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Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?

Biometrics is a high tech word for an old concept: how they go about recognizing one another. Biometric authentication uses automated methods based on physical characteristics or behavioral traits for human recognition. Examples of biometrics include iris and retina scanning, digitized fingerprints, hand geometry and speaker recognition. Biometric authentication offers...

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Logica Holdings Closes Acquisition of Dolphin Digital Media

Transaction Valued at More Than $20 million Will Enable Creation of New Safe and Secure Social Networking Websites Around Dolphin's Core Brands of Popular Children's Television Shows TORONTO, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logica Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: LGHL.OB), a developer of social networking websites using state-of-the-art biometric identity...

Articles 2008-06-24

Logica Holdings announces licensing agreement with Dolphin Entertainment

Partnership will further Enhance Distribution for Logica's websites and will enable Dolphin to create sites for its core brands using Logica's state-of-the-art biometric technology platform TORONTO, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logica Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: LGHL.OB), a company that develops unique social networking websites using state-of-the-art biometric identity...

Articles 2008-06-16

xyzmo Joins SAFE-BioPharma Vendor Partner Program

xyzmo, the leading international digitaland e-signature technology provider, announced today that they have becomea vendor partner of SAFE-BioPharma Association, the non-profit associationthat created and manages the SAFE-BioPharmaTM digital identity andsignature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. xyzmo's unique technology provides three levels of authentication. Inaddition to the security provided...

Articles 2008-06-11

Validity Offers Custom Color Options for Fingerprint Sensors

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately-held biometric sensor company specializing in convenient, secure and reliable fingerprint authentication solutions for information, communication and entertainment devices, announced today that it offers custom color options for their fingerprint sensors. Validity's durable LiveFlex[R] sensors are now offered in a...

Articles 2008-06-03

Credicorp Bank in Panama Deploys US Biometrics' AccessQ, VaultQ, MemberQ and CentralQ Biometric Fingerprint Authentication Systems

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Credicorp Bank in Panama City, Panama is the first institution within Panama to implement a wide spectrum of US Biometrics' multi-factor authentication products. Credicorp Bank has deployed the US Biometrics' control system, including hardware and software, with the goal of increasing security and protecting the...

Articles 2008-05-30

Info Security Products Guide Awards Visiant Security's Deployment of FoxT's Centralized Access Control Management and Biometrics Authentication a Winner of the 2008 Best Deployment Scenario Awards

Fox Technologies FoxT, Inc. announcedtoday that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communicationspublication and the world's leading publication on security-relatedproducts and technologies, has named Visiant Security's deployment ofcentralized security and biometrics authentication at Telecom Italia MobileBrazil, featuring the FoxT BoKS Access Control for Desktops solution, awinner of the 2008...

Articles 2008-05-29

IriTech selects Aladdin's HASP SRM software protection and licensing solution

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-28 May 2008-IriTech selects Aladdin's HASP SRM software protection and licensing solutionC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Aladdin HASP SRM from Aladdin Knowledge Systems (Nasdaq:ALDN) Aladdin, an information security company specialising in authentication, software DRM and content security, has been selected by IriTech Inc, a manufacturer of iris biometric...

Articles 2008-05-28

Iris Biometrics Leader Secures Software With Aladdin HASP SRM

AladdinKnowledge Systems (NASDAQ: ALDN), an information security leaderspecializing in authentication, software DRM and content security, todayannounced that IriTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of iris biometricidentification equipment and software, chose Aladdin HASP SRM for IP protection,secure licensing, and product activation, allowing it to expand intohigh-piracy regions. HASP SRM,...

Articles 2008-05-27

Nuance Helps Companies Create Stronger Security Measures with Authentication Solutions in Call Centers

Brings Caller Authentication Expert Chuck Buffum on Board to Address Growing Demand for Nuance Solutions NEW YORK -- Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world's leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today, showcased the company's continued emphasis on caller authentication solutions at the Voice Biometrics Conference in...

Articles 2008-05-14

Entrust, Hewlett Packard Partner to Deploy Taiwanese ePassports, Authenticate Biometric Data

Solution allows straightforward migration to EAC ePassport technology DALLAS, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- An innovator in ePassport technology, Entrust, Inc. will provide its proven public key infrastructure to the Taiwanese government to help authenticate sensitive biometric information stored on machine readable travel documents MRTDs -- also...

Articles 2008-05-07

IdentiPHI SAFsolution 5 Enterprise Edition Broadly Available Today

Enterprise Demand Driving Deployments of Advanced Biometric & Smart Card Authentication Security Software AUSTIN, Texas -- IdentiPHI, Inc. (OTCBB:IDPI), an innovative leader in enterprise security solutions and services, today announced the immediate availability of its new flagship security software, IdentiPHI SAFsolution([R]) 5 Enterprise Edition. IdentiPHI designed SAFsolution 5...

Articles 2008-05-05

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* Pay By Touch, a processor of biometrically authenticated payment transactions, shut down all biometric services effective March 19. Solidus Networks Inc., the parent company of Pay By Touch, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2007. As the company was restructuring, it was determined that it could no...

Articles 2008-05-01

Biometric authentication

The PalmSecure PC Log-In Kit includes a palm authentication sensor embedded in a mouse and Windows Iogin and single sign-on software to eliminate the need for passwords for entry into Windows sessions and password-protected applications. By generating a biometric template and matching it against preregistered users' palm vein patterns, the...

Articles 2008-05-01

BIOMETRICS MEETS ONLINE BANKING

$1.5 billion First Tech Credit Union, Beaverton, Ore., has rolled out a new online banking authentication solution from BioPassword (www.biopassword.com) that measures the rhythm members use when typing their passwords. Joey Rudisil, VP/information technology/chief information officer for First Tech CU, graciously agreed to answer some questions about the solution...

Articles 2008-04-30

Exceptional Scalability Drives Leading Global Corporations to Adopt IdentiPHI SAFsolution 5 for Enterprise Authentication Security

SAFsolution Establishes New Industry Benchmarks for Large-scale Biometric and Smart Card Deployments AUSTIN, Texas -- IdentiPHI, Inc. (OTCBB: IDPI), an innovative leader in enterprise security solutions and services, today announced some of the world's largest corporations have selected IdentiPHI SAFsolution([R]) Enterprise Edition 5 software to biometrically secure their...

Articles 2008-04-29

ImageWare Systems Granted Another Patent on Multimodal Biometric Technology

SAN DIEGO -- ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), a leading developer of identity management solutions, today announced that has been awarded another patent, number 7,362,884, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO, for its multimodal biometric fusion and analysis technology. This patent describes a system and method...

Articles 2008-04-23

China Electronic Commerce Association Becomes First in China to Deploy PalmSecure

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 18, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Fujitsu Limited today announced that its PalmSecure PC mouse equipped with a palm vein biometric sensor has been deployed by the China Electronic Commerce Association CECA, a government-backed organization that rates the trustworthiness of electronic transactions carried out by Chinese companies....

Articles 2008-04-18

Port of Los Angeles Awards Unisys Biometric ID Authentication and Access Control Contract

Pilot Program Will Support Federally Mandated TWIC Initiative BLUE BELL, Pa. -- The Port Authority of Los Angeles has contracted with Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) to design and manage an identification and access control system, using smart card and biometric technologies, to identify workers who require access to restricted...

Articles 2008-04-15

Banking on Biometrics in the Twinkle of an Eye. IrisGuard is Transforming the Way We Conduct Our Banking Transactions

GENEVA -- Cairo Amman Bank has awarded a contract to IrisGuard Inc., to provide a comprehensive, turn-key iris biometric identification management system for Cairo Amman Bank's IT platform. The new IrisGuard iBank Suite[R] will be used to authenticate banking transactions for all the bank's customers. The BBC World,...

Articles 2008-04-14