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| 37 Computer Hardware - General Resources |
| 3M Offers $943M for Biometric Security Vendor Cogent Systems |
| The acquisition will allow 3M to expand its ID card and authentication systems business beyond its core border control and law enforcement markets and into other commercial sectors, it said Monday. |
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| 9000 Solutions Group |
| By Rob Kantner, author of "The ISO 9000 Answer Book", provides answers to quality-related questions. |
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| ACM: Association for Computing Machinery |
| Home of one of the largest professional societies in the high-tech industry presents info on publications, special interest groups, conferences and events. |
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| Anand's Hardware Tech Page |
| Product news, editorial comments and tons of reviews of computer hardware components. |
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| AtmelChips.com |
| Smart cards and smart card hardware. |
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| Bang For Your Buck: Four 500 W Power Supplies Reviewed |
| Enthusiasts often say that you can never have too much performance. However, a 500W power supply is perfectly ample for a majority of mid-range PCs. This is one of those cases where a solid ratio of performance to price is preferable to gross excess. |
| View Source | July 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Biometrics |
| Biometric ATM gives cash via 'finger vein' scan |
| Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM -- allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip. |
| View Source | July 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Fingerprint Security Briefcase keeps your papers safe through biometrics |
| Crack open the average Wall Streeter’s Italian designed briefcase these days and you’re more likely to find a sack lunch, a paperback and bottle of Jack than sensitive documents. Today, the once venerable briefcase — a supple, leather-bound safe containing all your most sensitive documents — goes extinct by the moment, as sheathes of business papers become encrypted USB keys. Crack open the average Wall Streeter’s Italian designed briefcase these days and you’re more likely to find a sack lunch, a paperback and bottle of Jack than sensitive documents. |
| View Source | June 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Passwords are passe but biometrics are not mobile |
| Writing in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, researchers from the US and Germany point out an inherent flaw in the financial industry adopting biometric logins to boost security in that the advent of mobile devices, such as netbooks, PDAs, and smart phones might make biometric logins impossible when one is on the move. |
| View Source | April 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| U.S. Government Launches Official Agency to Manage Biometric Database |
| Collecting fingerprints and other biometric data has long allowed law enforcement and the military alike to track down wanted individuals, solve cases, or just keep tabs on people. Now what was a U.S. government task force under the U.S. Army has officially become a full-scale national security agency in charge of biometrics, according to the Secrecy News blog run by the Federation of American Scientists. |
| View Source | March 29, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Faster computers with nanotechnology |
| The silicon transistors in your computer may be replaced in ten years by transistors based on carbon nanotubes. This is what scientists at the University of Gothenburg are hoping – they have developed a method to control the nanotubes during production. |
| View Source | May 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Fiber Optic Splicing Products |
| ACA is the Leading Manufacturer of Fiber Optic Splicing Products for both the Mechanical & Fusion Splicing Methods. |
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| In-circuit emulators, Embedded Development Tools |
| In-circuit emulators, Debuggers, Simulators, Embedded Development Tools. |
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| IrisGuard awarded 2010 Frost & Sullivan World Product Quality Leadership Award in Biometrics |
| "IrisGuard uses its strong relationships and round-the-clock customer care centers to gauge customer satisfaction," notes Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Archana Rao. "It also offers focused training to its clients on key mechanisms and processes of its iris recognition systems. This has enabled the company to remain ahead of its competition in terms of identifying market needs and maintaining its outstanding product performance." |
| View Source | September 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Laptop Mag Determines Acer, Dell and HP Have the Worst Tech Support |
| Laptop magazine went through the painstaking process of calling the tech support of every major notebook manufacturer. And they timed their waits before asking one of two very basic questions. The results may not surprise you. |
| View Source | August 6, 2009 | Provides Information |
| Learn the Net: Your Human Face to Cyberspace |
| A combination Internet guide and beginners' tutorial, courtesy of Paradesa Media. |
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| LG to Make E-paper for New Generation of Devices |
| LG Display says it is developing a new generation of color and flexible e-paper that may go into future products such as e-readers or tablets. |
| View Source | August 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Machine Vision and Imaging Resource, The |
| With over 15 years of experience in the machine vision and imaging industry, Vision 1 is an experienced system integrator for industrial vision systems. Vision 1 also offers real time imaging system solutions. |
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| New tech moves beyond the mouse, keyboard and screen |
| Say hello to a new, simpler era of human-computer interaction -- this time, with no clunky hardware standing between you and digital information. |
| View Source | June 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| PCI Express 3.0 Spec Nears Completion |
| The PCI Special Interest Group released a detailed timetable for the next-generation PCI Express 3.0 specification on Wednesday, with a final specification due by the fourth quarter and products possibly in early 2011. |
| View Source | June 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PDP Planet |
| A resource for computer history. |
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| Quality Digest Magazine |
| Quality related resources, news and links. |
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| Rambus Claims ITC Victory but Nvidia Predicts No Impact |
| Rambus, a developer of chip technology, on Monday said the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in its favor against graphics chip maker Nvidia for allegedly infringing on three of nine asserted patents. |
| View Source | July 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| SourceData: Your Friendly PC Product Resource |
| Contact PC-compatible hardware and software vendors and service organizations. |
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| SunHELP |
| aims to be a useful resource for information relating to Sun Microsystems products and operating systems. |
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| SunSolve Online |
| Customer service and help for Sun customers, with lots of publicly available data on hardare and software. |
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| System Optimization |
| Provides performance tips, tweaks, hardware reviews, and more, to PC enthusiasts. |
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| TeleSynergy! |
| We provide advanced PC based PBX, auto-attendant and voice mail, IVR, FOD functionality and further integrates them with the internet to provide web-enabled unified messaging function. |
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| The future of iris scanning |
| Biometrics has received a lot of bad press during its short life. Fingerprint technologies have issues many businesses, and security professionals, would rather not deal with. And then there is the cost. So is there a technology that may provide security, involve low maintenance costs, minimize management headaches, and is acceptable to users? |
| View Source | July 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| The ISA-bus FAQ Project |
| Help participate in gathering information for this project. |
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| The TWAIN Working Group |
| A not-for-profit organization which represents the imaging industry. TWAIN's purpose is to provide and foster a universal public standard which links applications and image acquisition devices. The mission of this organization is to continue to enhance the standard to accommodate future technologies. |
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| Trans 2000 Inc. |
| Professional experts in ruggedized portable computer and industry PC. |
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| Twins Are Intriguing Research Subjects for Biometircs Researchers |
| Each year in August, the aptly named town of Twinsburg, Ohio, is the site of the largest official gathering of twins in the world. Open to all multiples -- identical and fraternal twins, triplets and quads from newborns to octogenarians -- the weekend's events include food, live entertainment, a golf tournament, and a twins' parade. |
| View Source | September 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Virtual Computer Library |
| Pointers to all things computing, from book reviews and technology resources to journals and a vendor index. |
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| Wired News |
| As the online complement to Wired Magazine, Wired News posts breaking stories from the digital world, emphasizing industry news, online culture and Internet privacy issues. |
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| ZDNet |
| Gateway to all Softbank/Ziff-Davis computing and Internet news properties, from GameSpot to MacWEEK to AnchorDesk. Read reviews of popular shareware and freeware titles, then download them from ZDNet software libraries. |
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| Zen and the Art of Internet |
| Everything you ever wanted to know about the Internet but were afraid to ask. |
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