Lega Pro and Telecom Italia have announced that at the start of this year’s season new cotactless-enabled ID cards will be issued to league fans in order to better manage stadium access. Each ID card comes embedded with an microchip that is used to record the fan’s ticket purchases. Stadium employees using hand held terminals […]

The American Hospital Association, through its subsidiary AHA Solutions Inc., has announced its endorsement of EXTENSION HealthID. HealthID is a smart card that holds individual patient data for use by the hospitals to improve the care experience. The AHA’s endorsement of HealthID comes at a time when maintaining and accessing accurate patient information is becoming […]

A new program developed by Australia and New Zealand’s governments for travelers between the two countries will allow citizens with electronic passports to bypass baggage screening lines, according to a Stuff.co.nz article. A user of the program must simply scan their biometric chip embedded in their electronic passport at security kiosks and they will be […]

Beginning later this month, The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be expanding the pilot for the Global Entry Trusted Traveler (GETT) program into an additional 13 airports on top of the seven already involved, according to an Information Week article. The GETT program is designed to utilize biometrics and automated kiosks to […]

UPEK, a California biometric fingerprint solutions provider, has launched, in conjunction with Microsoft, the Worldwide Biometric Challenge, seeking to encourage development of biometric applications for Windows 7, the first Windows operating system with native support for fingerprint biometric authentications. Microsoft’s newest operating system is slated for general release Oct. 22. The contest asks software developers […]

Two more universities have signed up with TipNow, the San Jose, Calif.-based text messaging service designed to increase campus safety by allowing students to anonymously notify campus security personnel regarding non-emergency suspicious activity. California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., are now offering the new service from Resiligence, Inc., […]

SecuGen and Valid Technologies have announced a technology and marketing partnership to deliver user authentication solutions to IBM enterprise computing customers. As a result of this partnership, the Valid Technologies VSSA Strong User Authentication solution will include support for SecuGen biometric matching technologies and the SecuGen Hamster family of biometric fingerprint readers. VSSA supports applications […]