By David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University The sports memorabilia market today is a global marketplace, estimated to generate revenues in excess of $5 billion annually. However, it is a market unlike any other due to the giant presence of counterfeit items. The official estimate from the FBI is that 70% of all signed sports […]

RFID infrastructure provider Tagsys has named Alain Fanet its new Chief Executive Officer. Fanet co-founded and served as CEO of Arteris, a global semi-conductor system-on-chip design firm. He was also co-founder and president of T.sqware Inc., a network processing firm later purchased by Globespan Virata. He recently served as the president of the European Technology […]

The California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had its recent proposal for a five-year contract for a facial recognition system valued at $63 million blocked by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, according to a Mercury News article. Since the proposal was blocked, it must now face public scrutiny at a hearing. Governor Schwarzenegger was […]

Codebench Inc. announced the addition of PIVCheck Passage to its suite of HSPD-12 compliance, automated physical access control system registration, and certificate management products. PIVCheck Passage is now available as an additional module to the following: PIVCheck – contact card validation (desktop and mobile) PIVCheck Plus – contact card validation and automated PACS registration (desktop […]

Although the United Kingdom has moved forward with issuing ID cards containing facial and fingerprint biometric information to their citizens, the country hasn’t installed any readers for those cards at any border station or law enforcement agency, according to a Daily Tech article. Many of the card program’s early opposition are angered by the news […]

Attempts by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to revamp its driver licenses and DMV programs to include biometric information and capabilities is encountering staunch opposition from privacy rights groups, according to a San Jose Mercury News article. The intention of the program is to fit the state’s DMVs with facial recognition software and […]

Government Technology is reporting that John Hopkins University installed a new security system called SECURES in November 2008. The system has the capability to detect gunshots. Ninety-three sensors, which detect the acoustic signature of a gunshot, were installed on city-owned streetlights and Johns Hopkins off-campus buildings. If a gunshot is detected the information is relayed […]

RFID Global Solutions Inc. (RFIDGS) has named Diana Hage as its new Chief Executive Officer. Hage joins RFIDGS, a provider of asset visibility solutions, after executive roles at ODIN Technologies and IBM. Hage was head of European operations and Chief Operating Officer for ODIN Technologies, supervising professional services, European operations, and key accounts from aerospace […]

Onity, a global provider of electronic locking solutions, has taken self serve to the next level. Returning college students don’t have to go to the school’s office to get their new room assignments. If they have a current student ID card, they simply stop by a kiosk and self-register. “Check-in historically has involved a lot […]

Protecting identity is critical and is only going to become more important as time goes on, says former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff. In a speech at the University of Southern California National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events in August, Chertoff talked about how important identity can be. […]