Biometrics

Aussies support national ID system
Aussies tend to be independent sorts, but they now support a mandatory biometric national ID card
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Biometrics is ready
Lab tests of leading biometric products show technology is ready
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Northrop Grumman in major biometric project in England and Wales
The giant U.S. defense contractors uses it technological savvy to run a biometric police project across the Atlantic
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Homeland security company spins off commercial trace location service
Versatile Nebraska-based company developed GPS systems for homeland security but now wants to use the technology in other markets as well
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realtime North America awarded SAP NetWeaver certification
Florida company developing security solutions for the enterprise awarded certification
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Fujitsu shows palm-based biometrics
This is not your street-corner palm reader: Japanese company unveils a biometric reader which has one big advantage over finger print readers: dead people can’t fool it
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BlueBear, CIT Technologies Group in e-documents marketing agreement
Two Canadian companies join forces to benefit from increasing demand for e-documents
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DHS deploys 3D facial recognition system at regional headquarters
The increasing demand for facial recognition biometrics highlights the inherent limitations of current 2D technology; the solution is 3D facial recognition
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IDS shows biometric identification system with proprietary 384 Bit algorithm
Biometrics company combines finger-print recognition with 384 Bit security and touts the superiority of finger printing over other forms of biometric identification
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Senators from Canada-bordering states object to card requirement
First, DHS wanted U.S. and Canadian citizens crossing the border for shopping to present passports at border checkpoints; a month ago the department relaxed this requirement, saying new driver license-like cards would do; senators from border states say this still too disruptive
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Integrated Engineering shows versatile e-document reader
As more countries and organizations resort to biometrics, and more vendors move in the space, there is need for greater standardization and for more flexible readers; Dutch company addresses the second need
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Tracking visitors to US on schedule, but plan showing integration with other programs needed
DHS has done a good job keeping various visitor tracking programs on schedule; the point now is to show how they all integrate in a cohesive whole
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