Biometrics

Titanium Group to secure Hong Kong Housing Authority
Company wins $1 million contract to provide facial recognition-based time attendance systems for 250 sites; experts call it one of the largest such projects on the island
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TSA issues RFI for airport tracking system
Proposals are expected to include a combination of RFID, biometrics, and sensoer technology; non-proprietary systems preferred
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LaserCard receives $5.9 DHS order
Ongoing relationship with green card and border crossing programs continues to bear fruit for this focussed company
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TWIC roll-out delayed again
Initial enrollment effort in Delaware runs into technical problems on its first day; authorities now estimate a further two month delay
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BioScrypt to release 3D desktop facial recognition system
First-on-the-market DeskCam will eliminate the need to memorize multiple passwords; infrared scans 40,000 identification points
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Remington ELSAG wins GAO contract
License plate readers top law enforcement wish lists; company hints at overseas anti-terror applications
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Washington State to offer WHTI-compliant driver's licenses
Pilot program with DHS should lower costs for travelers and federal government
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Shoulder-mounted camera tracks hand movements
British scientists test a system that permits a single police officer to survey and photograph a crime scene by pointing; objects are mapped auutomatically for later investigation
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Zetes wins Togo voter enrollment contract
The African biometrics market continues to grow; rush job forces Togo to ask for a loaner from Congo
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FaceKey teams up with Advanced Techtronix
Companies — one in biometrics, the other in home entertainment — will share technology and marketing strategies
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HID Global acquires Integrated Engineering
Company looks to beef up its MIFARE business with its second purchase in two years; HID says it plans to bid for other smart card companies in the future
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Evangelicals see the "mark of the beast" in plan
Missouri legislators attempt to exempt state after complaints that the plan is foreseen in the Book of Revelations
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U.K. Home Office issues 10,000 passports to fraudsters
The United Kingdom is facing a growing problem of fraudulent applications for passports; two convicted al-Qaida operatives managed to obtain two passports each
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DHS fights back on REAL-ID privacy complaints
As Danny Glover rallies the opposition, DHS officials tell Congress that they see no relevant privacy issues
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