"... There will be a Web equivalent of 'No shoes, No shirt, No service'," says author and tech futurist Paul Saffo. In other words, if you want to join the club, show your card.

Second Life is tapping technology called Integrity, from Washington D.C.-based Aristotle International. Soon only those Second Lifers willing to divulge their social security numbers (or passport data) will get access to content that other members have flagged as "adult."

Recently the South African Parliament passed a bill that may just legalize online gambling, which includes online poker... Age verification processes would have to be in place as well, to ensure that only 18 years old and older patrons would play.

US Representatives Steve Israel (Democrat) and Pete King (Republican) representing Long Island, New Jersey have recently submitted an editorial to the New York Post, calling for an end to the "misdirected… also probably unenforceable" ban on Internet Gambling in the US.

Israel and King refer to Britain’s legal and regulatory framework as an example, where age verification technology checks ensure that gamblers are of age and are not problem gamblers and watch lists work to prevent money-laundering.

The introduction of IDV will also help ensure that minors do not gain access to restricted content within Second Life, which is intended for users aged 18 or over. Access to Second Life content flagged as ‘Restricted’ will be available only to those whose age has been verified as being over 18.

Verification technology and data services provider, Aristotle, will provide its widely used Integrity Identity verification technology, which launches in Linden Lab’s beta today, before a full rollout to all Second Life Residents.

Read more at: http://lindenlab.com/press/releases/08_29_07

Labour's new gambling laws come into force today aimed at stopping children betting online. The legislation requires all UK registered internet gaming sites to implement age verification checks for the first time.

Research has shown children as young as eleven are able to gamble online because of failures by a number of websites to carry out proper age checks.

Revealing further look on its upcoming action thriller "Shoot 'Em Up", New Line Cinema has posted a restricted trailer for the movie on the flick's official site Shootemupmovie.com.

Able to be viewed after a brief age verification, the red band trailer delightfully shows tons of new footage which no doubt becomes the true introduction to how the movie will be when it makes its way to the theaters nationwide on September 7 this year.

Shoot 'Em Up uses Integrity:Direct to target age-sensitive marketing to audiences 18 years and older.  To test the age-verification yourself, browse to http://www.shootemupmovie.com/

Hoosiers will be able to order wine by phone or the Internet for shipment to their homes without having to first make face-to-face contact with the vintner, a federal court in Indianapolis has ruled...

Under Wednesday's ruling, however, buyers still will need to provide verification of their age, but not in person, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. "That makes sense. This law was such a clear violation of the commerce clause. It was unfair to out-of-state wineries and to Indiana consumers," said Michael Joseph Donahoe, with Indianapolis-based Epstein Cohen Donahoe & Mendes, an attorney for the plaintiffs. In-state wineries praised the ruling.

Read more at: http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=270623

Based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize winning American master Cormac McCarthy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug- runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (BROLIN) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men...

Miramax uses Integrity:Direct to target age-sensitive marketing to audiences 18 years and older.  To test the age-verification yourself, browse to http://www.nocountryforoldmen.com/

The attorneys general of all 50 states have joined forces to pressure MySpace, Facebook Inc. and other Internet social-networking sites to put in place greater parental controls and age-verification tools so minors can't access the sites so easily.

Led by Richard Blumenthal and Roy Cooper, the attorneys general of Connecticut and North Carolina, respectively, the group is working together to pressure the social-networking sites for changes and push for new laws.

Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118773932035404650.html