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 […]

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 […]

Orlando International and Sanford-Orlando International airports have joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program, according to an Orlando Business Journal article. Purpose of the Global entry program is to speed up entry of foreign travelers into the U.S. via fingerprint biometrics. So far, the program has roughly 20,000 enrolled in the program […]

Authentec, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced it will be introducing a new family of both hardware and software solutions later this month, according to an E Week article. The technology utilizes Authentec’s new fingerprint sensor called Marcy and itsTrue suite software, which has been developed for use with Windows 7 and the Windows […]

Boardman Bikes, a developer of bicycles, has released a concept developed by Olympian Chris Boardman that is being referred ot as an intelligent cycle, according to a Slash Gear article. One of the major aspects fo the bike is that it has embedded fingerprint readers that act as a lock for the bike when an […]

SmartMetric, a developer of biometric technologies, has announced it has developed a new procedure for mass production of its Biometric Fingerprint Cards, plastic credit-card like cards that have embedded biometric scanning capabilities. As the previous process of embedding the electronics into the plastic cards had issues surrounding the difficulty in not damaging the electronics, SmartMetric […]

While usage is light, hand scanners are starting to make their presence felt on some college campuses By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications Biometrics aren’t exactly taking the college world by storm but it is gaining traction in some areas. While the technology can be expensive, some schools are finding uses that both aid […]

The British Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (HAC), following a look into the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS), has reported worries over the potential for success of the program as well as the potential for extreme effects across the country resulting from even minor failures, according to a ZD Net article. The NBIS is a program […]

The Commission of Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines is finishing its bidding process for creating a biometric system to replace the commission’s current vote list, according to an Inquirer article. The agency would like to use fingerprint biometrics. The wining bidder is expected to provide 2,200 enrollment machines allowing for each municipality to have at […]

Officials for the Arkansas prison system have reported that they intend to begin utilizing biometric systems as checkpoints for employees, according to a WXVT 15 article. Many of the prisons already use similar systems for visitor check-in at the prisons, however, they expect to begin rolling-out the system that tracks employees soon as well. In […]