Avalon Technology Group, a developer of biometric technology products, has announced the release of their new eight gigabyte biometric flash drive called the USB Biometric 256 AES Speedster. More noteworthy, however, is that they are able to offer the new product at roughly 30-50% less than competitors’ similar products. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/thirdfactor-4.gif)
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Luxand announced release of a free, downloadable version of its Blink! facial recognition software. The software provides as a biometric-based login service Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems via a user’s regular webcam. In addition to authenticating the individual accessing the computer, Blink! also takes and records a still image of each person trying to access the computer to help prevent unauthorized access, and touts the ability to correctly recognize stored faces despite poor lighting conditions or basic changes in a user’s look such as glasses or hair cuts. read more »Apricorn, a developer of personal data storage technology, has announced the availability of new larger storage capacity offerings from their Aegis Bio line of biometric hard drives. The original Aegis Bio offerings had a storage ceiling of 250 GB, however the new offerings add on a 320 GB, 500GB and a 640 GB drive to the line of offerings. read more »The newest software from ENC Security Systems, Encrypt Stick 4.3, now enables users to protect secure and manage their digital files by turning any Flash Drive into a portable Digital Privacy Manager. read more »A new biometric-secured external hard drive is being offered by LaCie, a developer of computer hardware and accessories, called The LaCie Rugged Safe. The hard drive, which comes in either 500 gigabyte or 1 terabyte, also touts a rugged construction and AES 128-bit encryption. The biometric aspect of the device requires a fingerprint swipe of one of the up to ten authorized users to access any of the data contained on it. read more »M2SYS Technology has released a multi-modal biometric software solution called the Hybrid Biometric Platform. The Hybrid Biometric Platform is a client/server system that supports the use of fingerprints, finger veins, palm veins and iris recognition as a form of biometric authentication with the system designed so that customers are not locked into one biometric mode should they decide to change or add new modes in the future. read more »Imation, a developer of removable media and data storage devices, has released a biometric flash drive, the Defender F200. A review from Business Week says it’s a strong option for security among biometric flash drives but falls short on performance. read more » |
