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• ATRD M10 offers fingerprint scanning for your car

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Atrd, Fingerprint Scanner, Fingerprintscanner, M10

  M10 device set to offer some fingerprint scanning as a means of last resort. The system can apparently be retrofitted into just about any vehicle, with a variety of different modules available to integrate it with various alarm and immobilization systems. With the device installed, you'll have to first put the key in your vehicle to start the

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• Medion's GoPal P4425 navigator sports fingerprint scanner

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:55 am

  Tags: Biometrics, E3410, Fingerprint, Gopal, Gopal P4425, Gopalp4425, Medion, Navi, Navigation, P4425, Rds Tmc, Security

  useless if the owner's fingerprint isn't around to get things going. The GoPal P4425 is also equipped with the usual amenities found on a higher-end GPS including Bluetooth, RDS-TMC, voice activation, text-to-speech, and an FM transmitter. Additionally, you'll find a 4.3-inch widescreen display, a rechargeable Li-ion that's good for four to

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• Secure your Mac: Eikon biometric security

  Published: September 25, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Biometric, Fingerprint, Keychain, Password, Secure Your Mac, Secureyourmac, Security

  Filed under: Peripherals, SecurityTUAW has lately been trying to help you Secure Your Mac, and while a few options have been available, biometric security is one area in which the Mac has seemed to lag behind the Windows side. Now UPEK has released a preview of the Mac version of their Eikon Digital Privacy Manager. The software allows you to use

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• Apple: That Ekon fingerprint reader we tested on ...

  Published: September 25, 2007, 2:17 pm

  Tags: Apple, Ekon, Fingerprint, Fingerprint Reader, Mac, Update

  That Ekon fingerprint reader we tested on Windows now has a Mac version of the software that works with Keychain, locking/unlocking your computer, faster user switching and logging on. [UPek via OhgIzmo]

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• Antitheft Satnav: Medion GoPal P4425 SatNav has Fingerprint Recognition

  Published: September 26, 2007, 7:57 am

  Tags: Anti Theft, Antitheft Satnav, Europe, Fingerprint Recognition, Gadgets, Gps, Medion, Medion P4425, Portable Media, Satnav

  Its P4425 model boasts fingerprint recognition for extra security, meaning that not only will thieves be unable to use it, but might find it that little bit harder to find out where you live &mdash unless, of course, your car is parked in your driveway when they break into your motor and steal it. Just 17 mm thick, the P4425 has

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• UPEK's Eikon helps Mac users get fingerprinted

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:28 am

  Tags: Biometric, Eikon, Fingerprint Reader, Fingerprintreader, Mac, Os X, Osx, Scanner, Security, Upek

  their fancy, new-fangled fingerprint readers, showing off how protected their computers are and how safe their data is? We feel your pain, Mac dudes and dudettes, and so does UPEK. Enter the company's Eikon "digital privacy manager," or, as we like to call it -- a fingerprint reader. Using the USB-powered device, users can enjoy privileges

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• Researchers unwarping smudged fingerprints in record time

  Published: October 3, 2007, 7:01 am

  Tags: Biometric, Biometrics, Fingerprint, Fingerprint Scanner, Fingerprintscanner, University, Warwick

  smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds." The process is garnering attention thanks to its ability to spit out results in the blink of an eye after it "unwarps any fingerprint that has been distorted and creates a clear, digital representation that can then be mapped onto an image space of all other prints held on a

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• Smokescreen biometric reader keeps track of the nicotine crowd

  Published: October 10, 2007, 10:02 pm

  Tags: Biometrics, Fingerprint Reader, Fingerprintreader, Idscan, Nightlife, Smokers, Smokescreen

  are being confronted with a fingerprint reader called 'smokescreen' that controls re-entry to clubs and bars after they've sucked down those precious puffs of smoke. Made by UK manufacturer idscan, smokescreen is marketed as an easy way for owners to combat bracelet or hand-stamp fraud, and also keeps track of how many people are outside at any

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• More Judicial Stupidity

  Published: October 24, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: General, Baltimore County, County Judge, Death Sentence, Fingerprint Evidence, Fingerprints, Forensic Science

  science and ruled that fingerprint evidence is not reliable enough to use in a homicide case. A Baltimore County judge has ruled that fingerprint evidence, a mainstay of forensics for nearly a century, is not reliable... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the story...

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• Trend Micro to acquire Provilla for global data leak prevention

  Published: October 26, 2007, 7:45 am

  Tags: California, Cupertino, Acquire, Antivirus, Content Security, Fingerprint Based, Intelligent, Internet, Micro, Press Release, Provilla, Security, Tokyo, Trend

  "Under the agreement, Provilla will operate as a subsidiary of Trend Micro's U.S. read more

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• NXP supplying Germany with second-gen ePassports

  Published: November 3, 2007, 4:46 am

  Tags: Biometric, Biometrics, Epassport, Epassport Ii, Epassportii, European Union, Europeanunion, Fingerprint, German, Germany, Nxp, Passport, Rfid, Smartmx

  Filed under: WirelessConsidering just how well the first round of RFID ePassports withstood subversion attempts from hackers, we're amazed that anything needs to be tweaked at all. Sarcasm aside, NXP is all set to make Germany the first country on the planet to utilize second-generation ePassports, as the EU-set deadline to migrate doesn't pass

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• Christmas toy: CSI Toy Kit "asbestos warning"

  Published: December 1, 2007, 8:42 am

  Tags: Canada, Africa, Agency, Asbestos, Australia, Canadian, China, Christmas, Export, Federal, Called, Cancer Causing, Chartrandndp, Consumer, Crystals, Culture, Davies, Democrat, Disease, Dust, Environment, Examine, Exposure, Fingerprint, Friday, Government

  Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas kids from your friendly Chinese Toy Manufacturer,The popular CSI show now comes in Toy Kit form for those up and coming  Crime Scene Investigators, who one day may wonder how come they...read more

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• Nokia envisions fingerprint-reading cellphone displays

  Published: December 3, 2007, 4:51 pm

  Tags: Biometric, Biometrics, Fingerprint, Fingerprint Recognition, Fingerprintrecognition, Nokia, Patent, Patent App, Patent Application, Patentapp, Patentapplication

  Cellphones with built-in fingerprint scanners aren't exactly revolutionary, but a recent patent application filed by Nokia could foreshadow mobile displays that recognize and react to biometric inputs. More specifically, the technology would see a touch-sensitive user interface that could allow / deny access or morph depending on what user

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• Nokia files patent application for handset with fingerprint-scanning display

  Published: December 4, 2007, 3:47 pm

  Tags: Fcc, Technologies, Research, Nokia, Application, Display, Fingerprint, Nokia, Patent, Scanner, Sensitive, Touch, Touchscreen

  for a handset that uses a fingerprint scanner as a means of determining which user profile to display or verify security. But, this isn’t your run-of-the-mill fingerprint scanner. No, this patent application outlines a method to leverage a touch-sensitive display to pull double-duty as a fingerprint scanner. Nokia seems to be seting the

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• Chinese iPhone clone with fingerprint recognition

  Published: December 7, 2007, 1:15 am

  Tags: Technology News, Iphone, Gadgets, General, Mobile News, Images, Daily Update, Chinese Iphone Clone, Fingerprint Recognition

  The Chinese have once again outwitted the international giant Apple by releasing a clone of Apple's iPhone with fingerprint authentication. The Chinese iPhone could even be attached to an iPod dock. (more…) Chinese iPhone Clone, Fingerprint Recognition, Gadgets, General, Images, Mobile News, Technology News

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