Gemalto has partnered with Precise Biometrics, a developer of biometric identity verification solutions, to create the Gemalto.Net Bio solution. The product uses Precise’s Match-On-Card fingerprint authentication technology, which stores the cardholder’s biometric information on the card rather than matching to a database, to replace user passwords and create a system that enhances network security for […]

Massachusetts-based biometric developer, Imprivata, has purchased Texas-based biometrics developer IdentiPHI, according to an Austin Business Journal article. The news is following the February filing of chapter 11 bankruptcy by IdentiPHI whom had recently purchased Saflink Corp., a financially struggling biometric developer. With the acquisition, Imprivata is gaining access to a number of patents for existing […]

AuthenTec, a developer of biometric technology, has announced that ASUS will be including AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensors in its netbooks for increased security. The netbook, a small simplified laptop, is the first of its kind to come standard with fingerprint sensors.   

When SNIF Labs Inc. introduced its flagship product, the SNIF tag, the target audience was America’s canine population and the owners who obsess over them. But a combination of lean financial times and imaginative university researchers have led the company to a completely different market, the staff of an Arizona hospital. SNIF tags (the acronym […]

Thanks to financial incentives offered by the state, French RFID inlay maker ASK-IntTag has moved into a former IBM assembly plant in Essex Junction, Vermont. The company, in a joint effort with Wisconsin’s WS Packaging, will adapt the facilities to produce inlays for use in drivers’ licenses, passports and transit cards. Vermont’s Department of Economic […]

Citibank Singapore partnered with Visa and M1, a mobile operator, to deploy a three-month near field communication pilot in Singapore, according tot he E-Commerce Journal. The trial will started in May and will include 300 Citi M1 Platinum Visa cardholders. Participants will be given a Nokia 6212 classic handset. Participants of the experiment will be […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety for a complete driver’s license issuance system. The seven-year contract is valued at $8.8 million. The new South Dakota system provides a process that minimizes the chance for fraud to occur at any point in the issuance process. The […]