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UPEK announces windows 7 support

Friday, January 9, 2009

UPEK, a biometric fingerprint technology developer, has announced that they will have support for Windows 7 Beta as well as drivers and their Protector Suite available for pre-release for the Windows Biometric Framework. Both the drivers and Protector Suite support embedded notebook fingerprint sensors and the Eikon Digital Privacy manager from UPEK. [end] 

Microsoft has filed a U.S. patent for a logo that marks a device as NFC-enabled, according to NFC World.

The “Tap and Do” logo (pictured, courtesy of NFC World) will be included on computers and other hardware that feature NFC connectivity, as well as on NFC-enabled computer software.

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Gemalto will be demonstrating its strong authentication and one-time password (OTP) solutions and the introducing OTP login with Windows DirectAccess for remote and on-premise employees.

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Microsoft is requiring that all NFC-enabled PC’s and tablets running on the Windows 8 operating system be marked with a special NFC insignia, according to NFC Times.

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The upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, aka “Apollo,” will contain support for NFC, multicore processors, new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage, according to an exclusive video intercepted by PoketNow.

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GoldKey Security Corporation has released GoldKey Tokens with Built-In Flash, a line of form factor authentication tokens that come with a hardware-encrypted secure flash drive along with a smart card and two-factor authentication.

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Thursby Software Systems Inc. has released ADmitMac PKI v4, the fourth generation of its two-factor security software for the Mac OS. This version supports OS X Lion and Snow Leopard.

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