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News NEC has released a desktop PC and notebook in Asia which feature fingerprint ID functions, according to news reports. The system is designed to let only the individual whose fingerprint has been registered boot up the computer.
[14 May 1999]
News Shoppers in Oxford started to pay with their fingers this month, as the Co-op launched its trial of a biometric fingerprint payment system. The scanner allows consumers to link their fingerprint to credit or debit card accounts when paying for...
[14 Mar 2006]
whitepaper The ThinkPadŽ integrated fingerprint reader puts security at your fingertip. Insight offers the full range of ThinkPads with integrated fingerprint readers at affordable prices so you can secure your mobile workforce.
[03 May 2005]
whitepaper Fingerprint recognition is a well-researched problem, and there are several highly accurate systems commercially available. However, this biometric technology still suffers from problems with the handling of bad quality prints.
[31 Aug 2007]
whitepaper This paper focuses on the Solaris Fingerprint Database (sfpDB). The Solaris Fingerprint Database addresses the issue of validating the base Sun provided files. This includes files distributed with Solaris OE media kits, unbundled software, and...
[27 Apr 2004]
whitepaper The fingerprint minutiae data had to be hidden in a host image, which can be a synthetic fingerprint image, a face image or an arbitrary image. This paper introduces an application of steganography and watermarking to enable secure biometric data...
[06 Jul 2007]
whitepaper Analysing fingerprint evidence from crime scenes is a crucial component of the work done by the Lithuanian Police Forensic Science Centre. Until recently, its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) was accessed through local PCs using...
[15 Jul 2004]
News Police patrol cars in Northamptonshire are being fitted with mobile fingerprint readers as part of a trial that could pave the way for the technology to be rolled out across all UK police forces. Northamptonshire Police are using the mobile...
[01 Jul 2005]
whitepaper This paper present a method that classify the fingerprint of protocol, use the frame to describe the fingerprint in order to create the frame system, get the information of host to match the system to identify the type of OS in remote host.
[05 Dec 2007]
News NTT DoCoMo has released a handset that uses fingerprint recognition technology. The mova F505i is meant to cut out the problem of unauthorised phone use. It also boasts a hefty, 16MB chunk of video memory that can hold 29 minutes of moving pictures...
[09 Jul 2003]
News The Nationwide building society is continuing with plans to use pioneering biometric electronic signature technology, despite dropping plans to use iris and fingerprint recognition. Iris recognition was also considered for the counter-signing...
[23 Sep 2003]
whitepaper The information consists of a variety of mandatory and optional items, including scanning parameters, related descriptive and record data, digitized fingerprint information, and compressed or uncompressed images.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Preventing unauthorized users from accessing information stored on, or transmitted between computers is one of the most significant challenges in information technology today. To secure confidential business information, personal medical...
[14 Aug 2003]
Comment Biometrics have been used for many years for a variety of applications across a range of industries, including the use of fingerprint or iris scans for personal verification in the financial services industry, such as for withdrawals at ATMs.
[22 Dec 2003]
Comment The future according to Hollywood would have us believe that Minority Report style biometric iris-scanning and fingerprint reading technology will become a part of our everyday lives both at home and at work.
[23 Sep 2003]
News As this type of laptop becomes more common it's likely that access to corporate networks will increasingly be through fingerprint verification. Hand geometry is not thought to be unique in the same way as other biometrics such as iris or...
[20 Jul 2006]
Photo The miSense trial at London's Heathrow Airport will use biometric fingerprint and iris scans to screen air passengers on selected Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. The fingerprint scanner (pictured) records prints...
[06 Dec 2006]
News Biometrics has traditionally focussed on identifying individuals through iris or fingerprint identification, but this technique could be fundamentally flawed. Martin Hewgill, fraud and risk specialist at card payment technology company ACI, said...
[24 Oct 2001]
whitepaper This paper describes the integration of fingerprint template and RF smart card for clustered network, which is designed on Linux platform and Open source technology to obtain biometrics security. Combination of smart card and biometrics has...
[18 Apr 2007]
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. The passenger's fingerprint is then checked again...
[06 Dec 2006]
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