Biometrics News
Fingerprint scans at day care? City Council not so sure
May 21, 2013 | aspendailynews.comThe thought of installing a fingerprint-scanning biometric security system at a local day care center was too much for some Aspen City Council members, who held off on making a decision Monday on a set of proposals for the...
Read more...Privacy-Security Trade-Offs in Biometric Security Systems-Part I: Single Use Case
May 22, 2013 | bnet.comSource: Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Favorite Free registration required In this paper, the design of single-use biometric security systems is analyzed from an information theoretic perspective. A fundamental...
Read more...BGMEA initiates biometric data for garment workers
May 22, 2013 | fibre2fashion.comThe country’s apex trade body for garment manufacturers instructed its member factories in Ashulia to prepare a biometric database of their workers within three months. “We have been trying to make a central workers’ database...
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Samsung expected to introduce fingerprint scanning tech in future Galaxy Android smartphones
May 22, 2013 | bgr.inApple might have been in the news for the past few months for its plans to integrate fingerprint scanning in its future iPhones but now we have some indications that Samsung may also be in the fray for biometric features for...
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Science Media Partners and IBIA Announce connect:ID Expo
May 21, 2013 | andhranews.netScience Media Partners Ltd and the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) today announce a visionary new conference and exhibition -- connect:ID Expo [http://www.connectidexpo.com]. This major new...
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Fingerprint Cards: Exercise of warrants
May 22, 2013 | swedishwire.comPress release published at The Swedish Wire The exercise of warrants has been registered on May 20, 2013 and resulted in Fingerprint Cards' share capital rising by SEK 31,722, whereby it amounted to SEK 10,332,227 on May 20,...
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OSCE-supported workshop in Armenia focuses on use of biometric passports to curb the movement of...
May 22, 2013 | armenpress.am“Introducing biometric passports with chips is a major step towards making it harder for terrorists and criminals to forge travel documents,” said Paul Picard, Counter-Terrorism Officer at the OSCE’s Transnational Threats...
Read more...North West: New Voter recompilation To Improve Election Score
May 22, 2013 | toogui.comThe activity went underway in the North West yesterday alongside the distribution of voter’s cards. Biometric recompilation of voters on electoral registers effectively resumed in the North West Region yesterday May 22, 2013 to...
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Interview with president – SITA, Middle East, India and Africa
May 22, 2013 | ttgmena.comTTG talked to president – SITA, Middle East, India and Africa, Hani El-Assaad about the latest strategic airport development vision – Intelligent Airport – and its application in the Middle Eastern setting. TTG: What does the...
Read more...British company plans to open R&D centre in Vilnius
May 21, 2013 | bbj.huUK’s IDScan Biometrics, a leading European provider of solutions for ID authentication, has chosen Lithuania to establish an R&D unit, wrote news2biz Lithuania. The R&D centre, to cost LTL 2.3 million (€666,000), will be...
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Research and Markets: Europe Gesture Recognition and Touchless Sensing Market (2013 - 2018)
May 22, 2013 | sectorpublishingintelligence.co.ukWorld News: 17:28 GMT Wednesday 22nd May 2013. [Research and Markets via Businesswire] Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Europe Gesture Recognition & Touchless Sensing Market (2013 - 2018) Technology (2D,...
Read more...TruTouch Announces International Sales/Marketing Distribution Agreements for TruTouch...
May 21, 2013 | sectorpublishingintelligence.co.ukWorld News: 17:43 GMT Tuesday 21st May 2013. [TruTouch Technologies, Inc. via Businesswire] TruTouch Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has signed several international distribution agreements to market TruTouch’s rapid...
Read more...Apple's Smart Watch May Not Launch Until Late 2014, Use Biometrics and iPod Nano Technology
May 22, 2013 | froginthebox.comKGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has on a number of occasions offered accurate information about Apple’s product plans, issued a new research report this week outlining his expectations for Apple’s rumored smart watch...
Read more...Voiceprints can counter ID theft, but other threats remain - community blog from Alex Noble
May 22, 2013 | finextra.comI was surprised at the extensive coverage of the Barclays Wealth change in customer identification techniques. Barclays have introduced passive voice identification, so the system identifies callers as they speak to an agent in...
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Lockheed Martin delivers updates to biometric ID system to FBI
May 21, 2013 | christiansvideo.netLockheed Martin announced Wednesday that it has just deployed Increment 3 of the FBI’s Next Generation Identification fingerprinting system. Read more: Lockheed Martin delivers updates to biometric ID system to FBI – Washington...
Read more...Fan on Hu’s Biometric ID Cybersurveillance
May 21, 2013 | thefacultylounge.orgMary Fan has a review over at Jotwell of Margaret Hu’s new article, Biometric ID Cybersurveillance, 88 Indiana L.J.__ (forthcoming 2013). Mary Fan is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Washington who specializes...
Read more...Aadhaar and other developing-world biometrics programs must protect users' privacy
May 21, 2013 | christiansvideo.netMove over, mobile phones. There's a new technological fix for poverty: biometric identification. Speaking at the World Bank on April 24, Nandan Nilekani, director of India's universal identification scheme, promised that the...
Read more...James Bond inspires US bill to require smart guns for all
May 22, 2013 | theregister.co.ukSecond Amendment meets 007 American gun manufacturers will have to fit smart technology to their products if a new bill from US Representative John Tierney (D-MA) comes into force. The Personalized Handgun Safety Act of 2013...
Read more...The Cashless Society Arrives in Africa. The “Multipurpose” Biometric National ... - Center for...
May 23, 2013 | christiansvideo.netThe Cashless Society Arrives in Africa. The “Multipurpose” Biometric National ...Center for Research on GlobalizationAnother 911, and the elites' dream of a One World Order moves closer to reality. Enter the cashless society,...
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Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
May 21, 2013 | gannett-tv.comWASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee...
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What to expect from Xbox One next gen gaming: Persistent worlds, biometrics and LOTS of players
May 22, 2013 | mirror.co.ukKinect, Xbox Live, Facebook and YouTube integration, and games, games, games are up for discussion Microsoft has brought the next generation of video gaming that little bit closer with the long-awaited official unveiling of...
Read more... All similar articles: 14512 »Visa Rejections and Refusals
May 21, 2013 | warwick.ac.ukThere is a very clear legal distinction between a rejected (invalid) and a refused application. A refused application A refused application is a valid application which has been processed and the Home Office have decided that...
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Thousands of military sex victims treated
May 21, 2013 | journalgazette.netNew government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability...
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Comment on The 21st Century Matrix: Technocracy and the Rise of the Machines by Lannie Axtell
May 19, 2013 | 21stcenturywire.comCall it the Matrix, the Scientific Dictatorship, Transhumanism- or call it the Technocracy. No matter which name we give it, few can deny that today’s technology is advancing at an ever-increasing rapid clip, with most of us...
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Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
May 20, 2013 | latinotimes.comThe Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers with Carnegie...
Read more...User login
May 20, 2013 | whatreallyhappened.com"All over the world, people need change. The change? Getting control over the power and resources they need to solve their problems." -- Jeremy Brecher, historian and author YOUR RANDOM DHS MONITORED PHRASE OF THE DAY Paid...
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Indians more willing to share personal info than others: Study
May 19, 2013 | dnaindia.comIndian respondents are also concerned about security of their accounts, as 92% of them indicated they wanted fool-proof security against identity theft as part of more personalised financial services.
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The Wire: Oklahoma City tornado; Arias defense flameout; foreigners face fingerprinting; unlucky...
May 20, 2013 | mercurynews.comZach Champion digs Monday through the rubble of his mobile home for his belongings in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed in Sunday's tornado near Shawnee, Okla. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo) National editor's pick of the...
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Watch Dogs GameStop, Amazon pre-order goods have eyes on you
May 20, 2013 | joystiq.comNorth American retailers GameStop and Amazon are offering up their own pre-order incentives for Watch Dogs , Ubisoft announced today. Those who commit early through GameStop will receive an additional single-player mission,...
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Meet Biometric Associates, LP: BlackBerry Live
May 20, 2013 | berryus.comSorry I'm late with this post, but there was so much to take in, I had information overload from BlackBerry Live. One of my favorite vendors was the Biometric or baiMobile booth. They deal in secure bluetooth solutions, and...
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