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Biometics NEWS ARTICLES for November 2004Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: A majority of US consumers are willing to pay a premium to add fingerprint biometrics to their electronic devices - such as PCs and cell phones - to help make ... Source: Business Wire (press release), Digital Hub showcase brings tech to life Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...at the exhibition include the "Home of the Future", the delivery of 3G phone content from the Darklight Mobile Channel, and biometrics identification machines. ... Source: ElectricNews.net, Dendreon Corporation Further Strengthens Management Team Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...development; Julie M. Eastland has been promoted to vice president, strategic planning; and Suleman S. Verjee has been appointed vice president, biometrics. ... Source: mysan.de, The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the ... Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...partnership will promote and market DMDS, a web-based delivery system that pioneered secure digital file distribution by incorporating biometrics, high-value ... Source: CCNMatthews (press release), House approves intelligence bill Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: Requires the Homeland Security Department to implement quickly biometrics screening for those entering and leaving the country. ... Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Components of Intelligence Reorganization Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ..._Requires the Homeland Security Department to implement quickly biometrics screening for those entering and leaving the country. ... Source: Kansas City Star (subscription), Print scans: retail tool or invasion of privacy? Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: The biometrics system has wider uses and implications, which touch consumers too: Some US retail chains already are piloting the scans for shoppers. ... Source: The Globe and Mail (subscription), White Castle Hamburger Chain Adopts DigitalPersona Fingerprint ... Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...enrollment system. According to Long, White Castle's future plans include an electronic hiring system using biometrics. New employees ... Source: mysan.de, The Password PUZZLE Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has suggested that biometrics are the future of computer security, and Microsoft has introduced a keyboard with a fingerprint ... Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), US Troops Attacked In Fallujah; 31 Collaborators Executed Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...back into their city, making references to “processing centers� on the outskirts to “process� returning residents by using DNA testing and biometrics. ... Source: jihadunspun.com, ID cards become more visually secure Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: Visual security has perhaps been slightly overlooked in recent years, with the trend for smart cards and biometrics putting the security into the card ... Source: SecureIDNews, HomelandDefenseStocks.com Launches New Homeland Security Portal ... Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: US-VISIT workers use biometrics such as digital, inkless fingerprint scans and digital photographs to determine if a person applying for entry to the United ... Source: Market Wire (press release) US state claims a first E-fingerprinting for gun buyers Date: 8-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...sales application, he said. Biometrics are physical identifiers, such as facial photographs and fingerprints. Gun owners have long ... Source: Electric New Paper, Saudi Arabia's Major Banks Getting Hypercom's Fast, Easy Use Card ... Date: 7-Dec-04 Excerpt: Universal is also a security solution provider that covers both Electronic (CCTV, Intrusion Alarms, Access Control, Biometrics) and Physical Security Products ... Source: PR Newswire (press release) SuperCom wins $2.5m African ID card contract Date: 7-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...provides a cost-effective way to collect positive identification data from an entire population, record images, documents and biometrics automatically in ... Source: Globes Online, Minister denies security breach Date: 7-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...workers. "There are no biometrics on the passes used by security crews - any number of ground crew could be in secure areas," he said. Source: Edmonton Sun, Galton Biometrics Retains Equitilink for Investor Relations Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Galton Biometrics (Pink Sheets: GALB - News), is pleased to announce that it has retained Equitilink, LLC to lead its financial ... Source: Yahoo News (press release) Biometrics by Fire Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: The biometrics community had been waiting for a moment like this. ... "Biometrics really give you two things: One is security; the other is convenience," he says. ... Source: CSO, Police ask banks to promote IC cash cards to thwart forgery Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...the Regional Banks Association of Japan, the National Association of Shinkin Banks and the Japan Credit Card Association to promote biometrics technology in ... Source: Japan Today, BioSec workshop: Biometrics in everyday applications Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...has announced details of the second BioSec workshop, to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 January 2005 with the theme 'Biometrics in everyday ... Source: Cordis News, New high-tech passports raise privacy concerns Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: The US government is already requiring 27 foreign countries to include biometrics in their passports in order for their citizens to continue to travel to the ... Source: Seattle Times, Revenge of the PKI Nerds Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: Instead, companies are adding security technologies that are considered more user-friendly, such as biometrics and secure ID cards, which generate a random ... Source: CSO, Australia Card II debate needed Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: ..."Entry to the UK will be easier for tourists than for British citizens, who must have their biometrics compared against the ID register.". ... Source: Australian IT, Homeland security technology enters a new era Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: Other priorities include improving cybersecurity, more widespread use of biometrics, improved procurement vehicles for homeland security needs, more public ... Source: All Hands Network, BIO-key To Showcase Fingerprint Biomentrics At Oracle Conference Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: BIO-key International announced today that as a Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork the company is showcasing its fingerprint biometrics products at ... Source: Security Pronews, Border Security Bushwacked Again Date: 6-Dec-04 Excerpt: There are biometrics and other kinds of identification systems that we've been very slow to deploy and unwilling to spend money on.". ... Source: FrontPageMagazine.com, National biometrics lab opening in Morgantown Date: 5-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...by The Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia continues to establish itself as a leader in the science of biometrics, praised officals at the ... Source: Hagerstown Morning Herald, Biometrics: Any Signs of Life? Date: 3-Dec-04 Excerpt: Like artificial intelligence, flying cars, and virtual reality, biometrics is more sci-fi than IT. ... By 2054, biometrics will be everywhere. ... Source: Waters, The state of biometrics today: summed up. Date: 3-Dec-04 Excerpt: 2) It's becoming evident however, that biometrics could bring more to the table considering it is practical in so many environments. ... Source: SecureIDNews, European Parliament limits plans for biometric passports Date: 3-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...should be obligatory. Additional biometrics, said the Parliament, would be left to the discretion of Member States. But the Parliament ... Source: Out-Law.com, EU biometric IDs on track Date: 3-Dec-04 Excerpt: Parliament has approved a report issued by the European Commission which calls for the regulation of standards for security features and biometrics in EU ... Source: ComputerWeekly.com, Border crossings to fingerprint, photograph some visitors Date: 3-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...said Thursday. The biometrics checking system will not be required for Canadians or US citizens entering the country. But others ... Source: Buffalo News, Biometrics 2000 Targets Travel/Hospitality Industry Date: 2-Dec-04 Excerpt: 2, 2004--Biometrics 2000 Corporation (OTCBB:BTOO). Biometrics 2000 continues to focus its biometric technology on industry verticle sectors. ... Source: Business Wire (press release), Biometrics: From science fiction to business reality Date: 2-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...industries. The International Biometric Group projects that global revenues for biometrics will reach $1.2 billion this year. Leading ... Source: ComputerWorld Fujitsu notebook PC secured via biometrics and smart cards Date: 2-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...passwords. Fujitsu chose to work with AuthenTec, the leading supplier of biometric fingerprint sensors in the consumer biometrics market. ... Source: SecureIDNews, Massachusetts the first to fingerprint for gun licensing Date: 2-Dec-04 Excerpt: One avenue in which biometrics could do something no other technology can is with firearms. Very soon guns will only fire with identity ... Source: SecureIDNews, Tricubes sees rise in use of biometrics Date: 1-Dec-04 Excerpt: TRICUBES Bhd, a provider of identity authentication and enterprise mobile solutions, expects an increase in the use of biometrics systems in the wake of ... Source: The Malaysia Star, Easter Seals Child Care Center to Use Cross Match Technologies ... Date: 1-Dec-04 Excerpt: Through the use of biometrics - the identification of a body part or other physical attribute such as an iris, face and hand - access is only granted to those ... Source: Business Wire (press release), Bioscrypt Licenses World Class Fingerprint Minutiae Algorithm from ... Date: 1-Dec-04 Excerpt: ...algorithm sold to date, Bioscrypt is committed to expanding their market penetration for the commercial application of fingerprint biometrics using their ... Source: mysan.de, Xilinx and Pixel Velocity Team to Deliver World's Most Advanced 3 ... Date: 30-Nov-04 Excerpt: Using the advanced features of Xilinx Virtex-II Pro™ FPGAs, Pixel developed the revolutionary biometrics technology to replace today's limited two ... Source: LinuxElectrons, ID cards spread biometrics Date: 29-Nov-04 Excerpt: ..."If the government is pushing biometrics the economies of scale will grow, the technology will get cheaper and adoption will become more widespread.". ... Source: VNUNet.com, ID cards spread biometrics Date: 29-Nov-04 Excerpt: |
