Facial Recognition
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Lenovo sticks with face recognition tool
News PC maker will not recall affected laptops despite claims its Veriface is among face recognition technologies that can be bypassed, but improvements are on way.
Tags: Biometrics, Security Management, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Security, Facial Recognition, Face Recognition Technology, Tool, Spokesperson, Singapore
Asus U2E
Reviews The 11.1in. Asus U2E is slim, sleek and distinctive, although the leather trim may not be to all tastes. It's not a great performer, but battery life is good. This is an ultraportable that style-conscious executives should consider.
Tags: Battery, Facial Recognition, Graphics, Microsoft Windows Vista, Notebook, Mouse, Touchpad, Display, ASUS U2E, RAM Complement
Exceed biometric standards, expert urges
News Organizations need to consider the business requirements instead of just meeting the minimum standards set, says member of independent biometrics group.
Tags: Biometrics, Security implementation/standards, Facial Recognition, Storage, Standards, Business Process, ISO standards, information technology, technical committee, Unisys Corp.
UK airport begins biometric ID trial
News Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks.
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Facial Recognition, Home Secretary, ID Card, Europe, face recognition, Manchester, London, Silicon.com
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, Facial Recognition, ID Card, Business Process, compliance, London, Silicon.com, data protection, spokesman
Google offers snapshot of VisualRank efforts
News Google's new VisualRank technology will bring better and meaningful results for image searches. One of its innovations includes a limited set of facial recognition characteristics.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Hewlett-Packard Co., Facial Recognition, Google Inc., image search, web technology, researcher, Beijing, Adobe PDF
Australia to launch border control biometrics
News After seven years testing border control biometrics, Australian Customs Service says every Australian international airport will be equipped with SmartGate by June 2009.
Tags: Biometrics, E-passport, Facial Recognition, Spokesperson, Australia, Qantas Airways Ltd., Melbourne, Brisbane, facial recognition biometric, New Zealand
Convenience to drive security innovation
News The demand for faster and smoother security processes will drive security technology innovations this year, predicts Unisys in a report.
Tags: Biometrics, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, Facial Recognition, IT Services, Hong Kong, Innovation, enterprise security, consumer confidence
Apple patent application blends touch, voice, face
News If it ever comes to pass, new Apple technology could let you manipulate an object onscreen using a combination of multitouch, voice recognition, and 'gaze vector' commands.
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., Facial Recognition, Apple Macintosh, voice recognition, Computer, Voice
Mobile phones get facial recognition
News Software that lets cell phones, PDAs recognize their owners will be demonstrated at a security show in Japan this week.
Tags: Cellular phones, Biometrics
U.S. moves closer to e-passports
News The State Department will begin issuing electronic passports with microchips that store biometric and other data by early next year.
Tags: Biometrics
Extreme Big Brother fears to become a reality
News In 10 years' time, U.K. citizens will be tracked by RFID tags and have their movements monitored by unmanned "flying eyes in the sky", the nation's data protection watchdog claims.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, RFID
Rights groups rally against biometric passports
News Civil rights groups from around the world have joined forces to oppose a plan to use RFID and biometrics to create an international identity database.
Face recognition comes to photo albums
News Riya is a new search technology that will let you find pictures of Mom on your hard drive using text and images.
Tags: Web sites, Business applications
Biometrics consortium created in Japan
News A group of commercial and government bodies have banded to promote the development of biometrics, the technology of measuring human features for security and other purposes.
