Lumidigm has announced it has ported its Mariner line of multispectral fingerprint readers to be compatible with computers running on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Beyond the multispectral aspect of the sensors, which is capable of reading subsurface aspects of a fingerprint for more accurate authentication and functionality in otherwise poor environments, Lumidigm is touting the […]

ScaleMatrix, a provider of cloud-based IT services, has announced a partnership with biometric solutions developer Digitus Biometrics that will see the development of new biometric security for ScaleMatrix’s physical data centers. The upgrade will move from proximity cards, which can only tell what card was used to gain access to secured areas and server racks, […]

Scientists at Strathclyde University in Glascow, Scotland, have found new ways to test the validity of Scotch whiskey. The Engineer reports that researchers from the university’s Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry have been able to distinguish authentic Scotch from counterfeit Scotch using mid-infrared spectrometry in conjunction with immersion probes that have optical fibers. A […]

Google has acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt), a seven year-old developer of facial recognition technology, though has yet to disclose terms of the deal or what the company plans to do with it, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Despite not releasing any specific plans, a spokesman for Google did release that the technology […]

Following an offer from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) to use its database of driver license photographs and face recognition technology to help in tracking down those suspected in being involved in the Vancouver riots following their loss in the NHL Stanley Cup finals this year, British Columbia’s privacy commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has […]

Researchers at Dermalog Identification Systems, a Germany-based biometric technology developer, have developed new technology for fingerprint scanners that would enable them to tell the difference between living and dead tissue, according to a New Scientist article. The new technique, which aims to curb frauds such as removing someone’s finger to gain access to their biometrically […]

California-based Confident Technologies has released a new two-factor authentication platform for mobile phone out-of band authentication. The patent-pending product called Confident Multifactor Authentication offers a smart phone-based secure image-based second factor in the authentication process that is not connected to or stored on the device. When users register with Web sites or online services, the […]

The French National Assembly has voted on an identity protection law and plans to implement a smart identity card program to combat the growing problem with identity theft. The French Interior Ministry claims that there are 80,000 cases of identity theft in France annually. To lower the risk of identity theft, the government plans to […]