People prefer iPods to biometric passports
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Anyone for an iDcard? The Home Office has tried to frighten people into taking its identity plans seriously by publishing a marketing survey it said proved their passports were easy targets for ruthless criminals.â¦
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Computers long ago ceased to be simply tools. Instead, like digital music players and digital cameras, they are coming to reflect peopleÂs tastes and aspirations.
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IRVINE, Calif., June 25  /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses, remote workers and consumers can now keep their individual PC data secure with biometric authentication thanks to IOGEAR's Personal Security Mouse with Nano Technology (GMEFP1W6).
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BALTIMORE--Radio frequency identification may be a hot topic among tech types these days, but proponents of the technology gathered here this week are keeping their exuberance in check.
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For regular travelers with eager shutter fingers, storage gadgets can be more economical than additional memory cards.
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UK lays down...proposals The UK has proposed a transatlantic arrangement for sharing biometric data about travellers as US coalition countries in the "war on terror" push for a global system to control migration.â¦
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Swiss passports with digital biometric data will be made available on an experimental basis from the end of 2005, largely as a result of demands from the United States, the Swiss government said.
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By Tony Glover, The Business, London  Sep. 10--Portable music players, such as the Apple range of iPods and the  other MP3 players sold by Philips and Sony are ticking timebombs from a  company security perspective.
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(InfoWorld) - A biometric systems vendor has a pitch for CIOs nervous about company executives losing their mobile phones and risking the loss of confidential information. AuthenTec, a developer of biometric fingerprint technology, wants to address concerns handset manufacturers may have about adding advanced security features to their product by reducing the size, power consumption, and cost of its touch-powered sensors. "Many CIOs would like to put productivity applications on mobile phones but are worried about the handsets being lost or stolen," said Andrew Germano, director of wireless markets at AuthenTec. Biometric sensors could overcome these worries, provided handset makers can deliver the phones in volume at attractive prices, according to Germano. There are challenges: advanced security technologies are among the many other features competing for space and power in handsets' tiny form factor, Germano said. AuthenTec has reduced the size of its original fingerprint sensor from around 1.5 centimeters to less than 4 millimeters and has lowered the power consumption to 1.8 volts. Further enhancements are in the pipeline. Cost is another big factor. AuthenTec has been selling its chips to handset makers for around $3 each but will need to bring the price down even further -- as low as $1 -- if it hopes to see them deployed on a large scale by major vendors, according to Germano. The company plans to integrate additional features into its sensors -- for instance NFC (near field communication) capability -- and sell it at the same $3 price. "We would essentially take features that today are on two or three separate chips and integrate them into one for the same price," he said. AuthenTec sensors already sport a number of features, including fingertip navigation. Users can use a tiny sensor display instead of buttons to scroll through menus or surf the Web. Germano sees opportunities for biometric fingerprint sensors in phones equipped with NFC technology to provide mobile payment and security services, for enterprise users and consumers alike. The company has a number of operator customers, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and NTT DoCoMo.
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Â· New law heralds world's biggest biometric systemÂ· Police to share information on visa applicants
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Review Fingerprint-scanning prototype
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Introducing his iPod User&#146;s Guide, the Wall Street Journal&#146;s Walt Mossberg writes, &#147;By all accounts, millions of people will buy or receive Apple Computer&#146;s iPod digital-music players this holiday season. The gadgets are beautifully designed and simple to operate, which is one reason they&#146;re so popular, even after three years on the market and despite a rising number of competitors.&#148; [Dec 15]
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As passports equipped with RFID chips are adopted more widely around the world, successful attempts to crack them are on the rise as well. Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. have already reported compromised data, but countries such as New Zealand remain unconcerned about such threats. But what if the goal wasn't data theft but detonation?
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Tiny AVCHD device uses Secure Digital memory card for storage.
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For all their electronic sophistication, fingerprint scanners have a major shortcoming. So some new models are going beyond skin deep.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  Feb. 19--To the true technophile, personal digital devices are more  anatomy than accessory, and the physical world is kind of a nuisance. A simple  trip to the mall can be a distraction: You actually have to look up from your  screen.
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Many people are just getting used to snapping pictures, listening to music, watching videos, sending text messages and getting e-mails over their cell phones.