Biometric Media Weekly news - July 11, 2005

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ISSUE DATE: July 11, 2005
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Biometric Sales
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*>>> Regional Grocery Chair Lets Customers Pay by Biometric Scan
Farm Fresh has become the first retailer in Hampton Roads - and one of
the first in Virginia - to roll out a new payment system that lets
shoppers buy groceries with the touch of a finger. The Virginia
Beach-based company has installed biometric technology at checkout lines
in four of its Chesapeake stores. It has plans to put the technology in
all 38 Farm Fresh stores, including those on the Peninsula, by year's
end. The technology was developed by San Francisco company, Pay By Touch.
[Read more]
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-46426sy0jul07,0,490478.story?track=mostem
ailedlink>

*>>> Airport Security Goes Digital
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's second-biggest airline, is testing
fingerprint technology on boarding cards to make loading planes safer,
faster and cheaper. Lufthansa began a two-week test July 4, with 400
employee volunteers in simulated flight boardings using a Siemens AG
fingerprint reader,
[Read more]
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zlufthansa07jul07,0,2228582.
story?coll=sfla-business-headlines>

*>>> Airport starts using iris screener
Called CANPASS Air, the system takes a black-and-white photo of the
eyeand cross-references the iris with an Ottawa database in about 20
seconds. The program already services seven cities, including Calgary,
Canada.
[Read more] <http://www.fftimes.com/index.php/17/2005-07-07/21901>**

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Information
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*>>> Biometric Information Directory Sold to Grey House Publishing
The Biometric Digest announced it has sold its "Biometric Information
Directory" to Grey House Publishing located in Millerton, New York.
Bill Rogers, publisher of the Biometric Information Directory said, "The
resources of Grey House Publishing will greatly expand biometric
information to both the business community and consumers alike. We are
pleased to have found a company with a long history of publishing an
extensive array of directories focusing on security and identification
information."

*>>> Biometric Consortium ListServ Changes
The Biometric Consortium announced a new web-based interactive Biometric
Consortium Bulletin Board (BCBB) and has been getting some complaints in
the process. You may join the BCBB at http://www.bcbb.biometrics.org.
The BCBB is replacing the existing Biometric Consortium Electronic
Discussion Group (LISTSERV) after a transition period. During the
transition period, both communications venues will be available. The
duration of the transition period will be determined by operational
issues. They do not expect the existing LISTSERV to be available after
September 2005.
[Read more] <http://www.biometrics.org/html/bcbb.htm>

*>>> Terrorist Bombing in London
Another shoe has dropped - this time in London. Such attacks were
certain to occur there, and they are certain to occur in the US. A
central factor underlying the proposal for a Universal Biometric ID
(UBID) system has been the fact that the more technologically advanced
countries are particularly vulnerable to the types of attacks that
terrorists have no reluctance about performing.
[Read more] <http://www.biometricdigest.blogspot.com/>

*>>> BlueBear Network Signs Distributor for IndiaBlueBear Network
International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BLBR) announced SKG Softnet will present
BlueBear's Integrated Digital Law Enforcement (IDLE) product and the
underlying BlueBear Network technology to courts, law enforcement and other
agencies within the justice community in India.
[Read more] <http://au.biz.yahoo.com/050707/21/59hu.html>

*>>> ComnetiX aims for acquisitions, profitability after narrowing Q3
loss
Biometrics equipment maker ComnetiX Inc. said it will continue to hunt
for acquisitions to grow its business after cutting its losses in half
in the latest quarter and posting higher sales. The Toronto biometric
identification equipment company also said it is aiming to turn a profit
in the next two to three quarters. [Read more]
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050707/ca_pr_on_tc/comnet
ix_2>

*>>> Shares of Biometric, Security Firms Jump
Investors jumped to buy shares of companies that sell biometric
technology, video surveillance and other security services after
Thursday's bombings in London.
[Read more]
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050707/ap_on_bi_ge/explosions
_security_stocks_6>

*>>> IO-key International Receives 'Product of the Year' Award for
Second Consecutive Year
BIO-key International, Inc., a leader in finger-based biometric
identification and wireless public safety solutions, announced today
that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMCR)'s BiometriTech magazine
online ) has named BIO-key's True User Identification as a recipient of
their 2004 Product of the Year Award.
[Read more] <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050707/cgth011.html?.v=17>

*>>> Germany moves forward with e-passports
Germany is moving forward on introducing biometric ID systems. The
German Parliament today approved an electronic passport plan to begin
Nov. 1, with Lufthansa Airlines and Siemens AG of Munich initiating a
test in which passengers' thumbprints will be used to verify identity
before boarding a plane.
Germany will be the first European country to introduce integrated
circuit chips containing personal identifying information and a digital
facial,
[Read more] <http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36340-1.html>

*>>> 'Hello, fingerprint, please'*
In an effort to check an increase in crimes committed by foreigners, the
government is moving toward introducing compulsory fingerprinting for
foreigners entering and leaving Japan -- a move that is expected to draw
fire from foreign residents in Japan and possibly lead to conflicts with
some foreign governments.
[Read more]
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20050709a1.htm>**

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Contracts & Agreements
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>>> Zvetco Biometrics to Offer Advanced Multi-Factor Authentication
Fingerprint authentication hardware and software developer Zvetco
Biometrics announced a partnership with Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.,
joining the Aladdin eToken Solution Partner Program.
[Read more] <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050706/new006.html?.v=19>

*>>> Liska Biometry Executes Strategic MOU with Saudi Minerva to
Explore Biometrically Enabled ID Management Systems Offerings
Liska Biometry a biometrics solutions provider, announced the signing of
a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Minerva,
Company. Ltd. of Saudi Arabia, one of the leading security systems
integrators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
[Read more] <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050706/65444.html?.v=1>

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Conferences & Seminars
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*>>> ASIS International 2005
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida USA
Start Date: 9/12/05 End Date: 9/15/05
http://www.asisonline.org/education/programs/noframe/2005seminar/default.htm
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*>>> Biometric Consortium Conference BC2005
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Arlington, VA USA
Start Date: 9/19/05 End Date: 9/21/05
http://www.biometrics.org

>>> Biometrics 2005
Conference: 19-21 October 2005
Exhibition: 20-21 October 2005
Westminster, London, UK
Learn from case studies, market analysis and expert opinion about
technological developments and new trials in the use of biometrics for
citizen identification, transactions, surveillance, physical access
control and logical access control for government and commercial
applications.

The comprehensive conference program is supplemented by a large
exhibition area (free to visitors) housing over 70 developers and
suppliers of biometric systems, system integrators and suppliers of
smartcard and computer security services and products.

For further details contact:
Lyn Aitken, Biometrics 2005 Conference Secretariat
Tel: +44 (0) 1367 718 500
Fax: +44 (0) 1367 718 300
Email: biometrics2005@elsevier.com
Web:
http://www.biometrics2005.com <http://www.biometrics2005.com/>

*>>> The Fall 2005 BIOMETRICS SUMMIT:

Implementing Technologies for Physical Security and Identity Management
In Government And Business
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