Security News & Media
UAE implementing smart ID cards for every resident
April 18, 2007
Xpress4me.com: Iris scans will be taken from both eyes of every citizen of the United Arab Emirates as part of security enhancements for a forthcoming…
read nowNEC extends biometrics ID technology
April 17, 2007
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — NEC Corporation of America, provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, announced the debut of its PIDplus…
read nowChina deploys RFID in Olympic tickets
April 16, 2007
Sda-asia.com: As the mad scramble for tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins, organizers have announced that high-tech methods will be employed to…
read nowGovernment agencies turn to AXCESS for laptop theft problem
April 15, 2007
DALLAS — AXCESS International Inc., a provider of dual-active RFID and real-time location systems solutions, announced that three civilian U.S. government…
read nowU.K. airport to track travelers with RFID
April 12, 2007
RFIDupdate.com: British newspaper The Telegraph reports Manchester Airport, one of the United Kingdom's largest, has just wrapped a six-month passenger…
read nowRFID helping validate sports collectibles
April 11, 2007
Secureidnews.com: The Texas-based Prova Group's business model is to use RFID technology to be a third-party authenticator of the genuineness of sports…
read nowNEC, Biometrics4ALL deliver ID solution
April 10, 2007
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — NEC Corp. of America, provider of IT, network and identity-management solutions, together with Biometrics4ALL, a…
read nowTSA to explore RFID, biometric tracking options
April 8, 2007
Btnmag.com: The Transportation Security Administration released a request for information as its first step in exploring an end-to-end system for tracking…
read nowCalif. lawmakers to vote on bills to regulate RFID
April 8, 2007
Computerworld.com: The California State Senate is expected to vote as early as this week on several bills that would regulate the use of RFID technology in…
read nowDutch researchers building RFID 'firewall'
April 8, 2007
Theregister.co.uk: A group of Dutch researchers at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam is building RFID Guardian, a personal RFID firewall to allow individuals to…
read nowNew RFID tag aims to protect consumer privacy
April 8, 2007
RFIDJournal.com: Mikoh Corp., an Australian provider of tamper-proof seals and other security solutions, has developed the Smart&Secure Retail Tag, an…
read nowHouse committee demands plan for visitor tracking project
April 5, 2007
Govexe.com: The House Homeland Security Committee demanded the Homeland Security Department describe what system and technology will be used to determine when…
read nowVIP's Clear Membership cuts down on airport waits
April 5, 2007
Gonomad.com: A company called Verified Identity Pass Inc. pre-screens frequent travelers, issuing a Clear Member's card, which they then scan in the Clear…
read nowFirms start battle to use biometrics
April 4, 2007
Bordermail.com.au: Using biometric scanning to make transactions is expected to be one of many new methods that are part of a revolution in payments…
read nowFacekey ups biometrics capacity
April 3, 2007
Mn1.com: Biometric-securities provider FaceKey Corp. has launched its latest product, the EntryGuard access-control product. The device is now available with…
read nowHigh-tech biometrics industry matures
April 3, 2007
Miamiherald.com: The U.S. government's growing appetite for biometrics-based identification systems is generating billions of dollars in opportunities…
read nowEuropean Commission may be more RFID lenient
April 2, 2007
Networks.silicon.com: The European Commission may have decided against imposing new rules on RFID tags for now, but a top official from Brussels has warned…
read nowToronto company intros webcam, facial scanner
April 1, 2007
Torontoist.com: A Toronto company made biometrics news this week when it announced a new camera that not only functions as a webcam, but also scans faces in…
read nowExperian, U.S. Biometrics enter tech-sharing agreement
April 1, 2007
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Experian announced a technology-sharing and marketing-referral agreement with U.S. Biometrics, a biometric technology software company.
read nowBlackboard adds credit-card acceptance to vending
April 1, 2007
Cr80news.com: Blackboard Inc. announced the release of a new vending reader for the Blackboard Commerce Suite, a family of applications supporting one-card…
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