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NYU Langone Medical Center is using an infrared light scanning technology to identify patients by the blood flow patterns their palms, one of 10 hospitals around the United States that have deployed Read more...

While some believe that biometric authentication can go a long way toward solving corporate security challenges, others believe it might only make things worse. On the plus side, biometrics Read more...

Security vendors are pushing enterprises toward biometrics for PC and application access, saying that the insecurity inherent to passwords is too high. It seems that one in three users put their Read more...

One of the latest security recommendations for network protection is assigning identification tags to machines to restrict unauthorized network access. But as a recent trend indicates, that's just Read more...

This week's thwarted terrorist plot to blow up airliners is also highlighting the various new technologies federal agencies have put in place to detect criminal activity and potential danger at Read more...

At one point it looked like there was no stopping radio frequency identification technology (RFID) from permeating everything from retail operations to manufacturing systems and even security Read more...

There have been a few recent reports about how biometrics and radio frequency technology (RFID) are being grabbed up to replace password and magnetic security card approaches. The latest Read more...

The use of biometrics in everything from computing to food shopping is inching closer to reality. With the increasing need to verify, verify and verify again so that systems and services and data Read more...

> Microsoft aims to stop users pirating Office. Article > Why it'll be harder than Read more...

New technologies aimed at protecting the US borders are under scrutiny. Federal agencies are concerned that the tools could end up helping potential attackers. While the Bush administration is Read more...