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Dear readers,
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Reinier M. van der Drift
BioXS
English
SecurLinx Introduces Multi-modal Biometric Middleware Framework
SecurLinx Corporation announced the release of its SecurLinx API Multi-modal Biometric Middleware Framework. SecurLinx patent pending framework accommodates the interchange of biometric modules while providing storage and sharing without compromising security. Additionally, it manages both user and biometric databases. The framework is comprised of components which allow a customized application to be designed to meet customer and integrator needs. This release includes BioLinx, IdentiTrac and VeriTrac components.
Veridicom to Demonstrate Portfolio of Identity Management Solutions at CeBIT 2005
Veridicom International
(OTC Bulletin Board: VRDI) is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at CeBIT 2005 (http://www.cebit.de) at the Hannover Fairgrounds in Hannover, Germany. CeBIT offers the world's biggest forum for B2B solutions and remains
a key meeting place for the industry.
PR NewsWire
Date: 2005-02-04 |
Facial Recognition Coming to Mobile Devices
Securing mobile devices is an increasingly crucial thing to do since we're more apt to carry critical, and private, data than ever before. I don't know about you, but if someone else got into the documents stored on my PDA or notebook, I'd be very upset. For some, upset would be just the beginning. If sensitive corporate information resides on a mobile device, the loss could be devastating. Biometrics have started their working their way into PDAs and notebooks but the next step, facial recognition, is coming soon.
BargainPDA.com
Date: 2005-03-06 |
Technology can make identity theft more difficult
Some businesses and public organizations are changing the way they handle private data on their customers and employees as a way to fight the menacing problem of identity theft.
By May, new generic identification numbers will replace Social Security numbers for health plan participants in BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
A year and a half ago, Vanderbilt University began a similar move from using Social Security numbers to identify students, staff, faculty and patients.
The Tennessean
Date: 2005-03-06 |
Devices offer handy way to identify customers
Technology has put the ability to identify customers at the banking industry's fingertips, or is it in the palm of their hand?
The Financial Services Agency has proposed the standardization of biometric identification systems to confirm account holders' identities when they use automated teller machines.
Daily Yomiuri
Date: 2005-03-06 |
Biometric technology vital for Mid East aviation and maritime sectors
Daon, one of the world's leading providers of biometric identity assurance software, will be presenting on the latest developments in global biometric technologies designed to enhance border security, for employee credentialing solutions and for e-gate systems at the upcoming Middle East Airport, Port and Terminal Security Conference and Exhibition taking place at the Grand Hyatt Dubai from March 14-15.
Should Biometrics Be Enterprise Specific?
Biometrics based technology currently is a buzzword that has gripped the West. Back home even Indian CIOs perceive this technology with a lot of enthusiasm. However, is the concept of biometrics new? The answer is a firm NO, asserts Captain Raghu Raman, CEO, Mahindra Special Services Group, as he outlines the growing role of biometrics in an exclusive with CXOtoday.
A4Vision, ID Technology Partners, Logitech, Motorola, Oracle, and Unisys Promote International Biometrics Standard for 3D Facial Recognition
A4Vision announced today that its proposal to amend the existing US national standard for Face Recognition Format and Data Interchange to include 3D facial image data has been supported and co-sponsored by an impressive alliance, including ID Technology Partners, Logitech, Motorola, Oracle, and Unisys Corporation. The alliance, eager to see a standard for 3D facial recognition, formed quickly to support A4Vision's amendment, because it facilitates adoption of 3D
face recognition for the broad market.
PressePortal
Date: 2005-02-07 |
Fujitsu Fingerprint Sensors Selected by Shimon Systems for Verification Reference Design Based on TI's DSP Technology
Shimon Systems and Texas Instruments announced the new Fingerscan BIO-EM(TM), a cost-effective, fingerprint-recognition module that authenticates users by capturing, converting, storing and matching their fingerprint images. This complete standalone system enables OEMs to build highly accurate authentication systems for automobiles, point-of-sale terminals, automatic teller machines, physical access devices and safety deposit boxes.
Motorola Ups Investment In 3D Facial-Recognition Arena
Motorola’s venture-capital division Motorola Ventures is investing in California-based A4Vision Inc., a developer and marketer of identification software and 3D facial-imaging products and technology. No dollar amount was released. As part of the deal, Motorola will sell A4Vision’s 3D facial biometrics identification through its Motorola's Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions (GEMS) business, which counts numerous government and public-safety entities as customer.
Telecomweb
Date: 2005-03-07 |
Japan seeks to standardize biometric ID method for ATMs
Daily Yomiuri: Japan's Financial Services Agency has proposed the standardization of biometric identification systems to confirm account holders' identities when they use ATMs.
The agency has begun discussing ways to standardize the biometric authentication system, with a committee expected to issue a conclusion by the end of April.
ATM Marketplace.com
Date: 2005-03-08 |
FaceKey Increases Network of Biometric Product Resellers
FaceKey Corporation, (Pink Sheets:FEKY), a biometrics technology provider that specializes in access and security control, today announces that the Company has signed a reseller agreement with Concepts for Creation Technology Innovations, LLC (CFCTI), of San Antonio. CFCTI is a provider of information technology integration and professional services to both the commercial and government sectors within the State of Texas.
Primezone
Date: 2005-03-08 |
Veridicom International’s Biometric Security Technology Expands Presence to the Greater China Region
SEATTLE, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Veridicom International, Inc (BULLETIN BOARD: VRDI) today announced that MCP Asia Ltd, an investment and consulting firm from Hong Kong, together with Fook Vo Holding Ltd ("Fook Vo") based in Macau, are in discussions to provide Veridicom with marketing and sales services in the Hong Kong, Macau and China regions. MCP Asia Ltd and Fook Vo had previously made a strategic investment in Veridicom and established an equity position in the Company in a transaction valued at US$1,000,000. The investment took place in December 2004 and January 2005.
RC Group Forms Radio Frequency Joint Venture >RCG.LN
RC Group Tuesday unveiled a proposed joint venture with CBS, the Malaysian RFID (Radio frequency Identification) experts, to provide complete solutions to benefit their respective end customers.Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, the duo will set up a joint venture company that will explore and develop RFID and Biometric solutions.
Identity theft
Sir, As the House of Lords prepares to examine the Government’s ID Cards Bill, my company’s research shows that four in five British people accept that biometric information on ID cards, such as fingerprints or facial scans, is the most secure and certain way of proving their identity.
Technology is undoubtedly the key to thwarting identity theft (reports, March 3) and there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate that any technology other than biometrics is better for verifying identities. However, according to our research, half the population is worried about the security of the proposed ID card. The biometric technologies involved have not been proved on the necessary scale required for the UK’s national identity scheme.
The Times
Date: 2005-03-08 |
Flaws found in proposed Cebu ID system
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has found some flaws in the proposed Cebu provincial identification system.
Osmeña said the ID system is flawed because a loophole in the system can be exploited and make it possible for anyone to acquire two ID cards under different names.
To check for possible duplicity, the personnel that would be assigned to process the issuance of the ID cards would have to compare an ID to approximately two million files of Cebu registrants.
AuthenTec introduces new biometric sensor
AuthenTec Inc., an innovator and manufacturer of biometric fingerprint sensors, is introducing a new sensor that it says is the world's smallest, most powerful and versatile biometric sensor.
The Melbourne-based company says its EntrePad 1510 product is about one-third smaller than other sensors and combines high level security with a host of touch-powered features for cell phones at a cost of about $4 each.
Orlando Business Journal
Date: 2005-03-09 |
CIA Venture Group And Motorola Arm Invest In Emerging 3-D Biometrics
Joint-development effort should result in lower biometric-device manufacturing costs, miniaturized biometric cameras, and improved products.
An emerging area of biometric-security technology got a lift Monday when a CIA-backed venture group and the venture-capital arm of Motorola Inc. disclosed about $6 million in investments in A4Vision Inc., a provider of 3-D facial-scanning and -recognition software and equipment.
Informationweek
Date: 2005-03-09 |
Microsoft targets passwords with biometric keyboard
Microsoft has reacted to concerns over the inconvenience of passwords with the launch of a keyboard which uses biometrics to log on users to websites.
The keyboard includes a fingerprint reader which will enable users to store their biometric ID and use that as authentication when logging onto password protected sites – having stored the passwords locally on the device.
Microsoft claims the Optical Desktop Elite with Fingerprint Reader for Bluetooth "offers the nation's PC users a way of managing their passwords without having to remember them".
But the issue of security is one Microsoft, perhaps jaded by past criticism, neatly avoids.
Silicon.com
Date: 2005-03-10 |
Recognition Systems Biometric FingerKey Readers Achieve UL/CSA Certification; Fingerprint Scanners Meet Rigorous UL, Canadian and British Quality Standards
CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2005--Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR) Security & Safety Electronic Control Systems, announced today that its FingerKey DX series of biometric fingerprint readers have been investigated and passed the requirements contained in the Underwriter Laboratories' (UL) Standard Access Control Systems, UL 294, as well as the requirements contained in the Canadian National Standard for Miscellaneous Signaling Equipment, CSA C22.2 No.205-M1983.
Business Wire
Date: 2005-03-10 |
Deutsch
Österreicher überlistet NSA
Die National Security Agency ist auf das Abhören von Funksignalen, Telefongesprächen und E-mails spezialisiert.
Wien - Eine Gruppe von Bürgerrechtlern aus Österreich soll nach einem Bericht von "Spiegel-Online" den US-Geheimdienst NSA (National Security Agency) überlistet haben. Laut Bericht, der sich auf das Internet-Portal des deutschen Zeitschriftenverlages Heise beruft, ist es einem Angehörigen der Datenschützer-Organisation Quintessenz gelungen, sich Zugang zu einer NSA-Mailingliste zu verschaffen und umfangreiche Daten zum Thema biometrische Verfahren herunterzuladen.
EDEKA setzt auf Fingerabdruck-Bezahlsystem
Der führende deutsche Lebensmittel-Einzelhändler EDEKA setzt künftig auf das Bezahlen per Fingerabdruck. Im pfälzischen Rülzheim hat der Konzern in Kooperation mit dem selbstständigen Kaufmann Roland Fitterer und dem Internet- und Biometriedienstleister it-werke einen Supermarkt eröffnet, dessen Kassen mit kapazitiven Fingerabdruck-Scannern ausgestattet sind, an denen Kunden ihre Einkäufe statt in bar oder per Bankkarte nun durch die Überprüfung des Fingerabdrucks bezahlen können.
Heise Online
Date: 2005-03-04 |
NEC demonstriert Technologiepalette auf der CeBIT 2005
NEC unterstreicht mit seinem Stand auf der CeBIT
2005 seine Rolle als Innovationsführer in der
Informationstechnologie. Dazu präsentiert NEC eine Vielzahl neuester
Technologien, die im umfassenden Produktportfolio zum Einsatz kommen
Presseportal
Date: 2005-03-07 |
Die Zukunft spricht oberpfälzisch
Amberg/Weiden. Wenn am Donnerstag die CeBIT beginnt, dann lernen die Hannoveraner wieder oberpfälzisch. Zehn Firmen aus der Region und die Universität Regensburg geben auf der weltgrößten Computermesse ihre Visitenkarten für die IT-Region Ostbayern ab.
Amberger Zeitung
Date: 2005-03-07 |
Bericht: Erste personelle Konsequenz in Visa-Affäre
Die Visa-Affäre soll im Innenministerium zu einer ersten personellen Konsequenz geführt haben. Nach Informationen der "Financial Times Deutschland" wurde ein Regierungsdirektor von seinen Aufgaben im Bereich Personal-Dokumente entbunden. Gegen ihn werde im Zusammenhang mit der Vergabe von Reiseschutzpässen wegen des Verdachts der Bestechlichkeit ermittelt.
Reisepass mit elektronischem Fingerabdruck - Golden-Reader-Tool speichert biometrische Informationen
Bonn - Das deutsche Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) http://www.bsi.bund.de hat ein Tool präsentiert, mit dem sich elektronisch lesbare Informationen zu Gesicht und Fingerabdruck auf kleinen, kontaktlosen Speicherchips in Reisepässen speichern lassen.
Neue Nachricht
Date: 2005-03-09 |
Edeka bietet Bezahlen per Fingerabdruck
Der führende deutsche Lebensmittelhändler Edeka testet ein neues Bezahlsystem. An ausgewählten Kassen können Kunden ihre Rechnung per Fingerabdruck quittieren ¿ wenn sie bereit sind, ihre biometrischen Daten preiszugeben.
Börse Online
Date: 2005-03-09 |
Francais
Secure Signature Systems Biometric Pen pour lutter contre le vol des ordinateurs portables
Secure Signature Systems' Biometric Pen est un stylo biométrique conçu pour offrir un accès sécurisé à votre portable en utilisant la reconnaissance et la vérification de signature.
UberGizmo
Date: 2005-03-04 |
Comnetix Inc. annonce la réception de commandes totalisant plus de 173 000 $
Comnetix Inc (CXI à la Bourse de
Toronto), important fournisseur de solutions d'identification et d'authentification biométriques, a annoncé la réception de commandes de la
part de divers organismes, d'une valeur approximative de 173 000 $.
CNW Telbec
Date: 2005-03-05 |
Des mobiles à reconnaissance biométrique bientôt sur le marché
"Des téléphones cellulaires capables de reconnaître les traits de leur propriétaire dans le but de n'être utilisés que par eux pourraient bientôt apparaître sur le marché", révèle aujourd'hui le Journal du Net. Une équipe de chercheurs, issue de la société Omron, basée à Kyoto, a en effet fait savoir qu'elle avait développé "la première technique biométrique de reconnaissance du visage adaptée au téléphone portable".
Sophia Net
Date: 2005-03-07 |
Quand la carte d’identité biométrique fait débat
“Pour le passeport, le gouvernement s’est engagé à l’intégration de données bio-métriques, conformément à l’ordonnance européenne. Pour la carte d’identité, il s’agirait de rassembler des données que les préfectures ont déjà et de les numériser, mais rien ne nous y oblige. L’empreinte digitale étant quasiment unique, c’est le seul moyen de se prémunir contre l’usurpation d’identité.”
MetroFrance.Com
Date: 2005-03-08 |
ODI sélectionne les capteurs de Fujitsu pour de nouveaux modules emboîtés de comparaison des empreintes digitales
SUNNYVALE, CA, et MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, le 7 mars /CNW-PRN/ - ODI,
importante société mettant au point des systèmes emboîtés hautement intégrés
et d'un bon rapport coût-efficacité, a sélectionné les capteurs d'empreintes
digitales de Fujitsu pour ses modules emboîtés et compacts de comparaison des
empreintes.
CNW Telbec
Date: 2005-03-09 |
Nederlands
Donner: extra maatregelen Schiphol
DEN HAAG - Schiphol, KLM en de Koninklijke Marechaussee hebben extra veiligheidsmaatregelen genomen na de diamantroof op Schiphol van vrijdag. Dat zei minister Donner (Justitie) dinsdag in de Tweede Kamer.
Het Parool
Date: 2005-01-03 |
Biometrische paspoorten moeten terroristen buitenhouden
De regering van Singapore zal vanaf oktober 2005 een biometrisch paspoort invoeren. De nieuwe paspoorten moeten bescherming tegen terroristen bieden en ervoor zorgen dat burgers, zonder het aanvragen van een visum, toegang tot de Verenigde Staten krijgen, zo heeft Wong Kan Seng, de minister van binnenlandse zaken bekend gemaakt.
Security.nl
Date: 2005-03-07 |
Vingerafdruk zorgt voor meer veiligheid discotheek
Bij discotheek Y-land in Spijkenisse kom je zonder toegangspas niet meer binnen. Op zich niet zo opzienbarend, maar wel bijzonder is dat voor herkenning van de klant gebruik wordt gemaakt van diens vingerafdruk. Daarmee is de discotheek de eerste in Nederland. Het resultaat mag er zijn: niet alleen in de discotheek maar in het hele uitgaansgebied is het aantal incidenten opzienbarend gedaald.
EMEA Nieuws Netwerk
Date: 2005-03-07 |
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