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TSA to launch Registered Traveler on 20 June
Security and privacy concerns about Register Traveler have not subsided, but TSA sets mid-June as launch date for the controversial program, and calls on private companies to apply for the right to run it
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Genex shows 3D facial recognition technology
Current generation of facial recognition technology suffers from the limitations of 2D technology; Genex now offers 3D technology to address these limitations
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Investment in voice verification biometrics
As voice recognition biometrics becomes more popular — one advantage it has is remote recognition — investments in it grow
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New RFID ID card to replace passports among Western Hemisphere countries
U.S. government unveils a plan to equip citizens of several countries in the Western Hemisphere with a biometric card which could serve as a passport substitute
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US Biometrics, CSI in biometric solution for financial institutions
Two companies in the identity authentication business team up to offer financial institutions a robust identity solution
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Questions raised about traveler screening programs
Remember the nine-month old Pennsylvania toddler who was not allowed to board a plane with her mother because her name was on the TSA No-Fly list? And Senator Ted Kennedy is still being pulled over every time he walks through a security line; who is on this list, anyway?
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U.K. launches mugshot database for police use
U.K. law-enforcement authorities launch first-in-the-nation mugshot — or facial recognition — database to make it easier and quicker to identify criminals and terrorists
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Growing investment in airport IT services, including biometric check-in
Airport-related IT services and products constituted a $2.5 billion market in 2005; the growing interest in biometric travel documents will increase the size of this market in the next three years
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Live test of ePassports begins at San Francisco International
In second live test of its kind, four countries cooperate in testing ePassports, their readers, and the software which operates the system
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Viisage paying $770 million in stock for Identix
Mammoth merger will create one of the largest multi-modal biometrics companies, aiming to become major player in homeland security
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US-VISIT program on track, says DHS
Biometric entry monitoring program from U.S. visitors is running smoothly according to DHS
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DigitalPersona Pro biometric solution wins coveted award
Congratulations! DigitalPersona receives award for best biometric authentication solution provider
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