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Biometrics
the study of measurable biological characteristics, or, in computer security, authentication techniques that use characteristics such as speech, fingerprints, or scans of the human eye
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VeriChip Corporation Receives Nasdaq Notices Related to Listing Requirements
Company Has until at Least April 20, 2009 to Regain Compliance DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- VeriChip Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: CHIP), a provider of radio frequency identification RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, today announced that it received notice on October 21, 2008, from The Nasdaq Stock Market...
Tags: Biometrics, Company, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., RFID, SECURITY, VeriChip, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-24
Department of Justice Issues Favorable Review Letter to RFID Consortium
Department of Justice Concludes That Proposed Arrangement Appears Procompetitive, Likely to Yield Efficiencies, and Encourages Innovation WILMINGTON, Del. -- The RFID Consortium is pleased that the US Department of Justice has issued a favorable Business Review Letter relating to the Consortium's proposed licensing arrangement. The full text of the...
Tags: Biometrics, consortium, patent, RFID, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-23
MyDealerLot Named 2009 Automotive News PACE Award Finalist
ROSWELL, Ga. -- MyDealerLot announced today that as a result of its innovation in the development of RFID technologies for the automotive market, the company has been named an Automotive News PACE Awards finalist. Established in 1994 and jointly presented by Ernst & Young, Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.)...
Tags: Biometrics, Ernst & Young LLP, innovation, Leadership, RFID, SECURITY, Strategy, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-22
RFIDGS Awarded Contract from Boeing for NASA RFID Deployment
RFIDGS with partner Franwell, Inc. to deliver second phase of the RFID system at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ELDERSBURG, Md. & LAKELAND, Fla. -- RFID Global Solution has been awarded a contract from The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) to complete the second phase expansion of a real-time location...
Tags: Biometrics, Boeing Co., NASA, RFID, SECURITY, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-21
Accenture and Sagem Defense Securite Win Prime Contract for European Commission's Biometric Matching System
BELGIUM, Brussels -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Sagem Defense Securite SAFRAN Group, as lead partners in the Bridge consortium, have won the contract to develop the European Commission's Biometric Matching System. The system is the central biometric component of a collection of European Union identity programs for the protection of...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, consortium, European Commission, Leadership, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-10-20
Precise Biometrics Recognized as Key Player in the Biometrics Industry
Precise Biometrics has been recognized with the 2008 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Emerging Company of the Year for its high- quality authentication method, Precise Match-on-CardTM. The award is based on recent analysis of the non-AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System fingerprint market. Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Neelima...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Frost & Sullivan, Precise Biometrics, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-10-20
Dynamic Media Holdings, Inc. Discusses Business Development Plan and Announces New CEO
Dynamic Media Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DYMH) announces the recent acquisition of Evermedia Biometrics Corporation has also brought with it new management and the addition of new board members. Jonathan Sym has been named to become the new CEO and President of Dynamic Media Holdings, Inc. Although Mr. Sym has...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Company, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-10-15
Iris Biometrics Pioneer AOptix Technologies Recognized With Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award for Technology Innovation
Analyst Sees Breakthroughs in Usability and Human Factors Design Through Adaptive Optics Approach CAMPBELL, Calif. -- AOptix Technologies, Inc. (www.aoptix.com), a leading edge developer of advanced biometric iris recognition systems, has been awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation in the field of non-invasive biometrics. "Improvements...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Frost & Sullivan, innovation, optics, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-10-14
Digital Angel Announces Agreement with Lender to Restructure Credit Facility
$2 Million in Additional Funding Available to Accelerate Operational Restructuring Program SO. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Digital Angel (NASDAQ:DIGA), an advanced technology company in the field of animal identification and emergency identification solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Laurus Master Fund,...
Tags: agreement, Angel, Biometrics, Company, RFID, SEC, SECURITY, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-03
Impinj Scores Top Ten Ranking in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State
Leading UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification RFID solutions provider Impinj, Inc. today announced finishing seventh in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Washington State, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies based upon percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2007. ...
Tags: Biometrics, Deloitte LLP, FINANCE, Impinj Inc., RFID, SECURITY, Technology, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-01
Compliance Remains King among Consumer Goods Manufacturers Says ABI Research, but Other Benefits Begin to Prompt RFID Adoption
NEW YORK -- Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and METRO in Germany. However according to a survey recently conducted by ABI Research, topline results of which are available in a free...
Tags: ABI Research, Biometrics, compliance, RFID, SECURITY, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-10-01
RFID Moving Into the Data Center, Says ABI Research
LONDON -- IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations. This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets are key infrastructure for any modern business and IT managers need to be certain that equipment is documented,...
Tags: ABI Research, Biometrics, RFID, SECURITY, tagging, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-09-30
MEDIA ALERT: Sidense to Exhibit at GSA Expo
What Sidense Exhibiting at the GSA Suppliers Expo and Conference Where Booth 219 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California When 9AM to 6PM Thursday, October 2, 2008 For more information or to schedule a meeting with Sidense at the GSA Expo please contact: Jim Lipman...
Tags: Biometrics, NETWORKING, RFID, SECURITY, U.S. General Services Administration, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-09-26
Cogent Systems Announces Release of Fusion™ Multi-Modal Biometric Handheld Device
Fully Ruggedized, 1.2 Pound Solution Targeted at Department of Defense and Law Enforcement Applications PASADENA, Calif. -- Cogent Systems (NASDAQ:COGT) today announced the release of the Fusion, a fully ruggedized, multi-modal, handheld biometric system. Designed and built by Cogent from the ground up with input from the Department of...
Tags: Biometrics, camera, Cogent Systems Inc., Fusion, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Readers, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-09-23
Sarnoff Awarded U.S. Army Research Laboratory Contract to Create a High Speed Portable Portal Iris Capture Solution
Accurate, High-Throughput Iris Recognition Technology Alleviates Queuing at Security Checkpoints PRINCETON, N.J. -- Sarnoff Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a high speed biometric capture technology solution for iris-based identification. The system will be designed to...
Tags: Biometrics, portal, Sarnoff Corp., SECURITY, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Research articles 2008-09-22
Real-time Intelligence Visualization Is Becoming the New RTLS, Says ABI Research
NEW YORK -- Recent decades have seen the widespread adoption of short-range wireless communications, including wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), ultra-wideband UWB, and RFID. All of these can be used as part of real-time location systems RTLS. But according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research, a preoccupation with the technologies...
Tags: ABI Research, Biometrics, RFID, SECURITY, technology, UWB, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-09-22
TSA tests SecureScreen project on Southwest Airlines pilots
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A pilot from Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) will be the first aircrew member to be screened by the US Transportation Security Administration TSA using an advanced biometric screening system. The demonstration project, which has TSA approval, is called SecureScreen. It uses biometrics for...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, SECURITY, Southwest Airlines Co., Strategy, Transportation Security Administration
Research articles 2008-09-18
Military Streamlines Biometrics Science Spending
The Pentagon is leading the creation of a document to encourage organizations to use their development dollars while directing that funding toward the most necessary efforts. The U.S. Defense Department is creating a biometrics science and technology plan to help the services and other component organizations spend their...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-09-01
Bureau Beefs Up Biometrics Capabilities
FBI seeks the best of the best in nonproprietary, interoperable biometrics collection tools. Bionics made Col. Steve Austin better, stronger and faster as the lead 1970s television character in The Six Million Dollar Man so he could defeat fictional bad guys, but it will be biometrics that make...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, bureau, Bush, FBI, Government, Lockheed Martin Corp., SECURITY
Research articles 2008-09-01
AXcess News: RFID Reaching Beyond 'Tag and Ship' to New Applications, Report Shows
A new report from Aberdeen shows RFID applications are going beyond "tag and ship." Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO) is one of those companies building an innovative brand in RFID applications in pet ID and now tires. According to the Aberdeen report, which was announced Thursday, August 28, 2008,...
Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Advanced, Biometrics, RFID, SECURITY, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-08-29
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