.com