By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Apple Inc. is taking facial recognition biometrics to the masses by including the technology in the latest version of iPhoto, the computer company’s photo management software. iPhoto is one of a suite of products in iLife, which includes movie, audio and Web design tools. Apple sent me a copy […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines IDmachines spent time with dozens of vendors of physical access control products, systems and related system integrators at the recent ASIS 2009 event in Anaheim, Calif. This is an ongoing exercise that IDmachines conducts several times a year and has been doing so for nearly four years–or as long as the […]

U.S. travelers are running into problems when it comes to using credit cards in certain places overseas, according to a New York Times report. The prevalence of EMV around the world is causing some unattended vending areas to decline mag-stripe cards. Travelers won’t have problems using an ATM or at most restaurants but unattended areas, […]

CONNECTHINGS, INSIDE Contactless and SAGEM Wireless announced they have formed a consortium to develop the Smart Muse Mobile NFC Tour guide and deploy two pilot demonstrations in the old center of the City of Nice and at the Teen Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Smart Muse will enable visitors to easily access location- […]

Researchers from the University of Kentucky have developed a new way to utilize fingerprints for biometric authentication that expects to make identification via the prints easier and more reliable, according to a Technology Review article. Among some of the new breakthroughs incorporated into the new technology is the ability to create a three-dimensional model of […]

The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council will turn its attention to cybersecurity and health care identity in the upcoming year, while continuing its work to educate and make identity credentialing recommendations for corporate enterprise, health care, state and local governments. The Identity Council also announced new officers and steering committee, and plans to attend the […]

The IEEE and some of the world’s biometrics experts have developed a new certification and training program for biometrics professionals and their organizations. The IEEE Certified Biometrics Professional (CBP) program focuses on the relevant knowledge and skills to apply biometrics to real-world challenges and applications. The IEEE certification program was developed to help meet the […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association seeking to advance the use of NFC technology, announced several accomplishments from its recent all-members meeting in Oulu, Finland. These included a Plugfest, where NFC Forum member companies successfully tested the interoperability of their technologies with those of their peers, a validation test of the forum’s logical link […]

Oberthur Technologies announced the availability of its dual interface ID-ONE Cosmo card to the corporate market at the ASIS International Seminar, September 21-24 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. The ID-ONE Cosmo card is a dual interface smart card that offers an open platform for multiple secure applications, providing companies with a single […]

Violet, the French company behind the RFID Mirror, the world’s first RFID reader designed exclusively for home use, is boxing up its trademark bunnies and filing for bankruptcy, according to engadget.com. Violet first introduced RFID into American homes with Nabaztag, their “mutlipurpose interconnected rabbit.” The Nabaztag is indeed shaped like a bunny. It talks, moves […]