One of Latin America’s largest private banks has added Lumidigm’s multispectral fingerprint readers to its ATM network in Brazil. Lumidigm is working with Brazilian IT services provider Itautec to install the first 12,000 units of the 33,000-unit ATM network. The readers will not only provide customers with secure access to their accounts, but they will […]

In January 2004 the US-VISIT biometric border crossing system went live. The program was collecting two-fingerprints for comparison against a watch list of known criminals and terrorists to make sure they weren’t allowed into the U.S. It is one of the first biometric border crossing systems in the world and serves as a model to […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has started capturing and sharing palm prints along with fingerprints when fingerprinting people. As reported by WCTV, the GBI will now be able to share palm print information throughout the state as part of its expanded “Automated Fingerprint Identification System.” Many crime scene units around the state have been […]

Facebook is about to enhance its photo facial recognition capabilities, having yesterday announced its acquisition of Face.com. Face.com’s technology is used by many developers in various mobile apps. The Facebook acquisition is hoped to give them more opportunities to develop new products and technologies. The acquisition will also help Facebook’s push in the mobile sector […]

Young adults in Wiltshire and Somerset counties in the U.K. can save themselves the hassle of proving their age when buying alcohol, thanks to mobile technology provided by Touch2id. Touch2id has created a sticker that attaches to a mobile phone and contains data from a user’s fingerprint. When held over a Touch2id handheld cordless reader […]

With the recent LinkedIn debacle of stolen passwords, Gemalto NV is poised to take advantage of new business with regards to authenticating personal data on social networks, reports Bloomberg. The news outlet reports that Gemalto is talking with social networking sites to sell combinations of hardware and software security systems and help protect users beyond […]

Though the Voice Recognition Software Developers market has been static for a few years, growth is expected, reports market research firm IBISWorld. In its new report on this industry, IBISWorld reports that the market is expected to increase an average of 2.3% annually to $1.1 over five years to 2012. However, due to an increase […]

Federal employees wanting to access secure government Web sites on mobile devices don’t have it easy to begin with, but make it an Apple iOS device and it gets more complicated. Thursby Software Systems, while already making it easier to use smart cards on Apple computers, has also launched a new smart card app and […]