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Hirsch’s biometric system earns top awards and editor’s choice

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hirsch Electronic’s biometric security system, the Verification Station, has earned the editor’s choice top pick from Buildings magazine. Buildings is a publication that frequently looks at products that are beneficial for use by building owners.


The Verification Station operates as a check point or gate identity authenticator. By first registering a user’s prints into the system, an administrator may choose from any of twelve modes of access; anything from a simple fingerprint, to a fingerprint, card and access code may be used in order for the individual to gain access.

In addition to the Building magazine editor’s choice award, the Verification Station has also received the Security Industry Association’s New Product Showcase Award and has been placed on the TSA’s “Biometrics for Access Control” Qualified Products List. [end] 

International Biometric Group (IBG) announced that it has been awarded two research awards by the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) for their Public Security Technical Program. The research awards stipulate that IBG work within a consortium that also includes other Canadian government entities as well as select experts from academia and the biometrics industry to look at various biometric technologies that can be utilized for national security in the country.

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The 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Awards have named Entrust’s IdentityGuard Mobile application a finalist in the Corporate Horizon category. The award is granted by the Texas based technology trade organization, Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).

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GloberRanger Corp., a provider of RFID, mobility, and sensor-based solutions, has been named a finalist in the Emerging Company Horizon Award category as part of the 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Tech.

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Luxund, a developer of biometric authentication software, has released a new biometric login application that is compatible with Windows Vista and both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, according to a CNET article. The software, called Blink!, was previously only compatible with the Windows 7 32-bit version, but this new version also promises more stability, reliability and security than its predecessor.

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Ceelox has announced it has earned the “Compatible with Windows 7” due to its work with Microsoft in utilizing the Windows 7 Windows Biometric Framework, a set of components designed to better support biometric devices and built into the operating system, to create compatibility with its own offerings.

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Haldor Advanced Technologies Ltd. announced that its ORLocate, an RFID-based system designed to assist surgical teams reduce the number of items left in patients during operations, has earned clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

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