Two articles of interest come to mind. The first from the Washington Post, headlined Al-Qaeda*s Growing Online Offensive by Craig Whitlock. The article*s six pages detail all the inroads Al-Qaeda has made online, *advancing its…

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Unisys Corp. executive Bryan Ichikawa has an insider’s knowledge of biometrics. From both perspectives, he sees promise — and challenges — for the Homeland Security Department’s new Global Entry program, which prescreens…

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Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches.The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme’s (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the…

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Generally, whenever someone calls the United States a “police state,” you can ignore them and go about your business. I’m tempted to do the same here, but here we go anyway. The FBI, in working with Lockheed Martin, is…

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Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it’s not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says ‘could be the…

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Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law enforcement within 10 years. The FBI may use biometric technology to bolster mug shots,…

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Company to provide biometric passports, equipment Le Figaro via NewsEdge Corporation Atos Origin, the French IT services company, has won a contract worth several tens of millions of euros to produce biometric passports and…

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Monday June 30, 9:00 am ET Digimarc Unanimously Approves Offer from L-1 and Terminates Discussions with Safran STAMFORD, Conn., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — News), a leading provider of identity solutions and services,…

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By Lamont Wood, Special to LiveScience The PalmSecure scans the veins in the user’s palm, which are as distinctive as fingerprints. Credit: Fujitsu Fujitsu has built its PalmSecure biometric ID system into a computer mouse….

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Palm-reading system used to safeguard patient records •Biometrics An electronic palm reader is helping one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S. and several banks in Japan divine the true identities of their patients…

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