Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

AuthenTec adds security to first fingerprint-enabled Windows mobile phone

Thursday, April 3, 2008

AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensor has been integrated in the first fingerprint-enabled Windows Mobile phone produced by Fujitsu. The new FOMATM F1100 phone integrates an AuthenTec fingerprint sensor to protect sensitive phone data as well as mobile commerce (m-commerce) transactions.

The FOMA F1100 uses AuthenTec’s fourth generation fingerprint sensor for the wireless market, the AES1710. The AES1710 is based on the company’s patented TruePrint technology, the only solution in volume production that reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer where a person’s true fingerprint resides. [end] 

AuthenTec has announced that its AES850 smart fingerprint sensor has been integrated into a new Fujitsu smart phone, the REGZA Phone T-01D.

With AuthenTec’s AES850, the Android 2.3-based phone can be locked and unlocked via a quick scan of the user’s fingerprint. The sensor can also be used to control access to applications on the phone as well as provide greater security for NFC-enabled mobile payments.

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AuthenTec announced the acquisition of all the assets of Proxure, which includes intellectual property and software products relating to their syncing and cloud-based storage services.

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Microsoft is requiring that all NFC-enabled PC’s and tablets running on the Windows 8 operating system be marked with a special NFC insignia, according to NFC Times.

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The upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, aka “Apollo,” will contain support for NFC, multicore processors, new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage, according to an exclusive video intercepted by PoketNow.

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Oberthur Technologies and AuthenTec, a provider of mobile and network security solutions, have teamed up to create SIM-based designs that will make NFC mobile payments via smart phones faster and more secure.

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Nokia is developing a Windows Phone model that can connect to other devices and charge wirelessly via NFC, Nokia design chief Marko Ahtisaari has revealed to the Guardian.

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