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Fingerprint recognition: SecuGen Corp.'s EyeD Keyboard
For our review of fingerprint scanning technology, we looked at a different kind of scanner from the stand-alone fingerprint scanners we've tested in the past. This time we tested one that is embedded in a keyboard, the EyeD Keyboard from SecuGen Corp.
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Voice verification: Veritel Corp.'s Veritel Voice
We tested voice verification technology from Veritel Corp. Like the face recognition technology from Visionics Corp., Veritel is a BioNetrix Systems Corp. partner, so we tested the system through the BioNetrix Authentication Suite interface. However, Veritel does make stand-alone products and offers licenses for two APIs.
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Keyware provides layered biometrics solution
Keyware Technologies Inc.'s layered biometrics solution is called the LBV (layered biometric verification) Framework. The LBV Framework is an openarchitecture application program interface that integrates multiple biometric technologies into one system while also allowing you to employ nonbiometric authentication such as publickey infrastructures, smart cards and digital certificates for maximum protection.
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Face verification: Visionics Corp.'s FaceIt
For face verification, we looked at technology from Visionics Corp. However, Visionics doesn't market a product directly, but licenses the technology to various OEM integrators and partners such as BioNetrix Systems Corp. and Keyware Technologies Inc. For our tests, we looked at the Visionics technology used in the BioNetrix Authentication Suite.
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BioNetrix delivers layered biometrics suite
The BioNetrix Authentication Suite, made by BioNetrix Systems Corp., allows organizations to centrally manage different types of biometric authentication on a network.
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Iris scanning: Sensar Inc.'s SecureCam
There are currently only two vendors of iris scanning systems: IriScan Inc. and Sensar Inc. IriScan holds the worldwide patent for iris recognition technology and licenses it to Sensar, which has developed and marketed two iris recognition products, SecureCam and soon-to-be-released SecureCam II.
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Hand geometry: Recognition Systems Inc.'s HandKey II
The HandKey II from Recognition Systems Inc. is a hand reader that records and stores the threedimensional shape of the hand.
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IBM's T56A flat panel offers new view
One of IBM Corp.'s latest offerings is a flat panel monitor with a twistliterally.
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Can we talk?
Have you ever found yourself rushing from one meeting to another, trying to jot down key points without being late to your next appointment? Do important todo items suddenly strike you in the middle of an airport or during a cab ride?
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Compaq flat panels prepped for future
In some government workplaces, space is at a premium. One way agencies can stuff more technology into tighter spaces aboard a submarine or a mobile command center, for example is to use flatpanel displays.
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A notebook with a desktop's face
If your agency is thinking about replacing an aging fleet of desktop computers with powerful new notebooks, take a serious look at Gateway Inc.'s Solo 9300. The large screen, fast processor and many other features make this new system capable of anything a desktop PC can do with the added bonus of portability.
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Galaxy 755: One step up from entry-level videoconferencing
Once you get out of the $10,000 price range for videoconferencing products, you begin to find systems that offer richer conferencing capabilities and more powerful tools for managing the system.
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Polycom ViewStation SP
The ViewStation SP was the simplest and, at $4,000, the least expensive of the systems we reviewed.
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VTEL Galaxy 725 MT
The Galaxy 725 MT is a brand-new PC-based computing product from VTEL that targets the lower-end market.
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IP videoconferencing arrives
The new products work well; it's the IP plumbing that needs work
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Intel TeamStation System From PictureTel
The Intel TeamStation System ships with a PC containing an Intel Pentium III processor running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 4.0. Its line rate is 400 kilobits/sec and its frame rate is 30 frames per second.
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XyLoc patches security holes in Windows 95/98
As an added bonus, XyLoc may be the key to resolving the seemingly irresolvable tension between ease of access and security that has caused headaches for many users of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems.
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Touch-and-go computer access
When trying to increase computer system security, new procedures often can be burdensome, forcing employees to remember multiple passwords or learn new routines.
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A sampling of new Palm accessories
Handheld computing got a lot more convenient ? and colorful ? when Palm Inc. last week introduced the Palm IIIc, the first in its line of handheld computers to include a color display.
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Palm IIIc adds color
Handheld computing got a lot more convenient and colorful when Palm Inc. last week introduced the Palm IIIc, the first in its line of handheld computers to include a color display.
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