Apple buys fingerprint reader AuthenTec for $356 million

Last Updated: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 09:17

Apple has bought Melbourne, Florida-based fingerprint sensor technology developer AuthenTec Inc for about USD 356 million that could put its iPhone at the center of the emerging mobile payments market.

Soon, typing style to become `digital fingerprint`

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 16:07

Typing styles are as unique as fingerprints and could soon be used to verify the identity of computer users, according to a new study.

Fingerprints can determine sex of criminals

Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 19:12

Fingerprints found at the crime scene can also help in determining the sex of the criminal, a new research has said.

Soon, device to test drug driving

Last Updated: Monday, July 25, 2011, 16:04

The device applies gold nanoparticles coated with antibodies to a fingerprint, so that antibodies stick to antigens on specific metabolites.

Al Qaeda bomber leaves behind a fingerprint

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 13:24

The FBI has a fingerprint and forensic evidence linking al Qaida`s top bomb maker in Yemen to a trio of explosive devices used in recent attacks on the United States.

Motorola smartphone to recognise your fingerprint

Last Updated: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 18:13

It`s a phone, a laptop, a PC and recognises its owner by his fingerprint.

Motorola smartphone to recognise your fingerprint

Last Updated: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 18:13

It`s a phone, a laptop, a PC and recognises its owner by his fingerprint.

Scientists `fingerprint` chips to make them foolproof

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 15:53

Counterfeiters are targeting chips, electronic components, causing losses running into billions of dollars.

Astronomers snatch distant planet`s `fingerprint`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 00:43

Astronomers on Wednesday said they had made the first direct capture of a spectrum of light from a planet outside the Solar System, in what was a landmark in the search for extra-terrestrial life.

Fingerprint checks at UK airports from Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 16:13

British immigration authorities are introducing fingerprint checks at the border for Indians and other passengers with biometric UK visas, entry clearances and identity cards for foreign nationals from Monday.

South Korea to fingerprint foreign visitors

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 14:21

The Cabinet approved a law revision Tuesday to require all foreigners entering South Korea to be fingerprinted and photographed from 2012.

A metabolic ``fingerprint`` for personalized medical care

Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 18:43

Fingerprints as a marker of your unique identity could soon be obsolete, for scientists have now found that people have another defining trait that may distinguish them from the rest of the human population.