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McCann Global Investigations provides an overview of the analysis step in the computer forensic process. McCann Global Investigations Houston based computer forensic team provides computer forensic analysis services. Houston, TX (Vocus/PRWEB) March 16, 2011 McCann Global Investigations provides new resources on its websites, http://www.mccannglobal.com and http://www.computerforensicssolutions.com that outline the Computer Forensics Process from imaging through extraction through...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement's ability to process fingerprints has reached its initial operating capability, the FBI announced today. The Next Generation Identification System (NGI), built by Lockheed Martin, delivers an incremental replacement of the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). NGI provides automated fingerprint and latent search capabilities, electronic image storage, and...
Tokyo, Feb 24, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the commercial launch of the world's first device to simultaneously acquire fingerprint and finger vein characteristics without physical contact. Worldwide shipment of the "HS100-10 Contactless Hybrid Finger Scanner" (HS100-10) is scheduled to begin in May, 2011.The HS100-10's simultaneous acquisition of both fingerprint and finger vein information makes it particularly...
A theoretical technique developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is bringing supercomputer simulations and experimental results closer together by identifying common "fingerprints."ORNL's Jeremy Smith collaborated on devising a method -- dynamical fingerprints --that reconciles the different signals between experiments and computer simulations to strengthen analyses of molecules in motion. The research will be published in the Proceedings of the National...
Intelli-Passâ„¢ Biometric Access is Better Way to Secure Sensitive Areas "“ Innovative Technology Eliminates Need for Keys or Cards Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) February 16, 2011 Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), an industry-leading provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, announced today it is demonstrating its Intelli-Pass Biometric Access Control for Cabinets at the RSA Conference, held February 14-18. Black Box will conduct the demonstrations...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden and SHANGHAI, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Fingerprint Cards (hereinafter referred to as "FPC"), a leading provider of fingerprint sensors, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), the largest and most advanced foundry in China, today jointly announced that the companies will work in collaboration to bring FPC1080A, the world's smallest and most power-efficient fingerprint swipe sensor optimized for mobile...
Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called "public enemy No. 1" in California's San Francisco Bay.Mercury mining and gold recovery in the mid-1800s to late 1900s, combined with present day oil refineries, chemical manufacturing plants and wastewater treatment plants have contributed enough mercury to threaten wildlife and prompt a fish consumption advisory in the Bay Area. With so many possible sources of contamination, environmental scientists and...
Mexico will become the first country to using start iris scans for identity cards on Monday."The legal, technical and financial conditions are ready to start the process of issuing this identity document," Felipe Zamora, responsible for legal affairs at the Mexican Interior Ministry, told journalists Thursday.Zamora said that the documents will be 99 percent reliable. They will include an eye's image as well as fingerprints, a photo and signature. Critics like the National Human...
On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Athens County that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities"”ICE's comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime...
It is possible to construct a three-dimensional, 3D, face from flat 2D images, according to research published in the International Journal of Biometrics this month. The discovery could be used for biometrics in security applications or in forensic investigations.Xin Guan and Hanqi Zhuang of Florida Atlantic University on Boca Raton explain how Biometrics, the technology of performing personal identification or authentication via an individual's physical attributes, is becoming an...
