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Biometrics as a national security provider
Talkback My friend is in the Cop and he told me about the jail management software they are using in their office which is integrated with fingerprint recognition system offered by a Biometric research firm named M2SYS based in Atlanta.
[January 8, 2007, 4:38]
Comdex: It's alive! Biometrics do security
News According to Tom Yerex of research and development, the idea of using typing patterns as a biometric came from research done several years ago at Stanford University. The second, Net Nanny's BioPassword LogOn for Windows NT uses an unusual...
[November 19, 1998, 5:05]
Biometrics researchers study every step you take
News They've given high priority in particular to so-called biometric systems that recognise people by unique physical features, such as fingerprints, irises and the shape of the face. The signal's frequency increases as it bounces off an object moving...
[October 21, 2002, 16:14]
Gates predicts death of the password
News Microsoft also demonstrated its own "tamper resistant" biometric ID-card software that can be used by both small and large companies to create ID cards using a digital camera, an inkjet printer and a business-card scanner.
[February 25, 2004, 7:20]
Biometric devices. Do you need one?
Blog Comment As I am actively a graduate student of software engineering, I have conducted significant research in the area of biometric technologies. In essence biometric devices should act to increase security while also alleviating the time/work correlation...
[July 11, 2008, 16:40]
Comdex '99: Get ready for the biometric mouse!
News I was so pleased to find the biggest market research firms making comments that, after Y2K, the biggest IT push is biometric security. Biometric security -- fingerprint-reading keypads, retina-scanning lasers and the like -- may finally be ready...
[November 15, 1999, 10:14]
Noise emitted by ears used for biometric recognition
News Thanks to a research grant awarded in 2007, Stephen Beeby, an engineer at the University of Southampton, UK, and his team of investigators have been working to establish OAE as a robust biometric characteristic.
[April 15, 2009, 15:02]
Scientists pore over biometric-spoofing tests
News The research, funded by a $3.1m (£1.7m) grant from the National Security Agency and conducted in collaboration with other universities, is part of an ongoing effort to improve biometric authentication and identification.
[December 22, 2005, 11:05]
Medical fears may hamper acceptance of biometrics
News This research included interviews with people who had taken part in biometric trials, some of whom were concerned about the medical implications of biometrics. Companies and organisations that are keen to implement biometric systems may face...
[October 31, 2003, 15:50]
New technology 'making ID theft easier'
News Criminals would also find ways around biometric ID cards by exploiting this trust in technology to detect fraudulent transactions, according to the research. Research carried out by the university found criminals are 'shoulder surfing' customers as...
[September 6, 2005, 9:10]
Security issue will be fixed - experts
News Jovic stated that the lack of user presence is being addressed by many companies involved with biometric research. He claimed that biometrics, especially in the form of smart cards -- memory-based cards that record the user's biometric traits -- do...
[November 8, 2001, 10:04]
Home Office: Majority of UK supports ID cards
News However, a survey by ICM on 1,008 people, also carried out in February and using a question mentioning a likely price of £93 for a biometric passport, found 50 percent in opposition and 47 percent in favour.
[March 10, 2008, 7:55]
ID cards unveiled in Queen's Speech
News Mark Blowers, senior research director at analyst firm Butler Group, said there are still significant questions about the rejection rates and read accuracy of some biometric technologies. The ID card scheme proposed by the Home Office will see the...
[November 23, 2004, 14:40]
Mobile phones promise paperless air travel
News Mobiles could eventually be used to hold visa and biometric information. Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage-tracking information and payment data within the next five years — making travel truly paperless...
[June 23, 2008, 9:10]
Survey gives thumbs-up to ID cards
News Fifty percent of the sample also said they favoured the use of iris recognition as a biometric check, with 30 percent preferring the use of fingerprints. SchlumbergerSema itself supports the use of iris photography as a biometric test, but some...
[January 30, 2003, 9:09]
Scottish minister urges end to ID cards
News Ewing said the assumptions behind Woolas's claims — that the card would produce £6bn net economic benefit to the UK — are too uncertain over the relevant 30-year period, and that the argument that 70 percent of the expenditure is necessary for...
[June 30, 2009, 12:23]
ID card bill changes praised
News On 30 July, the committee said it was "deeply concerned" about the cost to other departments of the card and biometric readers, which are not included in the Home Office's budget of up to £3.1bn. The verdict on biometrics was confused.percent...
[October 28, 2004, 16:44]
HP to release two new iPaqs
News The situation will instead gives manufacturers the option to build more high-end features into devices, such as fingerprint and other biometric readers. With more price points, more people are likely to use Pocket PC devices, which will help to...
[October 3, 2002, 8:08]
IBM, CSC win ID card biometrics contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency (UKBA) database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National Biometric Identity...
[April 7, 2009, 16:30]
Biometric USB drive scans fingerprints
News Memory Experts is to launch a 2GB biometric USB flash drive in the UK next month, featuring a fingerprint scanner that can be used to control both access to documents stored inside the device and to a corporate network, the company said this week.
[February 20, 2004, 15:00]
