TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Index

Bioinformatics NEWS ARTICLES for February 2004

More work needed for biometrics
Date: 27-Feb-04
Excerpt: There is still plenty of work to be done on standards, testing and interoperability to make biometrics a fully functional security solution for government ...
Source: FCW.com

Company Information Center
Date: 26-Feb-04
Excerpt: 26, 2004--Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, announced today that it has streamlined its operations ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Biometrics : further success for Steria's FIT solution in Germany
Date: 26-Feb-04
Excerpt: 25 February 2004 - The Bavarian police force has chosen Steria's FIT biometrics solution for the management and transmission of fingerprints as part of its ...
Source: e-consultancy, UK

DOD devotes a Web site to biometrics
Date: 25-Feb-04
Excerpt: The Defense Department’s Biometrics Management Office and Biometrics Fusion Center today unveiled a new Web site for biometrics information. ...
Source: GCN.com

Military certifies biometric profile
Date: 25-Feb-04
Excerpt: Officials at the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office announced that the National Information Assurance Partnership has certified the first of ...
Source: FCW.com

Atmel Achieves World First and Significant Biometrics ...
Date: 25-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...tradeshow the release of the first coloured fingerprint sensor for consumer applications which represents a significant breakthrough in the biometrics industry ...
Source: PRNewswire UK (press release), UK

Canadian airports bring biometrics on board
Date: 24-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...by Neil Sutton. Airport workers across Canada will soon be required be supply fingerprint identification to access restricted areas. ...
Source: ITBusiness.ca, Canada

Canberra faces up to security
Date: 23-Feb-04
Excerpt: The additional costs of biometrics will tempt governments towards function creep as a way of justifying the costs," says Graham Greenleaf, APF spokesman and ...
Source: Australian IT, Australia

Security Biometrics, Inc. Subsidiary eMedRx, Forms Exclusive ...
Date: 23-Feb-04
Excerpt: BALTIMORE & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004--Security Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB: SBTI), a leader in biometric signature authentication ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Announces Closing of $1.9 Million ...
Date: 23-Feb-04
Excerpt: SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004--Pacific Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB:PBME) today announced it has raised $1,903,000 in gross ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Japanese bank uses biometrics
Date: 23-Feb-04
Excerpt: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, one of Japan's top four banks, said it will introduce a new biometric security system for cash machines which can identify customers ...
Source: Help Net Security, Croatia

Indian Americans In Biometrics
Date: 22-Feb-04
Excerpt: One such solution is the use of Biometrics, the science of using digital technology to identify individuals based on unique physical and/or biological qualities ...
Source: IndoLink, United States

Mercator Adivsory Group Releases New Report: Biometrics/Identity ...
Date: 20-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...(PRWEB) February 20, 2004--Biometrics is to many seen as the ultimate in high tech security, enabling access to systems through the blink of an eye or the ...
Source: Emediawire (press release)

Biometrics 2000 Files Schedule DEF 14C with the Securities and ...
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004--Biometrics 2000 Corp. (OTCBB:VILW) announces that they successfully filed Schedule ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Signature Verification Biometrics Market to Overcome the Effect ...
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...expenditures by several corporate and government enterprises due to slow economic growth posed a major challenge to vendors of signature verification biometrics ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004--Pacific Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB:PBME) yesterday announced financial results for its fiscal ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Security Biometrics Subsidiary eMedRx Signs Agreement With Health ...
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: BALTIMORE, NEW YORK & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004--Security Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB:SBTI), a leader in biometric signature ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Official seeks to allay fears over biometrics
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: By Shaun Waterman. A senior Homeland Security official yesterday defended the new US biometric border identification scheme, seeking ...
Source: Washington Times, DC

EC wants biometrics on passports
Date: 18-Feb-04
Excerpt: However, with the US now requiring biometrics from tourists and other visitors, and the UK’s decision that passports issued after 2007 must contain a chip ...
Source: The Register, UK

Security Biometrics of US to buy biometric signature co WonderNet
Date: 16-Feb-04
Excerpt: US company Security Biometrics (OTCBB:SBTI) is about to acquire Israeli company WonderNet. Security Biometics is a stock market ...
Source: Globes Online, Israel

Precise Biometrics Carries out Two New Shares Issues Worth SEK 61 ...
Date: 12-Feb-04
Excerpt: 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Precise Biometrics AB (publ) has on 11 February 2004 resolved on a new share issue with preferential ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

A4 Health Systems Integrates SAFLINK Technology for Biometrics- ...
Date: 10-Feb-04
Excerpt: SAFLINK's SDK allows us to incorporate a leading biometrics-based authentication solution into our HealthMatics products," said Stephen M. Ura, vice president ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Biometrics to be used to identify illegal immigrants
Date: 10-Feb-04
Excerpt: I don't think I have ever heard of a movie being made that's demonstrated where biometrics have in fact saved people from improper prosecution.". ...
Source: Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

MIGRATION BIOMETRICS DEBATE
Date: 10-Feb-04
Excerpt: The Australian Democrats have expressed concern that personal information collected from asylum-seekers in Australia could be used against them if their claims ...
Source: Special Broadcasting Service, Australia

International Biometric Group to Host Teleconference on ...
Date: 9-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...the International Biometric Group (IBG), will be leading a discussion about the US-VISIT IT integration, the security and reliability of biometrics, and the ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

4G Plans To Grab 30% Of Indian Biometrics Market
Date: 5-Feb-04
Excerpt: In a bid to capture 30% of the domestic biometric solutions market, 4G Informatics, a healthcare and biometric services provider, is offering its Iris ...
Source: CXOtoday.com, India

Precise Biometrics Receives Orders for US State ID Program
Date: 4-Feb-04
Excerpt: 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Precise Biometrics AB (publ), which develops and sells world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

UK Firm ISL Biometrics Rides the Boom as Biometrics Takes Off
Date: 4-Feb-04
Excerpt: ISL Biometrics based in Bromsgrove, W. Midlands has seen a huge acceleration in business and their profits soar as major corporations around the globe seek out ...
Source: Help Net Security, Croatia

Human BioSystems Signs Exclusive Sales Agreement with Precision ...
Date: 3-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...the shelf life of blood platelets and donor organs, announced today that it has signed an exclusive sales consulting agreement with Precision Biometrics, Inc. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Biometrics making inroads in schools
Date: 3-Feb-04
Excerpt: ...pockets of their blue jeans. Now, thanks to the new world of biometrics, those crumpled tickets are history. These days, the school ...
Source: Springfield News Leader, MO



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