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

Fujitsu releases new computers with biometric security

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Based around Intel’s Centrino 2 technology, Fujitsu has released six new computer models to fit different consumer needs whether they be operational, security, or financial, according to an Information Week article.

Of the new computers offered five are laptops or tablet PCs while the sixth is a desktop styled computer; all ship with Windows Vista.


Included in the models’ security features are two-level password protection, a service for tracking and recovering lost computers, and fingerprint authentication. In addition to the Fujitsu installed security there will also be further security available from Intel for the machines.

While most of the new computers were designed with new innovations affecting features such as operation, mobility and aesthetics in mind, one of the tablets and the desktop model both feature top of line security.

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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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Biometric technology expedites lunch lines

By Ross Mathis, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

The Pinellas County School Board District in Clearwater, Fla. has paired up with technology provider Fujitsu Frontech North America to provide a reliable and secure method of handling school food service program transactions.

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A new app for mobile phones running on the Android operating system has been developed by AppTech that purports to be capable of recognizing a person’s age via the built-in camera on the phones.

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Fujitsu has announced the creation of a new partners program designed to support sales and technology integration efforts of their vendors.

The program, called PalmPartner, is designed specifically for resellers, technology-developer partners and system integrators for the PalmSecure product line and provides them with additional support in education, technical, marketing and sales support.

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Neurotechnology has announced the release of two new software development kits (SDKs) from their MegaMatcher line of offerings. The two new releases, MegaMatcher 4.2 and MegaMatcher On Card 3.0, both offer support for fingerprint, facial and iris recognition to be used either individually or as a multi-factor solution by Neurotechnology’s VeriFinger 6.4, VeriLook 5.1 and VeriEye identification engines, respectively.

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Madison County Jail in Alabama implemented a 3D face recognition system to prevent the accidental release of the wrong inmate, according to Homeland Security News Wire.

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