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- New fingerprint detection technology
- Researchers at the University of Leicester, UK, working with Northamptonshire Police, have found a new technique for identifying fingerprints on metal. This method will enable forensic scientists to 'visualise fingerprints' even after the print itself has been removed. What is even more interesting is that this technology could 'enhance --...
- Tags: Technique, Fingerprint, Metal, Metal Surface, Results, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Eyealike tackles video copyright problem
- Eyealike, which developed software for facial recognition and image detection, is tackling the video copyright infringement problem. Eyealike Copyright creates digital fingerprints, consisting of visual cues from motion, faces, histograms and colors. The fingerprints are based a set of key frames, which are algorithmically chosen, according to CTO Imad Zoghlami....
- Tags: Software, Video, Fingerprint, Eyealike Copyright, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- FBI building massive biometric database
- In The Simpsons movie, Marge, Bart and Lisa's conversations are tracked by the NSA. It's not that they've been targeted as specific threats to the EPA's plans to wipe Springfield off the map but because the NSA listens to every American's conversation. That scenario -- which...
- Tags: Database, FBI, Fingerprint, Pentagon, Iris, Federal Government, Storage, Databases, Government, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-24
- UK politicians call for limits on student fingerprinting
- UK politicians call for limits on student fingerprintingLeading UK biometrics developer refutes allegations on fingerprintingA leading UK provider of biometric technology has accused Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary Sarah Teather MP of spreading “alarmist claptrap”. The accusation follows her remarks to a UK Sunday newspaper on the recent...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, accusation, UK Biometrics, Snapdragons Nursery, Sarah Teather, biometrics, fingerprint
- Discussion threads 2007-04-13
- Nanoparticles reveal fingerprints
- According to Chemical Science, Israeli researchers have found new ways to use nanotechnology to reveal hidden fingerprints. Theyve used gold nanoparticles suspended in a stable solution of petrol ether. The nanoparticles "stick to the fingerprint residues through hydrophobic interactions." This new method produces high quality prints in just three minutes....
- Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Defense &, Security, Nanotechnology
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- A Method of Identify OS Based on TCP/IP Fingerprint
- This paper present a method that classify the fingerprint of protocol, use the frame to describe the fingerprint in order to create the frame system, get the information of host to match the system to identify the type of OS in remote host. Result from experimental appears that this method...
- Tags: Method, Operating System, Fingerprint, Tcp/Ip, Operating Systems, Networking, Software
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Facing biometrics' limits
- Facing biometrics' limitsHopefully they NEVER get this right!I'm too glad anytime I hear how control freak scum can't get their useless Big Brother devices in order.Biometrics, like the national ID card and no-fly lists, will be just one more thing which does this world in.While the soccer mom twits of...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Government, Social Security, SECURITY, biometrics, fingerprint
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Add Fingerprint Scan-Based Security to Your .NET Applications Today
- This paper shows how a person can use the GrFinger SDK to integrate the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader into the .NET applications. In particular, one will build a Visitor Identification System whereby users visiting the office can register with their fingerprints at the reception desk. Once a user is registered, the...
- Tags: Security, Attendance, Jupitermedia Corp., Fingerprint, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-05-26
- Md5sum (exe)
- Md5sum allows you to verify that downloaded Shorten (.shn) files are not corrupted or otherwise unusable before you burn them to disc or host them on your file server. Do this by checking these files against an .md5 file. An .md5 is a simple text file that contains a 'fingerprint'...
- Tags: Fingerprint, Md5sum, Md5, File Servers, Storage Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-04-04
- Splunk planning IT troubleshooting Wikipedia-like service
- In August last year I wrote about Splunk, an enterprise startup that developed a search engine that captures IT data (logs, config files, message queues, SNMP, transactions, etc.) and classifying them into events, indexing them by time, keyword, type and relationships between events. Splunk has been seeding the market with...
- Tags: Splunk
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
- Next-gen payment systems
- Next-gen payment systemsYou think you have identify theft problems now?Just wait until some of these companies with your fingerprints on line get hacked by somebody like the USofA government on a "terrorist search" mission. Think you have trouble clearing up an identify theft problem now, just wait until what was...
- Tags: Sales channel, Operational accounting, fingerprint, theft problem, Next-gen, payment system, payment
- Discussion threads 2006-02-08
- Fingerprints + Super Glue = Nanofibers
- Chemical engineers at Penn State have accidentally discovered a new and versatile way to make nanofibers. During an experiment, one of the researchers "left his fingerprints on a piece of research equipment that had been secured with Super Glue and nanofibers appeared." And the team was able to reproduce this...
- Tags: fingerprint, nanofiber
- Blog posts 2006-01-31
- Privatized airport security on the way
- Under the Transportation Security Administration's Frequent Traveler program, people willing to have their fingerprints and background checks etched onto a smartcard would get their own check-in lines at the airport. That's the good news. Wired News reports that under TSA's outline released Friday the lines and the cards would be...
- Tags: fingerprint, Transportation Security Administration
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Priore FingerPrint ActiveX (zip)
- This component allows to read the fingerprint through a biometric readers. With this component is possible to write applications that demand the reading of the fingerprint. The new version able to compare the external file fingerprint image from a database archive, include the VB sample of to use it.
- Tags: Fingerprint, ActiveX, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2005-11-24
- Get used to biometrics, travelers told
- Get used to biometrics, travelers toldBiometrics and travelJust don't put RFID's in the passports and use 2-3 part authntication.I don't understand . . .I don't understand why biometrics is such a big deal--contact lenses can alter retina scans, surgery can alter fingerprints (fingerprints can also be faked using transparent...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Scanners, fingerprint scanner, camel, biometrics, car door, security, fingerprint
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Some U.K. bank users ready to embrace biometrics
- Some U.K. bank users ready to embrace biometricsFingerprint authentication for online services is a no-brainerFinger scanning offers "low friction" means for authentication, allows more than one user in a household to individually authenticate using a *single*, shared device into as many sites as accept it, and the device is worthless...
- Tags: Scanners, SECURITY, password, fingerprint, fingerprint authentication, authentication, biometrics, scanner
- Discussion threads 2005-05-07
- Biometric Authentication System - An Overview
- There are several techniques that can be applied for verifying and confirming a user's identity. They can be broadly classified as something the user knows, such as a password or PIN; something the user has, such as a smart card or ATM card; and something that's part of the user,...
- Tags: California Software, Biometric Authentication, Fingerprint, Authentication, Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Smart Cards, ATM, Productivity, Digital Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2004-06-01
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- Toshiba Satellite L355D-S7815
- Note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.By virtue of its broad, 17.1-inch display, the $699 Toshiba Satellite L355D-S7815 stands out among budget back-to-school laptops (most of which feature 15.4-inch displays). But that feature is...
- Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, Toshiba Corp., Satellite L355D-S7815, satellite, laptop computer, Toshiba Satellite
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup
- Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony introduced four new VAIO lines ranging from the 3-pound Z-series ultraportable with a 13.1-inch display to the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., IBM zSeries, Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Intel Centrino, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., SP1, SR Series, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Biometrics Network Logon (exe)
- Biometric Network Logon 2007 R2 supports 19 different devices. Usually, the fingerprint libraries provided by the manufacturers only support their own device. Biometric Network Logon is built under Fingerprint SDK's support for multiple fingerprint readers allows you to choose the more suitable reader. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: Device, Network, Griaule Technology, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security
- Software downloads 2008-07-15
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