The Farglory Group, a property developer in Taiwan, announced last week that residents of their four new complexes in Taipei County will begin using cell phones to open their doors. Each home will be provided with two BenQ T80 handsets, the first near field communication (NFC)-enabled phone made by a Taiwanese maker, to each of […]

USA Technologies has begun offering its cashless payment technology to customers of the Blackboard Commerce Suite™ to allow students to make cashless payments at campus vending machines. The cashless technology will be embedded in Blackboard’s FlexVend reader and supports a suite of both wired and wireless applications that enable transactions on-campus and off-campus. The new […]

China’s mobile subscriber base exceeded 400 million in 2006 and is expected to reach 600 million by the end of 2007. China’s massive market presents tremendous opportunities for operators, device manufacturers and content providers. According to the article at BusinessWeek.com, SMS text messaging continues to dominate the market. But the future looks better with new […]

Aptika, a Canadian company specializing in ID card software, hardware and services, integrating high-performance security technologies including digital pictures, electronic signatures, barcodes, fingerprints, holograms, and other security options, is launching its new website. The company offers a complete solution for identity management. Canadian ID card specialist Aptika launches new redesigned website MONTREAL, July 25 – […]

SafeNet has been chosen by the Security Biometric Clearing Network (SBCN) to secure and support the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Registered Traveler program. SBCN provides the security and biometric services of the TSA’s Registered Traveler system. The Registered Travel program was set up by the TSA to allow passengers to voluntarily submit to a government […]

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) together with Garanti Payment Systems announced that Garanti Payment Systems has selcted OTI to supply its contactless solutions for the Turkish Market. Garanti Bank plans to implement its contactless solutions to all of its broad customer base after the initial phase. Garanti Bank of Turkey Chose OTI Solutions for Its […]

Schools in Britain are being given official guidelines outlining how they can use and store students’ biometric information. The main rule is that when children leave a school or if the original purpose of collecting fingerprints were to use them for library book check-out, and that purpose no longer applies, schools must destroy the personal […]

Zebra Technologies introduced a new single-sided laminating card printer: the Zebra P630i. The new printer adds to the Security line of Zebra card printers, which are used to print tens of millions of secure IDs by governments in dozens of countries, including driver’s licenses in many U.S. states. The P630i has a unique range of […]

Fujitsu Microelectronics America and 123ID recently introduced new development kits that enable developers to quickly incorporate fingerprint authentication into Windows-based applications used in network authentication, secure fingerprint ID login, password replacement, file encryption, access control, POS, and commercial and government identity-management systems. The new Software Developer Kits (DKF-UMS-1120, 1130, 1117 and 1137) incorporate a vector/minutia-based […]

Merkatum Corporation, a developer and provider of multi-biometric identity management solutions, has successfully implemented one of the largest and most advanced facial recognition identification system in Mexico. The emfiva-FRS™ biometric system enables an important component of a state-wide integrated public safety program directed at improving criminal intelligence and reducing identity-fraud. Local law enforcement agencies will […]