November 05, 2011 - Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazineTurn away residents and face the music: UIDAI tells agenciesHindustan TimesThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has directed all enrolment agencies to entertain all residents, irrespective of age and exceptions in biometrics. ?Under Aadhaar...
November 05, 2011 - Telegraph.co.ukHead of UK Border Force suspended after passport vetting procedures 'relaxed'Telegraph.co.ukBorder guards at airports and ports were ordered not to bother checking biometric chips on passports of citizens from outside the EU, it is claimed. Staff at the UK Border Force, part o...
November 05, 2011 - BBC NewsHead of UK border force suspendedBBC NewsIn a statement, the Home Office said ministers had agreed in July that EU nationals could have their biometric passport checked "upon the discretion of a UKBA official" instead of automatically. In addition, European school children travelli...
November 04, 2011 - BBC NewsThree senior UK Border Agency officials suspendedTelegraph.co.ukThe regular measures include checking the passenger's passport and biometric chip, which establishes if the picture inside the passport is the same as that electronically stored by the Home Office. Biometric chips are fitted...
November 04, 2011 - SecurityInfoWatchHospitals Can Finally Put a Finger on BiometricsSecurityInfoWatchBiometric deployments in healthcare have traditionally been extremely difficult and problematic. Most conventional biometric systems fail to operate reliably in the harsh environments and situations found in most hospi...
November 04, 2011 - NERD TREK (blog)Biometrics: The Means To Do Away with Useless CrapNERD TREK (blog)While this may set some people fuming as they mistakenly believe they are important enough to be constantly watched, on the contrary, this set my futurist mind racing with one great question: why can't biometrics (...
November 04, 2011 - Veritec Awarded New Patent From Republic of South Africa - Improving Highly ...MarketWatch (press release)Veritec technologies are also applicable in the Secure Bio-ID Cards to provide positive identification via biometric markers such as fingerprints, or pictures. Veritec's Licensed Mobile Bank...
November 04, 2011 - Geeky gadgetsSony awarded patent for biometric game controllerThirdFactorTechnology company Sony has been awarded a patent for a game controller designed for use with their Playstation gaming systems that would be capable of measuring a player's biometrics including heartbeat, perspiration and m...
November 04, 2011 - eWEEK Europe UKConsumers Hold Firms Accountable For BreacheseWEEK Europe UKConsumers are ?more willing than ever to take stringent security measures?, whether it is highly complex passwords or biometrics to secure their data online, Vinsik said, adding that it was ?incumbent? upon organisations to c...
November 04, 2011 - Fulcrum Biometrics awarded to innovation awardsThirdFactorFulcrum Biometrics has been given two separate awards for innovation at the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group's Innovation Awards in Chicago at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference. The two awards Fulcrum won were the C...