Mobile Identity Verification Solution Honored by Security Industry AssociationEXTON, Penn., April 6 /PRNewswire/ – Datastrip’s DSVII-SC (Smart Card Edition), a handheld contact/contactless ID card and passport reader with an integrated fingerprint sensor for matching a live fingerprint to a stored biometric template, was recognized as the best new biometric product of the year in the […]

Reader Provides Multi-Layer Security Access System Solutions LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 31, 2004–Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: APDN), a provider of proprietary DNA-embedded security products and services that protect corporate and intellectual property from counterfeiting and fraud, today announced the debut of the new contactless reader feature for its Applied DNA(TM) Security Access System at the […]

Details of many new governmental smart-card programmes were announced at the Smart Card Alliance’s 3rd annual “Smart Cards in Government” conference, as the growing focus on smart cards in the federal government more than doubled attendance at this year’s event. Government agencies that announced new programme details in ID credentials and physical access control included […]

Pro football fans in Seattle, Washington are getting a taste of contactless technology through SMART Systems Technologies’ PowerPay. Based around Texas Instruments RFid technology, the PowerPay contactless token was first introduced to Seattle Seahawks fans at the first preseason game in August. There, exclusive club level seat ticket holders are able to buy concessions on […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, October 28, 2003 – U.S. consumers, businesses and government agencies are increasingly signing on with smart cards, using them for everything from transit fare payment to information system security, and demand is likely to keep growing according to the consensus view expressed by speakers at the fall conference of the Smart Card […]

Bundle Enhances Security and Expands Card Data Storage at Low Cost NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ – ASIS Conference – ImageWare Systems, Inc. (Amex: IW) and Datastrip today jointly announced the integration of Datastrip’s 2D Superscript bar code symbology with ImageWare’s EPI Suite(R) secure credentialing software and EPI Builder(TM) software developer’s kit (SDK). The integration […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, July 21st – The United States government is today making broad use of smart card technology and is headed toward a single smart card identity credential for all federal employees. To ensure these smart IDs work across all of the government, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established a new committee, […]

Ithaca, New York —The CBORD Group, Inc., the leading provider of campus card systems announces their newest client, Syracuse University. Syracuse University has signed a contract to begin installation of their new campus-wide card system, Odyssey PCS (Privilege Control System), beginning in Summer 2003. Syracuse joins almost 600 CBORD cashless system customers across North America, […]

BY MIKE LANGBERG, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (Reprinted via license from publisher) Here’s an experience I’d like to have at my local video store on a busy Friday night: I ask the clerk if the classic 1952 musical “Singin’ in the Rain” is available. The clerk looks down at her computer and says, “Yes, just […]

The Smart Card Project Managers Meeting brings together those responsible for smart card and ID-related functions within the U.S. Federal Government. At the recent meeting, a number of interesting announcements related tot he use of contactless technology in U.S. government agencies were made. The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued 2.6 million Common Access Cards, […]