Biometrics
RSS BiometricsSony launches massive Vaio recall
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics Sony is recalling about 438,000 Vaio TZ-series notebooks worldwide that may overheat... [05 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News Biometrics from A-Z… One million customers have signed up to Microsoft's Office Live Workspace online collaboration tool, six months after its beta launch. Workspace is the web-based extension of Microsoft Office, allowing users to access and share... [04 Sep 2008]
DigitalPersona Case Study: California Commerce Bank
White Paper As proven by independent tests and hundreds of thousands of customers, U.are.U delivers time-tested, leading-edge biometrics technology for PCs and networks. California Commerce Bank (CCB) provides full banking services for companies and... [02 Sep 2008]
Can Soft Biometric Traits Assist User Recognition?
White Paper Biometrics is rapidly gaining acceptance as the technology that can meet the ever increasing need for security in critical applications. Biometric systems automatically recognize individuals based on their physiological and behavioral characteristics. [02 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment B is for Biometrics Written in a coffee shop in Mountain View CA and dispatched the next day from a free wi-fi service in the hotel. What could be easier? Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of... [21 Aug 2008]
Photos: Some creative uses for USB ports
Photo It responds to changes in electro-magnetic turbulence, heat, light and biometrics to predict imminent paranormal activity. The Force is strong in this four-port R2-D2 USB hub. The loveable rust bucket will spin his head and beep when you insert a... [18 Aug 2008]
Bracknell Forest reaps virtual rewards
Case Study Biometrics from A-Z… Bracknell Forest Borough Council is reaping the rewards after making the move to a virtualised server environment. The council estimates it will save around £75,000 per year in terms of hardware refresh and reduce power and... [08 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News A recent independent review of the ID cards scheme by the Biometrics Assurance Group suggested the system could struggle in capturing the fingerprints of up to four million people. A prototype of the UK ID card biometric database will be delivered... [04 Aug 2008]
Google Street View cleared by UK privacy watchdog
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics Google's Street View mapping system has been given the all clear by the UK's privacy... [31 Jul 2008]
The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Galileo CRM Biometrics Encryption Enough information to fill multiple CDs every second is flowing across the world on a network one thousand times faster than home... [15 Jul 2008]
UK trails in open source race
News Biometrics from A-Z… UK businesses are lagging behind their European and US counterparts in adopting open source software. The UK is fifth in terms of uptake, with 15 per cent of businesses currently using open source technology. [14 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News B is for Biometrics Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). [09 Jul 2008]
Voice Biometrics Illegal Aliens and the US Visit Program
White Paper As each biometric company tries to look for a niche market in this industry VAS has taken a position that ALL biometric applications proven to work should be used to protect our country and citizens. Each offers great applications and depending on... [03 Jul 2008]
Making IT More Responsive to Business
White Paper EDS Access Control Solutions Division (ACSD) has experience with technology including biometrics, remote video, radio frequency (RF) identification, bar code, and Smart Cards. EDS is involved in helping companies and governments throughout the... [03 Jul 2008]
BioPassword and IAM: Cost-Effective Biometric Authentication
White Paper The objective of this paper is to review the ever-increasing need for stepped-up electronic security; provide an overview of biometric technology; examine its role in comprehensive identity and access management as well as regulatory compliance... [03 Jul 2008]
