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Biometics NEWS ARTICLES for January 2005

Identix' Facial Recognition Technology Selected to Help Sweden ...  31-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, said today that it has been selected as part of a team led by ...

Contract could create 60 new jobs near airport  31-Jan-05
MSNBC Nashville, Tenn.-based Integrated Biometrics Technology has landed a contract with the Transportation Security Administration to implement and operate a ...

FaceKey to Attend Annual Government Technology Conference in ...  31-Jan-05
ArriveNet (press release), The Company will share a booth with Southwest Biometrics, a distributor of FaceKey's biometric products, on the exhibit dates of Wednesday, February 2 and ...

Fighting crime with smart firearm  31-Jan-05
CNN Now, science and technology has caught up with his dream, and he hopes to see it become a reality by the end of the year, incorporating biometrics and cameras ...

Will ID technology make us safer?  31-Jan-05
Carlisle Sentinel, ...out or catch a terrorist, an alleged undesirable or a mother-in-law who fits the stereotype of trouble for someone who's reading the biometrics involved in the ...

Registered Traveler program expedites airport screening with ...  31-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor. For more than six months, some 10,000 registered travelers have been able to move through ...

Swedish E-Passport Solution Selection Ensures Compliance with ...  31-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, ...advances, is among the first countries to announce its initial compliance with the recommendations of ICAO for the adoption of biometrics into travel document. ...

Software designed to scan Arabic documents  30-Jan-05
Winnipeg Sun, ..."The whole Internet is skewed toward people who speak English," said Venu Govindaraju, director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the ...

Who’s afraid of BI going hi tech?  30-Jan-05
ABS CBN News, ...obstructing BI’s modernization effort. The system being adopted by BI uses the so-called biometrics technology. This is the same ...

Driver's license plans spark privacy fears  30-Jan-05
Houston Chronicle, ..."Let's say someone steals your driver's license and substitutes their biometrics on there, and basically puts their identity on that card. ...

Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Suicide Across the Life Cycle  28-Jan-05
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) Kramer CY: Extension of multiple range tests to group means with unequal numbers of replications. Biometrics 1956; 12:309??10. ...

FDA Approves FerriScan(TM) Non-invasive Test for Iron Overload ...  28-Jan-05
Yahoo News (press release) 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Resonance Health Limited (ASX: RHT - News) announced today that its subsidiary, Inner Vision Biometrics Pty Ltd (IVB), has ...

Software to digitise Arabic online  28-Jan-05
Al-Jazeera.Net, ..."The whole Internet is skewed toward people who speak English," said Venu Govindaraju, director of the Centre for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the ...

Local colleges get schooled  28-Jan-05
The Daily Tar Heel ...??he use of biometrics ??finger scans and digital photographs ??for most of our programs ??can speed people up, because there is less worry.??. ...

Deal worth $75M  28-Jan-05
Dayton Daily News (subscription), Charles Carroll, president of Integrated Biometrics Technology, is capitalizing on a rule of the Department of Homeland Security's Patriot Act that says all ...

Defense gets new biometrics coordinator  28-Jan-05
GCN.com ..."Working with our DOD and US government partners, DOD Biometrics has taken significant steps to improve our use of biometric technologies, particularly in ...

Homeland Security nominee gets advice from Ridge on tech issues  28-Jan-05
GovExec.com The secretary will take the reins of fledgling initiatives like US-VISIT, a nationwide biometrics program that tracks foreign visitors entering and exiting the ...

Venus Flytrap - Leader in Biometrics?  28-Jan-05
Newswatch 50, By LEE BOWMAN - Scripps Howard News Service. Scientists using high-speed video cameras have captured the mechanics of how the Venus ...

New DoD biometrics coordinator  28-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, This is another significant step in promoting quicker implementation of competent biometrics in US efforts in the global war on terrorism.

Stealing, the Old-Fashioned Way  28-Jan-05
Wired News Venu Govindaraju, director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo, fears that if optical character recognition software ...

Identix Reports Second Quarter Results; Record Biometric-Related ...  27-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), ...provider of multi-biometric technology is paying off in winning significant business and we remain on track for a record setting year for biometrics revenue. ...

Experts Available to Discuss Using RFID Technology at Border ...  27-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), ...control to the individual. He can share insight into topics involving biometrics, security and privacy issues. Fern Krauss, of GTSI ...

Sequiam announces upgraded product  27-Jan-05
Orlando Business Journal, Sequiam Corp., through its subsidiary, Sequiam Biometrics Inc., announces it has completed the final production designs and engineering on its new BioVault 2.0 ...

Scientists work on software to scan Arabic  27-Jan-05
Seattle Post Intelligencer, ..."The whole Internet is skewed toward people who speak English," said Venu Govindaraju, director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the ...

Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi to issue biometrics-based cards  27-Jan-05
Japan Today, TOKYO — The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi said Wednesday it will start the free issuance in April of biometrics-based bank cards that identify holders by their ...

A keyboard to love  27-Jan-05
Mail & Guardian Online (subscription), ...left. A cunning little oval-shaped plastic pad that glows when you touch it! Biometrics have arrived in my home. What does it do? ...

CSC Hosts Technology Summit to Explore High Tech Solutions to Drug ...  27-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), Among the technology priorities discussed by panelists were document fraud detection systems; port security systems; biometrics and other border security ...

Big net attack tipped in next 10 years  27-Jan-05
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), ...technology manager for Clifton (New Jersey) Savings Bank, foresees a day when access to any computer will be controlled by biometrics - the particular physical ...

Stealing, the Old-Fashioned Way  27-Jan-05
Wired News Venu Govindaraju, director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo, fears that if optical character recognition software ...

Secured Digital Applications, Inc. Preannounces Revenue and ...  26-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Group) are involved in the development, integration and provision of secured shipping and supply chain management service, sale of biometrics security systems ...

University of California controls access with Panasonic iris ...  26-Jan-05
CR80News, Panasonic’s BM-ET300 features iris reader technology which is quickly gaining acceptance as the "Gold Standard" in biometrics. ...

Banks to get tougher on card forgery  26-Jan-05
The Japan Times, IC cards can protect personal information better than conventional cards. Biometrics technology can identify cardholders by the vein patterns in their palms. ...

Bioscrypt Receives Biometric Access Control Technology Leadership ...  26-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), Bioscrypt has always been at the forefront of integrating biometrics to applications beyond the customary tasks of law enforcement and forensics. ...

New plan for border security: Chips on visas track crossings  26-Jan-05
Tucson Citizen, The radio frequency device will be linked to the person's "biometrics" - the fingerprints and photograph of the visa holder already stored in a federal database ...

BioPay(R) Files Biometrics Patent Suit Against Pay By Touch(TM) in ...  25-Jan-05
Yahoo News (press release) HERNDON, Va., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Biometric payments leader BioPay?, LLC today announced that it has filed suit against Solidus Networks, Inc. ...

Smiths Heimann Biometrics and AssureTec Sign MOU for Next ...  25-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), 25, 2005--Smiths Heimann Biometrics GmbH (SHB), a company of the Detection Division of the British Smiths Group plc., and AssureTec Systems, Inc. ...

Secured Digital Applications, Inc. Executes Definitive Agreement ...  25-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Group) are involved in the development, integration and provision of secured shipping and supply chain management service, sale of biometrics security systems ...

Key role for MP in cards scheme  25-Jan-05
ic Berkshire.co.uk, He believes cards will wipe out identity fraud and the government claims they will hold only basic information including three biometrics, face and eye ...

SAGEM chosen for the UK police's latest fingerprint and palmprint ...  25-Jan-05
CompanynewsGroup (Communiqu?s de presse), Third largest European group in the defence and security electronics market, world leader in fingerprint biometrics as well as major actor in avionics and on ...

AllPennyStocks.com Spotlights FaceKey, Corp.  25-Jan-05
Financial News USA (press release), FaceKey Corp., headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a biometrics technology provider whose mission is to provide supreme security measures for their customers ...

BioPay files biometrics patent suit against Pay By Touch  25-Jan-05
Finextra (press release), Biometric payments leader BioPay, LLC today announced that it has filed suit against Solidus Networks, Inc. d/b/a Pay By Touch, and ...

Military planning to fingerprint recruits to catch 'ringers' ...  25-Jan-05
Naples Daily News, ...exam, has to be the same person who reports to basic training," said John D. Woodward Jr., director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office in ...

AllPennyStocks.com Spotlights FaceKey, Corp.  25-Jan-05
PrimeZone (press release), FaceKey Corp., headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a biometrics technology provider whose mission is to provide supreme security measures for their customers ...

Back to the future: Biometrics revisited  24-Jan-05
ATM marketplace.com (press release), Kirk, putting his hand up to enter a chamber on the Enterprise and you??l have a pretty good idea of how biometrics is now being used in a growing number of ...

Robotics, Biometrics, and Assisted Living Applications Win 1st ...  24-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Canesta Inc., the pioneer and leader in electronic perception technology, today announced the winners for the first phase of its CanestaVision(TM) design ...

Markland Technologies Announces Strategic Initiatives for 2005  24-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), ...to acquire additional revenue-generating assets that would provide capabilities in a range of technologies, including video surveillance, biometrics, as well ...

Pfizer, CTS in multi-year pact  24-Jan-05
Sify, ...provider Cognizant Technology Solutions have inked a multi-year deal for business process outsourcing solutions in clinical data management and biometrics. ...

Experts tip big net attack  24-Jan-05
TVNZ, ...technology manager for Clifton (New Jersey) Savings Bank, foresees a day when access to any computer will be controlled by biometrics - the particular physical ...

Asa Hutchinson resigns from Department of Homeland Security  24-Jan-05
Arkansas News, Part of the US-VISIT visitor screening program, biometrics technology allows customs and border officers to check visitors' digital finger scans and ...

Pfizer Outsources Trial Management to Cognizant  24-Jan-05
Bio-IT World, ...is outsourcing high-end business processes in clinical data management and biometrics to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., an offshore outsourcing company ...

After a hiatus, Cognizant enters BPO  24-Jan-05
CIOL, Bags a multi-year relationship deal of Pfizer to provide clinical data management and biometrics services. BANGALORE: IT services ...

A driver's license as national ID?  24-Jan-05
Christian Science Monitor ...or counterfeiting.". Stories about electronic chips, and biometrics, and centralized databases are swirling on the web. But Jason ...

BMC Getting Serious About Identity & Access Management  24-Jan-05
Cisco World Magazine ...variable nature of the required technology can incorporate the use of many different identification methodologies including passwords, tokens, biometrics, etc. ...

Disk lockdown  24-Jan-05
FCW.com During configuration, we could choose whether to use passwords, tokens, smart cards or biometrics to confirm the identity of users trying to access the disk. ...

Pfizer signs pact with Cognizant for BPO solutions:  24-Jan-05
New Kerala, ...a multi-year tie-up with Pfizer India, a leading pharma company, to offer high end BPO solutions in the area of clinical data management and biometrics. ...

FaceKey Corporation to Provide Biometric Access Control System to ...  24-Jan-05
PrimeZone (press release), ...of secured shipping and supply chain management service, development of Web based interactive multimedia content and the sale of biometrics security systems. ...

Magal Group Positioned as a Leading Company in a Survey by A&S ...  24-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) Security 50 represents a complete, diverse and complex mix of elites in market sectors that include CCTV, digital surveillance, biometrics, access control ...

Avnet Electronics Marketing Signs UPEK Inc.; Full Line of ...  24-Jan-05
TMCnet ..."Biometrics is the latest hot technology and UPEK is a leader in this technology," said Jeff Ittel, senior vice president of semiconductor marketing at Avnet ...

Quicksoft Services Launched PetrolPump Management Software  21-Jan-05
I-Newswire.com (press release) ...their software with manufacturers equipments (Computers, BarCode Scanner, BarCode Printer, POS Machines, Cash Drawers, Biometrics Manufacturers, distributors ...

Biometrics Market Information eNewsetter is Launched  21-Jan-05
Emediawire (press release), Acuity Market Intelligence of Boulder, Colorado, today announced publication of Biometrics Market Intelligence (BMI) eUpdate ??a free (controlled circulation ...

Software would scan Arabic documents for information  21-Jan-05
Newsday, ..."The whole Internet is skewed toward people who speak English," said Venu Govindaraju, director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) at the ...

Dekart Logon for Lotus Notes - authentication for Lotus Notes with ...  21-Jan-05
PR Leap (press release), ...(PRLEAP.COM) January, 21 - Dekart www.dekart.com announces the release of Dekart Logon for Lotus Notes version 1.02, a flexible and reliable access control ...

Biometrics Market Information eNewsetter is Launched  21-Jan-05
WebWire (press release), BOULDER, CO, January 21, 2005 -- Acuity Market Intelligence of Boulder, Colorado, today announced publication of Biometrics Market Intelligence (BMI) eUpdate ...

AValonRF Presents its Rugged PDA With Wireless Link at AFCEA West ...  21-Jan-05
Wireless Developer Network Includes a daylight readable 3.5?? display, biometrics, bar code reader, camera/flash with a 2GB SD card storage, microphone and speaker, USB, RS232, IRDT ...

Distribution Source : PrimeZone Media  20-Jan-05
ArriveNet (press release), The site features industry news and links on: Homeland Defense and Security, Border Security, Port Security, Sea Shield, US-VISIT, Biometrics and more. ...

CUBS focus is biometrics  20-Jan-05
University at Buffalo Reporter, Biometrics, the science of identifying individuals based on their physical, chemical or behavioral characteristics, is a key piece in homeland security ...

ASK awarded by GPO for the US Electronic Passport  20-Jan-05
Honeycomb Connect (press release), ...ePassport is based on an ICAO compliant contactless chip with 72 KBytes EEPROM memory enabling the storage of the facial picture and other biometrics elements. ...

Prints to stop test ??ingers'  20-Jan-05
Kansas City Star (subscription), ...exam, has to be the same person who reports to basic training,?? said John D. Woodward Jr., director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office ...

Investment Guide To Security Stocks Now Available At ...  20-Jan-05
TMCnet Our FacePrint technology will bring biometrics into a new dimension, thus providing law enforcement agencies, for example, with the most advanced tool on the ...

Biometrics at Schipol Airport  20-Jan-05
VNUNet.com, The cornerstone of the system is secure and convenient use of biometrics recognition Technologies to facilitate an existing security process. ...

National ID program in the Sultanate of Oman  20-Jan-05
VNUNet.com, Smart card modules, OS and applets design ? Smart card readers (PC) ? Biometrics (fingerprint recognition) delivered by third party technology partner ? ...

Acsys Biometrics Chooses Wizzard Software to Add Voice to Facial ...  19-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), 19, 2005--Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that the Ontario-based Acsys Biometrics has licensed AT&T's Natural Voices speech engine for use in ...

Fingerprinting system aimed at deterring recruit ‘ringers’  19-Jan-05
MarineTimes.com, ...be. It has enlisted the Biometrics Fusion Center in Clarksburg. W.Va., to help develop a new fingerprinting system for recruits. ...

Military Planning to Fingerprint Recruits  19-Jan-05
San Jose Mercury News (subscription), ...exam, has to be the same person who reports to basic training," said John D. Woodward Jr., director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office in ...

UK gov ready to u-turn on passport-ID card link?  19-Jan-05
The Register, Slight scope - Europe is currently committed to the mandatory inclusion of facial and fingerprint biometrics on passports, and while dab-happy Britain isn't ...

US to revamp immigration laws  18-Jan-05
Economic Times, The US move comes after the success of the US-VISIT programme, particularly in deploying biometrics technologies and processes.

Liska Biometry Comments on Galton Biometrics Takeover Bid  18-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), 18, 2005--Liska Biometry (OTC BB:LSKA - News) a biometrics solutions provider, today announced that it has commented on the takeover offer by Galton Biometrics ...

Japanese gov't conducts trial of e-passport in RP  18-Jan-05
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Combining biometrics, smartcard, and digital signature technology, the e-passport system aims to make passport validation more secure and up to par with ...

FaceKey Corporation to Introduce Face Tracking Software for ...  18-Jan-05
ArriveNet (press release), FaceKey Corp., headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a biometrics technology provider whose mission is to provide supreme security measures for their customers ...

Financial DNA to Hold First Annual Emerging Payments Conference in ...  18-Jan-05
dBusinessNews San Francisco (press release), Biometrics: Are new technologies effective? -- Check Truncation: Why is Visa so interested? -- Check 21: When will banks begin major investment? ...

Precise Biometrics Acquires Fyrplus Teknik and Enhances its ...  18-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Precise Biometrics AB (publ), a market-leader in the development and marketing of user-friendly fingerprint-based biometric ...

Major US International Airport Selects Bioscrypt for Restricted ...  18-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), International Airport. The airport industry continues to demonstrate that it is aggressively adopting biometrics. As initiatives ...

Precise Biometrics acquires Fyrplus Teknik and enhances its ...  18-Jan-05
Pressi.com (press release) ...(PRESSI.COM 01/18/2005) Precise Biometrics AB (publ), a market-leader in the development and marketing of user-friendly fingerprint-based biometric security ...

Precise Biometrics Acquires Fyrplus Teknik and Enhances its ...  18-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Precise Biometrics AB (publ), a market-leader in the development and marketing of user-friendly fingerprint-based biometric ...

AValonRF Presents its Rugged PDA with Wireless Link at AFCEA West ...  18-Jan-05
PR Web (press release), Includes a daylight readable 3.5?? display, biometrics, bar code reader, camera/flash with a 2GB SD card storage, microphone and speaker, USB, RS232, IRDT ...

Biometric screening: easy or dangerous?  18-Jan-05
SierraTimes.com ..."Though there can be false positives with biometrics and there are tradeoffs with civil liberties, it might be worth it," said IM Destler, a national security ...

Unwrapping the Biometric Present  18-Jan-05
TechnologyReview.com The word biometrics appears 35 times throughout the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, and it establishes the use of biometrics for aviation security ...

ID theft war expands  18-Jan-05
Pioneer Press (subscription), The FDIC suggests a two-factor authentication ??a password plus another security measure such as a token, smart card or biometrics (fingerprints or ...

Agilysys Presents 'Store of the Now' at National Retail ...  17-Jan-05
Yahoo News (press release) The Agilysys booth will feature demonstrations of proven technologies, among them digital media, self checkout, biometrics, and personal shopper, allowing for ...

AValonRF presents Wireless Digital Links for UAV, Micro UAV, UGV ...  17-Jan-05
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) Includes a daylight readable 3.5" display, biometrics, bar code reader, camera/flash with a 2GB SD card storage, microphone and speaker, USB, RS232, IRDT ...

Smart solutions showcased  17-Jan-05
AME Info, Plaza Hotel, Manama. A pre-conference work-shop on Smart Card and Biometrics will also be held on 30th January 2005. Dr. Jerry Brightman ...

Law's demands for driver's licenses stirs privacy vs. security ...  17-Jan-05
Arizona Daily Sun, ..."Let's say someone steals your driver's license and substitutes their biometrics on there, and basically puts their identity on that card. ...

Carry Your Money in Your Cell Phone  17-Jan-05
Business 2.0 (subscription) Biometrics are no guarantee -- any company promising unbreakable security is lying -- but it should go a long way toward making customers more comfortable with ...

Ridge Promotes Expanding Biometric Screening for Air Passengers  17-Jan-05
Kansas City infoZine, ..."If we can get the world community engaged in a common standard using biometrics, I think we open the door for not only greater security, but greater ...

Ridge Wants Biometric Data in Passports  17-Jan-05
PC World ..."Common international standards of biometrics must be developed. ... "We believe that biometrics is an extraordinary technological tool. ...

Suggested steps to increase computing security  17-Jan-05
Jakarta Post, If you do not have the budget for a biometrics authentication device such as a fingerprint scanner, make sure your passwords are not scribbled on the Post-It ...

Hot technology for 2005  17-Jan-05
VNUNet.com, Biometrics, or the measurement of unique characteristics for the purposes of identification, has been bubbling under the national consciousness for a while ...

Identity crisis  17-Jan-05
VNUNet.com, Biometrics is widely touted as the Holy Grail of security. But like the legendary cup, it promises much while remaining impossible to attain. ...

Passwords gone with a flick of the finger  15-Jan-05
Toronto Star, In the pre-9/11 world, biometrics ??technology that allows a machine to identify an individual based on physical features like eyes, face or voice ??was ...

Ridge calls for biometric standards  14-Jan-05
Ninemsn, ..."Common international standards of biometrics must be developed. ... "We believe that biometrics is an extraordinary technological tool. ...

Global Agreements 'Needed to Curb Terrorism'  14-Jan-05
Scotland on Sunday, A new international standard for biometrics must be devised to combat terrorism, the man charged with preventing a second September 11-style attack on the US ...

US, EU Security Depends on Collective Fight Against Terrorism  14-Jan-05
All American Patriots (press release), ...for greater information sharing between nations and the utilization of more advanced technologies, and he called for common international biometrics standards. ...

JAL Group to Participate in 'e-Passport Tests'  14-Jan-05
ASIATravelTips.com, The tests will evaluate the practical use of biometrics, ie facial, iris and fingerprint authentication technology for check-in, security checks and ...

Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the London ...  14-Jan-05
Department of Homeland Security (press release) It has enabled us to work together within other global organizations to foster international standards covering issues from shipping to biometrics. ...

Homeland Chief Wants Biometric Standards  14-Jan-05
Newsday, ..."Common international standards of biometrics must be developed. ... Biometrics include face-recognition technology and fingerprint and iris scanning. ...

US Urges International Standard for Biometrics  14-Jan-05
Voice of America Mr. Ridge says the time has come for an international standard that passports include biometrics, that is features as fingerprints, iris scans and face ...

Sequiam Biometrics Signs Sales and Marketing Agreement With ...  13-Jan-05
Yahoo News (press release) 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sequiam Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SQUM - News), through its wholly owned subsidiary Sequiam Biometrics, Inc. ...

AValonRF Presents it's No Moving Part Tracking Antenna Receivers  13-Jan-05
Xtvworld Media Junction (press release), V38R - Rugged daylight readable PDA with biometrics, 2D bar code scanner, camera, RFID, 200kbit/sec long range encrypted wireless link, GPS and two way audio. ...

Pointing the finger at biometrics  13-Jan-05
SearchSecurity.com, ...only. Gary Bradt, VP of the biometrics division, said the product was inspired by HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements. "People ...

Securing borders for safety  13-Jan-05
Washington Times, Act of 2004. Some good language passed dealing with issues such as terrorist travel intelligence and biometrics. Mr. Sensenbrenner ...

Center for Strategic and International Studies  13-Jan-05
All Hands Network, And to that end, common international standards of biometrics must be developed, and the sooner the better. Biometrics is a remarkable ...

'Devastating attacks' on Internet predicted  13-Jan-05
Bowling Green News, ...technology manager for New Jersey's Clifton Savings Bank, foresees a day when access to any computer will be controlled by biometrics -- the particular ...

Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the ...  13-Jan-05
Department of Homeland Security (press release) To that end, common international standards of biometrics must be developed ??the sooner the better. Biometrics is a tremendous ...

Sequiam Biometrics Signs Sales and Marketing Agreement With ...  13-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sequiam Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: SQUM) , through its wholly owned subsidiary Sequiam Biometrics, Inc. ...

BIO-key Awarded Biometric Order from Massachusetts Police ...  13-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), The coupling of these two technologies, mobile and wireless access and biometrics provides a unique solution to our customer base as well as to the entire ...

Comnetix Inc Reports Results for Its First Quarter of Fiscal 2005  13-Jan-05
Canada NewsWire (press release), On October 18, 2004 Comnetix President, Edward Escubedo, spoke at two sessions of the NATO Symposium and Exhibition in Ottawa: "Biometrics Security: Challenges ...

Deja View Announces New Weapons For War Against Terrorism  13-Jan-05
PrimeZone (press release), ...a tablet PC with pen stylus, specialized detail-formed software based upon the popular Formulizer software package and can support biometrics such as ...

Sequiam Biometrics Signs Sales and Marketing Agreement With ...  13-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sequiam Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SQUM), through its wholly owned subsidiary Sequiam Biometrics, Inc. ...

findBIOMETRICS Publishes Biometric Industry Year in Review with ...  13-Jan-05
PR Web (press release), Toronto (PRWEB) January 13, 2005 -- findBIOMETRICS, the leading Biometrics Industry Resource, published today the most comprehensive review of what the ...

Record auto sales  13-Jan-05
Richmond News, ...approved, low-risk air travelers. Nexus Air uses cutting-edge biometrics iris recognition as proof of identity. The processing fee is ...

Fingerprint biometrics from Bioscrypt to be used in TWIC trials  13-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, The Company's solutions combine the convenience of touch with the high security of fingerprint-based biometrics for simple and secure access to facilities ...

Hyperlinking the World  13-Jan-05
The Feature His long-term goal is to bring biometrics to the mobile masses and hyperlink the world through a system best described as "a visual Google.". ...

Report warns of dangers of UK's DNA database  13-Jan-05
The Register, The Home Office has ruled out adding DNA data to the biometrics to be held on the entire population via the ID scheme, but the data which is being collected ...

Fritz reaches new heights  13-Jan-05
Parkesburg Ledger, Swanson has been working with Fritz on biometrics and weight training, while Denlinger has been instrumental in fine tuning his technique. ...

Precise Biometrics adds SAFLINK as one more Match-on-Card partner  12-Jan-05
Pressi.com (press release) ...(PRESSI.COM 01/12/2005) Precise Biometrics AB (publ), which develops and sells world leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on ...

QuickLogic Document Summarizes Advantages of Partitioning Designs ...  12-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), QuickLogic's focus is centered on vertical applications that require image and/or video processing including homeland security, biometrics, surveillance, MRI ...

SAFLINK Adds Match-On-Card Capability to jForte Smart Card  12-Jan-05
ArriveNet (press release), ...the leading provider of biometric and smart card security solutions, today announced that its subsidiary, Litronic, has licensed Precise Biometrics' Match-on ...

It’s all in the cards  12-Jan-05
ABS CBN News, The Internet aspect of the card and how much we’re going to charge them for the biometrics, we have not discussed those because we didn’t even get there ...

Transcript of the Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the ...  12-Jan-05
Department of Homeland Security (press release) And to that end, common international standards of biometrics must be developed, and the sooner the better. Biometrics is a remarkable ...

Michael Stojda Named President and Chief Executive Officer of ...  12-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), ...assisted design & manufacturing, medical imaging, geomatics -- creating maps from satellite and radar imagery, seismic imaging and national security/biometrics ...

First Digital Tools for Arabic Handwriting Being Developed  12-Jan-05
Newswise (press release) Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo's Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) are remedying that by developing the first optical ...

Precise Biometrics adds SAFLINK as one more Match-on-Card partner  12-Jan-05
Pressi.com (press release) ...(PRESSI.COM 01/12/2005) Precise Biometrics AB (publ), which develops and sells world leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on ...

SAFLINK Adds Match-On-Card Capability to jForte Smart Card  12-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) Company Licenses Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card Applet to Further Increase Security of its Premiere High-Assurance Token BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. ...

Galton Biometrics launches take over bid for Liska Biometry and ...  12-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Galton Biometrics (GALB.PK) has launched a take over bid for Liska Biometry LSKA.OB in a cash and stock deal. ...

International Biometric Group to Host Biometric Series on Thursday ...  12-Jan-05
PR Web (press release), IBG Starts Off The New Year With A Fresh Set Of Teleconferences On Emerging Biometrics, Privacy, AND Cell Phones. New York, NY (PRWEB ...

Biometric event in New York  12-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, NY. Several speakers from leading biometric companies will be presenting on various topics critical to the biometrics industry. ...

Another biometric portable drive  12-Jan-05
SecureIDNews, It's a mad dash to see what portable storage devices equipped with biometrics will make it to the top. There's definitely a slow ...

Realm Uses Biometrics To Secure Mobile Networks  12-Jan-05
SYS-CON Media, As more enterprises increase their employees' mobility by providing various wireless devices that include laptop computers and PDAs, security risks rise. ...

Bioscrypt stock jumps  12-Jan-05
The Globe and Mail, ...credential program. Shares of the Bioscrypt, a maker of fingerprint-based biometrics technology, rose 29 cents to $2.12. The stock ...

Access all areas  12-Jan-05
VNUNet.com, ...building security into the chips and the operating systems to bundling security software and introducing advanced security measures such as biometrics on their ...

Identix Continues to Raise the Bar in Live Scan Image Quality with ...  11-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, today announced another breakthrough in superior image quality for ...

Motorola's System Delivers Improved Fingerprint ID Processes  11-Jan-05
Nikkei Electronics Asia, ...demanded image identity features, as well as the ability to interface to Motorola's biometric product, the Motorola Printrak Biometrics Identification Solutions ...

AValonRF Announces the Availability of Module A, a Micro MPEG4 ...  10-Jan-05
I-Newswire.com (press release) V38R - Rugged daylight readable PDA with biometrics, 2D bar code scanner, camera, RFID, 200kbit/sec long range encrypted wireless link, GPS and two way audio. ...

Border Patrol grabs 1.15 million illegals in '04  10-Jan-05
Washington Times, The Border Patrol helped identify and arrest 23,000 criminal suspects through a new biometrics fingerprint identification technology that allows agents to ...

Enterprise offerings at Consumer Electronics Show  10-Jan-05
ADT Magazine New security products with the potential for enterprise and consumer application surfaced at this year's show. Biometrics products in particular were hot. ...

Dubai confex to focus on terrorist and security threats to Mid ...  10-Jan-05
AME Info, ...security management in high volume terminals; regional security coordination; best practices in combating new threats and the use of biometrics to identify ...

SAGEM: 12.3 % increase in 2004 revenue  10-Jan-05
CompanynewsGroup (Communiqu?s de presse), Third largest European group in the defence and security electronics market, world leader in fingerprint biometrics as well as major actor in avionics and on ...

COMUNICADO DE ATMEL CORPORATION  10-Jan-05
Europa Press, ..."The FingerChip sensor continues demonstrating its unique fit in embedded devices," said David Richard, Atmel Biometrics Marketing Manager. ...

COMUNICADO DE MOTOROLA INC.  10-Jan-05
Europa Press, ...image identity features, as well as the ability to interface to Motorola's flagship biometric product, the Motorola Printrak Biometrics Identification Solutions ...

Musicrypt Announces US Launch With State-of-the-Art Music ...  10-Jan-05
Market Wire (press release) DMDS is a web-based delivery system that pioneers secure digital file distribution by incorporating biometrics, high-value encryption and watermarking. ...

Agencies need unity for sake of country  10-Jan-05
Muskogee Daily Phoenix, The United States entered the world of fingerprint biometrics more than a year ago to help fight terrorism. But according to a recent ...

Experts see 'devastating' attack on the Internet  10-Jan-05
NorthJersey.com, ...the information technology manager for Clifton Savings Bank, foresees a day when access to any computer will be controlled by biometrics - the particular ...

Atmel's FingerChip Sensor Enables Enhanced Security for the HP ...  10-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) ..."The FingerChip sensor continues demonstrating its unique fit in embedded devices," said David Richard, Atmel Biometrics Marketing Manager. ...

ID card 'army' despite no approval  10-Jan-05
Telegraph.co.uk, Questions are also being raised with the Home Office over the future use that will be made of the biometrics to be included on the national identity register ...

Stamping Passport  10-Jan-05
The Register, Even better, it is much easier to implement new and advanced security technologies such as PKI, hardware authentication, or biometrics with a single point of ...

Time to set up a DNA bank?  10-Jan-05
Today (Singapore), But things have moved since then. Biometrics is an emerging field of technology devoted to the identification of individuals using other biological traits. ...

Musicrypt Announces US Launch With State-of-the-Art Music ...  10-Jan-05
WebWire (press release), DMDS is a web-based delivery system that pioneers secure digital file distribution by incorporating biometrics, high-value encryption and watermarking. ...

Molecular Systematics of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents Based on ...  9-Jan-05
RedNova.com, Systematic Biology 51:673-688. HUELSENBECK, JP, AND F. RONQUIST. 2001. MrBayes: Bayesian inference for phytogeny. Biometrics 17:754-756. KIMURA, M. 1980. ...

What's Hot  9-Jan-05
Sun-Sentinel.com, ...have proliferated, computer security companies have come up with increasingly complex defenses against hackers: password protection, encryption, biometrics. ...

Bionopoly and Aeros Aviation Team to Unveil Fingerprint Access ...  7-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), ...level of security. "The use of biometrics to secure information or gain access is critical to the aviation industry. We are constantly ...

SAFLINK provides technology for "doorway to desktop" ...  7-Jan-05
CR80News, ...for the client. "We can do RF cards, smart cards, a huge variety of biometrics–fingerprint, voice, iris, facial. If someone wanted ...

Ener1 Sets Record Date for Splinex Stock Distribution  7-Jan-05
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung), ...assisted design & manufacturing, medical imaging, geomatics -- creating maps from satellite and radar imagery, seismic imaging and national security/biometrics ...

Plugs to be pulled on EU biometric visa scheme?  7-Jan-05
The Register, Accepting this option would mean that, if biometrics were to be checked on entry to the EU, this would have to be done via an online check. ...

Legal Residency Extended for Salvadorans  7-Jan-05
Washington Post, ...to start the process soon, because they will have to visit special service centers for photos and fingerprinting required for new permits with biometrics. ...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes SAGEM's Leadership Position in the ...  5-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), Its extensive expertise in biometrics, smart cards, and cryptography makes it possible to implement large and complex civil AFIS solutions. ...

Collins Commends DHS for Completing 2004 Goal for Entry-Exit ...  5-Jan-05
Magic City Morning Star, In many cases, the US-VISIT system begins overseas, at the US consular offices issuing visas, where visitors’ biometrics – such as digital fingerscans and ...

AValonRF Announces the Availability of Module A, a Micro MPEG4 ...  5-Jan-05
Xtvworld Media Junction (press release), V38R - Rugged daylight readable PDA with biometrics, 2D bar code scanner, camera, RFID, 200kbit/sec long range encrypted wireless link, GPS and two way audio. ...

News For Your Web Site  5-Jan-05
dBusinessNews Seattle (press release), Pacific Biometrics, Inc. and BestNet Communications Corp. ... Seattle - SEATTLE -- Pacific Biometrics, Inc. and BestNet Communications Corp. ...

Canadian Defense Department Report Says Facial Biometrics Still ...  5-Jan-05
SecurityInfoWatch (press release) The report stresses the importance of protecting personal information in the use of biometrics, since there is a direct link to an individual's identity. ...

Facial-scan technology unproven, says internal report on ...  5-Jan-05
National Post, OTTAWA (CP) - An internal federal report raises questions about the effectiveness of electronic photo-matching technology, a technique the Passport Office ...

FDIC says better authentication is needed to combat ID theft  5-Jan-05
GCN.com Stronger user authentication is more immediately achievable, using a technology such as tokens, smart cards or biometrics in conjunction with passwords. ...

BestNet Communications Corp. and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Execute ...  4-Jan-05
Yahoo News (press release) ...and SEATTLE, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BestNet Communications Corp. (BestNet), (OTC Bulletin Board: BESC - News) and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. ...

Neurocognitive impairment in euthymic patients with bipolar ...  4-Jan-05
British Journal of Psychiatry, First, M., Spitzer, R., Gibbon, M., et al (1997) Structured Clinical Interview for DSM??V Axis I Disorders, Research Version. New York: Biometrics Research. ...

UK and Ireland spending on IT security expected to double in 2005  4-Jan-05
Continuity Central (press releases), Security hardware is also demonstrating similar maturation with increasing spend being directed towards biometrics, tokens and/or smart cards for network or ...

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. and BestNet Communications Corp. Execute ...  4-Jan-05
Business Wire (press release), SEATTLE & GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2005--Pacific Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB:PBME) and BestNet Communications Corp. ...

BestNet Communications Corp. and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Execute ...  4-Jan-05
ArriveNet (press release), GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. and SEATTLE, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BestNet Communications Corp. (BestNet), (BULLETIN BOARD: BESC) and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. ...

Border biometrics installed on time  4-Jan-05
Washington Times, The Department of Homeland Security has met a congressional deadline to establish a new biometrics-integrated fingerprint system at the nation's 50 busiest ...

Authentication >> The Power of Who  4-Jan-05
Syllabus Magazine, ...most sensitive systems, such as finance, medical records, and student information, required three factors to gain access: passwords, USB tokens, and biometrics ...

New computerized passport raises safety concerns  4-Jan-05
Kansas City Star (subscription), 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 ...

US meets biometric border deadline  4-Jan-05
NEWS.com.au, All 165 land entry points to the United States must use biometrics to identify foreign visitors - those who require an I-94 form and those travelling under the ...

YEARENDER: 2004 LIKE A MOVIE FOR COMELEC  4-Jan-05
Philippine Headline News, The program had three phases: the voters??validation system using biometrics, the automated counting and canvassing using the ACMs, and the electronic ...

BestNet Communications Corp. and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Execute ...  4-Jan-05
PR Newswire (press release) 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BestNet Communications Corp. (BestNet), (OTC Bulletin Board: BESC) and Pacific Biometrics, Inc. ... About Pacific Biometrics, Inc. ...

AuthenTec to Present at Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference ...  4-Jan-05
RedNova.com, TM) and EntrePad(TM) product families utilize the company's patented TruePrint(R) technology, the first technology to make fingerprint biometrics viable for ...

New Passports Will Broadcast Personal Data  4-Jan-05
USAbroad.org, 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 ...

Biometrics company wins federal fingerprinting contract  3-Jan-05
MSNBC By J. Holly Dolloff. A Nashville biometrics company has landed a multi-million dollar contract with the federal government, beating industry giants such as IBM. ...

Push for security drives license changes  3-Jan-05
Asbury Park Press, ...photographs. They also must be designed to be tamper-proof, which could involve an eye scan or some other form of biometrics. Most ...

Biometrics finds new opportunities in India  3-Jan-05
Financial Express, Tirupati Temple is one of the users of biometrics in the country, having already upgraded a novel experiment with barcoded wristbands for devotees to a system ...

Speedy new system checks gun buyers  3-Jan-05
Detroit Free Press, ...sales application, Flynn said. Biometrics are physical identifiers, such as facial photographs and fingerprints. Gun owners have ...

IT experts to attend key forum  3-Jan-05
Gulf Daily News, ...citizens. The cards will replace the current CPR card.A pre-conference workshop on Smart Card and Biometrics will be held on January 30. ...

French to test airport biometrics  3-Jan-05
iT News, France has announced plans that may make it the next country to mandate biometrics as an airport security measure. Media reports ...

Identix' ABIS Facial Recognition Data-Mining Platform Selected to ...  3-Jan-05
Internet Telephony Magazine, 3, 2005 -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX), the world's leading multi-biometrics technology company, announced today that it has been selected by an unnamed ...

AuthenTec to Present at Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference ...  3-Jan-05
TMCnet TM) and EntrePad(TM) product families utilize the company's patented TruePrint(R) technology, the first technology to make fingerprint biometrics viable for ...

Facial scanning targets ID theft  2-Jan-05
Denver Post, Colorado is among a handful of states utilizing facial- recognition technology, or biometrics, to combat identity theft, with the system catching as many as ...

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Biometrics is the science and technology of authentication (i.e. establishing the identity of an individual) by measuring the subject person's physiological or behavioral features. The term is derived from the Greek words "bios" for life and "metron" for measure.

Biometrics also refers to an entirely different field (today more commonly called Biostatistics), which concerns the development of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in the biological sciences (a definition in use since the early 20th century). This page does not concern this use of the term.

In Information technology (IT), biometrics usually refers to technologies for measuring and analyzing human physiological characteristics such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns, and hand measurements, especially for authentication purposes.

Examples of behavioural characteristics which can be measured include signature recognition, gait recognition, speaker recognition, and the most successful, human authentication via typing pattern (rhythm) recognition.

In a typical IT biometric system, a person registers with the system when one or more of his physiological characteristics are obtained, processed by a numerical algorithm, and entered into a database. Ideally, when he logs in, all of his features match 100%; then when someone else tries to log in, she does not fully match, so the system will not allow her to log in. Current technologies have widely varying Equal Error Rates - as low as 60% and as high as 99.9%.




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