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August 13, 2010
EETimes Asia
SDK Eases Fingerprint Sensor App Design
AuthenTec releases a software development kit (SDK) for developers to create applications around AuthenTec smart sensors and TrueSuite identity management software. The TrueAPI SDK lets developers quickly create applications or modify their existing applications to include biometric support that leverage AuthenTec's security and identity management features for notebook PCs and netbooks.
August 11, 2010
ThirdFactor
AuthenTec has announced the availability of a new software development kit (SDK) that is designed to assist developers in creating applications for use with AuthenTec TruePrint sensors and AuthenTec’s TrueSuite identity management software. The SDK, called TrueAPI SDK, is also designed to help developers modify their existing applications to work AuthenTec’s hardware and software solutions. TrueAPI is further designed for use with Windows Biometric Framework on the Windows 7 operating system as AuthenTec sensors are already embedded in over 40 million PCs in use.
August 10, 2010
Dr. Dobbs Journal (an InformationWeek outlet)
Biometric SDK for Window 7 Released
AuthenTec has announced a new SDK for developers to create applications around AuthenTec smart sensors and TrueSuite identity management software. With the TrueAPI SDK, developers can create applications or modify existing applications to include biometric support that leverage AuthenTec's security and identity management features.
AuthenTec's TrueAPI interfaces with the company's TruePrint smart sensors and TrueSuite software, enabling a range of new application possibilities that complement TrueSuite applications for replacing website logins and passwords, launching multiple applications and websites, and/or locking files and folders with the single swipe of a finger. AuthenTec's TrueAPI is built for Microsoft's Windows 7 and the new Windows Biometric Framework.
July 23, 2010
TMCNet
AuthenTec, Atos Origin Team to Deliver Secure E-book Solution for FET
AuthenTec, a provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions and international IT services company Atos Origin have announced that they delivered a secure e-book solution for Far EasTone Telecommunications, a major Taiwanese mobile operator. Earlier this month, the e-book digital rights management “DRM” solution was introduced commercially by Far EasTone for e-book clients using notebook and netbook PCs, and a broad range of mobile phones to download copyrighted book content.
July 20, 2010
Fox Business
Far EasTone offers secure e-book solution from AuthenTec and Atos Origin
AuthenTec, a provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions, together with IT services company Atos Origin (Euronext:ATO), revealed on Monday that they have delivered a secure e-book solution for Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications.
The e-book digital rights management (DRM) solution is being offered by Far EasTone for downloading copyrighted book content to a wide range of e-book platforms and mobile phones.
July 20, 2010
Orlando Sentinel
AuthenTec lands e-book software deal for iPhones market in Taiwan
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. said Tuesday it has partnered with Atos Origin S.A. of France to produce secure e-book distribution technology for users of the iPhone and other wireless devices in Taiwan. AuthenTec and Atos Origen landed the deal to produce and integrate the high-tech e-book distribution system for Far Eastone Telecommunications, one of the largest wireless service carriers in Taiwan, the companies said.
July 1, 2010
Technology Review
Biometrics: Fingerprints and Beyond
Successful biometrics technology demands highly accurate biological images. AuthenTec, based in Melbourne, Florida, developed a sensor that goes beyond the usual practice of employing optics to recognize a fingerprint’s peaks and valleys. AuthenTec’s sensor employs radio frequencies (RFs) to excite molecules in the living layer of skin where fingerprints are formed. “This RF technology allows us to overcome surface conditions of the skin, where fingerprints can be worn, calloused, dirty, or oily,” says AuthenTec president Larry Ciaccia.
AuthenTec supplies its biometrics component to consumer electronics manufacturers for use in more than 55 million PCs, cell phones, and other biometrics-enabled products.
June 18, 2010
ProSecurity Zone
Stylish Fingerprint Functionality for Fujitsu phone handsets
TruePrint smart biometric fingerprint sensors from AuthenTec bring one-touch security and direct access to functions through fingerprint control on NTT Docomo phones from Fujitsu.
AuthenTec’s new AES1750 smart sensor has been integrated into two new mobile phones from NTT Docomo, the waterproof docomo Prime series F-06B and docomo Style series F-07B. AuthenTec’s AES1750 smart sensor, built around the Company’s durable TouchStone packaging, brings convenient one-touch security and multi-functional control to these new handsets which are now available in Japan.
June 17, 2010
Cellphone News
AES1750 Smart Sensor to Equip Two Fujitsu Smartphones
AuthenTec, one of the world's most renowned security-solution providers, has recently announced that the company's new AES1750 smart sensor will be equipped on two Fujitsu devices from NTT DOCOMO. The two phones are the docomo STYLE series F-07B and the waterproof docomo PRIME series F-06B.
May 25, 2010
Orlando Business Journal
AuthenTec sensor in new Fujitsu notebook
AuthenTec’s TruePrint smart sensor with lighted LEDs is being introduced in Fujitsu’s new high-definition entertainment notebook. The notebook is the world’s first PC to use AuthenTec’s new smart sensor, which gives users visual feedback for sensor functions such as fingerprint authentication and navigation, AuthenTec officials said.
“AuthenTec’s smart sensor adds a new level of security, personalization and user feedback to our notebook,” said Paul Moore, Fujitsu America Inc.’s senior director. “We are pleased to be the first to include [it].” Melbourne-based AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) provides security, identity management and touch control smart sensor products.
May 21, 2010
EETimes Asia
AuthenTec brings fingerprint security to handsets
AuthenTec has won its first cellphone design for the Africa and Middle East markets with the AuthenTec ATW310 (formerly Atrua) fingerprint sensor. The Matrix M5 leverages the fingerprint security and personalization features of the ATW310 sensor, allowing users to unlock the phone with the simple swipe of a finger as well as launch phone shortcuts with the unique characteristics of different fingers.
May 21, 2010
4G Wireless Evolution
AuthenTec Wins Fingerprint-Enabled Cell Phone Design Contract for Africa and the Middle East
AuthenTec, a provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions, announced that it has won its first cell phone design for the African and Middle East markets with the AuthenTec ATW310 (formerly Atrua) fingerprint sensor. According to AuthenTec, the Matrix M5 leverages the fingerprint security and personalization features of the ATW310 sensor, allowing users to unlock the phone with the simple swipe of a finger as well as launch phone shortcuts with the unique characteristics of different fingers.
May 17, 2010
Orlando Business Journal
AuthenTec lands new phone contract
AuthenTec has won its first cell phone design contract for the African and Middle East markets with Matrix and its contract manufacturer Raydir Technology.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AuthenTec ATW310 fingerprint sensor allows Matrix M5 cell phone users to unlock their phone with a swipe of a finger, as well as launch phone shortcuts using other fingers.
May 17, 2010
Orlando Sentinel
AuthenTec deal takes it to Africa with fingerprint-ID sensors
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. said Monday it has landed a deal to make fingerprint-recognition sensors for cell phones being marketed in Africa and the Middle East.
The high-tech company won its bid to produce the fingerprint-ID systems for cell-phone maker Matrix and its manufacturing partner Raydir, AuthenTec said. It was the company's first deal involving cell phones being marketed in Africa and the Middle East.
May 11, 2010
EETimes Asia
SmartSynch, AuthenTec improve smart grid secruity
SmartSynch and AuthenTec are collaborating to provide an additional layer of protection to SmartSynch's smart grid infrastructure solutions. SmartSynch has selected AuthenTec's carrier-grade network security solution, the QuickSec/IPsec toolkit, to provide standards-compliant authentication, confidentiality, and data integrity for its smart grid solutions.
May 10, 2010
Florida Today
AuthenTec ventures into energy industry
Melbourne-based AuthenTec is getting into the energy business. The company, which designs and manufactures fingerprint-reading security sensors, recently announced that it's working with the Jackson, Miss.-based SmartSynch Inc. to provide security solutions for SmartSynch's clients in the energy industry.
May 10, 2010
Light Sensor
AuthenTec's smart sensor for MEDION Personal Navigation Assistants
MEDION and AuthenTec had earlier collaborated on the development of the MEDION GoPal P4425, the first finger print based PNA that was released during 2008. The X4345 and the X4545 PNAs were released at CEBIT. The X4545, a 4.7-inch touch-screen based PNA, includes the SiRFprima 600 MHz processor. It provides speech control to facilitate hands-free working and GPSpro to enable navigation in situations in tunnels where the GPS signals are lost.
May 4, 2010
Orlando Sentinel
Melbourne's AuthenTec pairs with MEDION AG in new GPS navigation devices
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. said Tuesday it has won a series of deals to provide fingerprint-recognition sensor systems to European consumer electronics giant Medion AG. Terms of the deals call for AuthenTec to provide fingerprint-ID systems to be integrated into five new personal navigation devices being produced by Medion.
The systems will provide, among other things, security access, identity management and touch-control capability to the Global Positioning System devices.
April 27, 2010
Renew Grid
AuthenTec Introduces Smart Grid Security Products
AuthenTec, a provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions, is now offering security solutions for smart grid infrastructure, acquired through the company's purchase of SafeNet's Embedded Security Solutions.
AuthenTec's TrueProtect product line can now provide standards-compliant authentication, confidentiality and data integrity for companies and utilities that provide communications and networks for smart grid infrastructure.
April 27, 2010
TMCNet
Smart grid infrastructure fortified by SmartSynch and AuthenTec partnership
A partnership between SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company utilizing standard Internet Protocol communications via public wireless networks, and AuthenTec, provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions has been announced. The partnership will provide an additional layer of fortification to SmartSynch's smart grid infrastructure solutions. AuthenTec's carrier-grade network security solution, the QuickSec/IPsec toolkit, to provide standards-compliant authentication, confidentiality, and data integrity for its smart grid solutions has been selected by SmartSynch.
April 21, 2010
New Energy World Network
SmartSynch and AuthenTec partner to fortify smart grid infrastructure
US smart grid infrastructure company SmartSynch and security company AuthenTec have partnered to provide an additional layer of fortification to SmartSynch’s infrastructure solutions.
SmartSynch has selected AuthenTec’s carrier-grade network security solution, the QuickSec IPsec toolkit, to provide standards-compliant authentication, confidentiality and data integrity for its smart grid solutions.
April 21, 2010
ZDNet
SmartSynch, AuthenTec team up in strategic smart grid security relationship
You could probably see this one coming, but now it’s official: Smart grid infrastructure player SmartSynch has signed a deal with AuthenTec to add what it is calling “carrier-grade” open security standards to its product line.
AuthenTec’s security — which covers everything from identity management to touch controls and biometrics — actually already is part of the SmartSynch’s GridRouter communications hub.
April 8, 2010
Third Factor
ASUS netbook to incorporate AuthenTec software and hardware
AuthenTec, a developer of security and identity management solutions, has announced its AES1660 TruePrint smart sensor and accompanying TrueSuite identity management software will be incorporated into computer manufacturer ASUS’ new Eee PC 1018P netbook.
The AES1660 TruePrint smart sensor is a fingerprint sensor designed specifically for use in notebooks and netbooks and is the second netbook from ASUS that has embedded the sensor.
April 8, 2010
ZDNet
SmartSynch woos ecosystem partners with interoperability play
With more than 100 smart grid projects underway, SmartSynch has formed an alliance program focused on building support for its GridRouter technology. The idea behind GridRouter is to support and enable interoperability between the various communication networks cropping up to connect smart grid projects.
April 6, 2010
Orlando Sentinel
AuthenTec gets boost in new PC deal with ASUSteK
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc.'s fingerprint-recognition devices have landed a slot in another notebook PC made by ASUStek Computer Inc., the companies said Monday.
ASUStek of Taiwan has incorporated AuthenTec's fingerprint-ID sensors and identity management security software in the latest ASUS netbook laptop, officials said.
April 6, 2010
TMCNet
ASUS' Netbooks Feature Smart Sensor
The netbook market boomed in 2009, tripling the number of units shipped to 30 million, according the IDC (News - Alert). And the market is expected to continue that trajectory through 2010. ASUS is hoping to capture its own share of the market by introducing the world’s first netbook- the new Eee PC 1018P- that incorporates AuthenTec’s TruePrint smart sensor and TrueSuite identity management software.
April 6, 2010
Renew Grid
SmartSynch announces GridRouter Ecosystem
SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company, has formed the GridRouter EcoSystem - a group of industry participants that will collaborate to establish an interoperable, IP-based communications business network for the smart grid.
SmartSynch says companies currently supporting the EcoSystem include AT&T, Motorola, Cooper Power Systems, Battelle, T-Mobile, Rogers Communications, Itron, Daviscomms USA, Futaba Corp. and AuthenTec.
April 6, 2010
Green Tech Media
SmartSynch Announces SmartGrid Communications Coalition
Coalitions appear to be the spring fashion trend for smart grid. After a recent announcement of a customer coalition, SmartSynch has announced GridRouter EcoSystem, a communications group with the mission to establish an interoperable, IP-based communications network for the grid.
March 30, 2010
Third Factor
AuthenTec provides biometrics for MEDION system
AuthenTec, a developer of various biometric solutions and service, has announced that they have been chosen by media system developer MEDION for hardware and software solution to be integrated into MEDION’s multimedia system. The multimedia system, called THE TOUCH X9613, is an all-in-one combining a PC, television, audio system and Blu-ray/DVD player which utilizes a touch-screen for control and operates off of a Windows 7 operating system.
March 17, 2010
EETimes Asia
AuthenTec expands security portfolio via SafeNet deal
AuthenTec has taken over SafeNet Inc.'s embedded security solutions division in a cash and stock transaction to further strengthen its security and identity management solutions offering.
SafeNet's embedded security solutions products ensure data privacy for businesses and individuals, and are sold to a variety of brand name customers including HP, Samsung, LG, Ericsson, AMD, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper Networks, Nokia-Siemens and Texas Instruments among others.
March 9, 2010
Third Factor
Fingerprint scanners on handsets enable apps
Can biometrics help launch mobile payment in U.S.?
For the first time, a mobile phone with a fingerprint biometric scanner is arriving on U.S. shores.
The LG eXpo is being offered in the U.S. by AT&T and in Canada by TELUS, says Art Stewart, vice president of mobile systems products at Authentec, a Melbourne, Fla.-based provider of fingerprint scanners.
March 1, 2010
Homeland Security Today
AuthenTec acquires SafeNet's Embedded Security Solutions Division
AuthenTec, Melbourne, Fla., a provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that it has acquired the Embedded Security Solutions Division of Safe Net Inc., Belcamp, Md., in a cash and stock transaction.
February 26, 2010
EETimes
AuthenTec Inc., a provider of fingerprint sensors, has acquired SafeNet Inc.'s Embedded Security Solutions Division.
Under terms of the transaction, AuthenTec paid $8.5 million in cash and issued 1.2 million shares (valued at $2.8 million at the closing) of its common stock. The transaction also calls for an earn-out of up to $2.5 million in cash based on the attainment of certain revenue goals for the remainder of 2010.
February 26, 2010
Orlando Business Journal
AuthenTec buys SafeNet division
AuthenTec has bought SafeNet Inc.'s Embedded Security Solutions Division in a cash and stock transaction.
Under the terms of the transaction, AuthenTec paid $8.5 million in cash and issued 1.2 million shares valued at $2.8 million at the closing of its common stock.
February 17, 2010
Third Factor
Tiny biometric module developed
OKI Semiconductor, developers of semiconductors and related technology, has developed a low-power fingerprint matching module that is roughly the size of a postage stamp, according to an IQ Online article.
February 17, 2010
Orlando Business Journal
AuthenTec, Jabil sign agreement
AuthenTec and Jabil Circuit, Inc. have signed a joint development agreement to deliver next-generation technology to the mobile phone market. The two companies’ first mobile solution is the Smart Navi-Key, which combines AuthenTec’s smart sensor technology with a an all-in-one keypad built by Jabil | Green Point.
February 15, 2010
Forbes
Smart sensor aims to replace phone trackpads
Since its invention more than 30 years ago, the cell phone has gotten a radical makeover. But amid the revolution in screens and processors, one area has remained largely untouched: the phone's navigation component, typically a bulky directional pad, trackball or scroll wheel. Sensor maker AuthenTec wants to modernize this part of the phone with a technology it calls a smart sensor.
February 11, 2010
EETimes Asia
Smart sensor eases integration in notebook PCs
AuthenTec has unveiled its newest smart sensor specifically tailored for convenient security, personalization and touch-based functionality in today's PCs and peripherals. AuthenTec's new AES2660 192-pixel-wide sensor complements the AES1660, a 128-pixel wide smart sensor for the PC market introduced six months ago, giving PC OEMs the ability to choose the appropriate sensor for the particular requirements of each individual product.
December 17, 2009
Wireless Week
LG has created a marketing campaign for James Cameron's "Avatar" adventure film. The campaign, developed in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment, includes a TV spot that features the "Avatar" movie trailer footage being projected from LG eXpo, a smartphone handset that features a detachable mobile projector. LG also developed an interactive micro site, www.lgexpo.com, which includes exclusive movie content, and is also launching an exclusive joint-sponsored Facebook page between FOX and MTV.
December 8, 2009
SlashGear
AuthenTec powers multi-touch features on LG eXpo
We already know the details on the LG eXpo smartphone with the pico projector attachment that surfaced at the end of November. The phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and the projector is detachable. The handset itself will sell for $199 with the pico projector selling for $179.
AuthenTec is talking about its contribution to the device, its AES1711 integrated input controller also known as the AuthenTec smart sensor. The eXpo is the first smartphone to hit the U.S. that uses the AuthenTec sensor.
December 8, 2009
TMCNet
LG eXpo 1 GHz Smartpone Comes with AuthenTec Touch-powered Features
AuthenTec, a provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, has announced that its “Smart Sensor” technology has been integrated into the first 1 GHz smartphone in the U.S., the LG eXpo, which will be available for AT&T customers.
According to a press release, the LG eXpo leverages the multiple features and functions of AuthenTec’s AES1711 integrated input control solution.
December 1, 2009
RCR WirelessAT&T Mobility set to launch industry's first 1 GHz phone
AT&T Mobility is set to launch the market's first mobile device running a processor in excess of 1 GHz with the impending launch of LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s Expo.
The Expo also includes a “Smart Sensor” fingerprint recognition technology from AuthenTec to secure the device. LG also uses the sensor technology to power a “turbo-scroll” feature to quickly search through e-mails, contact lists and Web sites.
December 2, 2009
Orlando Sentinel
AuthenTec's fingerprint ID sensor wins slot in new AT&T smartphone
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. has landed a deal to include its high-tech fingerprint sensors on AT&T Corp.'s next-generation cellphone, the company said this week.
Known as the LG eXpo, the new unit will be the first smartphone to be offered in the U.S. that includes a 1 GHz processor and fingerprint-recognition technology, company officials said.
December 2, 2009
PhoneScoop
LG recently announced its second Windows Mobile device for the U.S. market -- the eXpo. This device is more than a mere smartphone, however, and has a trick, removable pico projector for showing your friends movies...er...colleagues those PowerPoint presentations you've been working on.
Users will first need to register their fingerprint with the phone, which takes a few sample swipes. Basically, put the first joint of whichever finger you want to register along the sensor and swipe your finger downward. The fingerprint can then be set as a password for nearly any application on the phone. Need to unlock the home screen? Swipe! need to open the email program? Swipe! Need to access sensitive corporate files? Swipe! You get the picture.
November 30, 2009
Information Week
LG Intros eXpo WinMo Smartphone with Pico Projector
Today LG and AT&T introduced a new Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, the eXpo. The device's defining feature is a removable Texas Instruments DLP pico projector, which can be used to share movies...er...PowerPoint Presentations when on the road.
As if the pico projector isn't enough temptation for you, the eXpo also brings another unique feature: a fingerprint sensor. AuthenTec has been making fingerprint sensors for ages, but this is the first time I've seen one on a device released to the U.S. market. The fingerprint swipe sensor should please enterprise IT admins, as it provides a whole new level of security for the device. The sensor also doubles as a navigation control, allowing users to move the cursor about the screen as if it were a mouse.
November 30, 2009
PC Magazine
LG, AT&T Announce 1 GHz Projector Phone
Here's a whole bunch of firsts for the U.S.: LG today announced the Expo, a Windows Mobile 6.5-based smartphone with a built-in fingerprint sensor and optional pico-projector powered by a Qualcomm 1-GHz processor that I assume is their Snapdragon chipset, though LG doesn't say.
Without the projector, the Expo is a reasonably sized slider smartphone at 4.5 inches by 2.24 inches by 0.65 inches. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch, 800-by-480 screen, Wi-Fi, HSDPA 7.2, and a giant honking 1500 mAh battery. According to LG's Web site, the projector is an optional, add-on accessory that will be sold separately. It weighs 1.8 ounces and projects an image eight feet, according to a statement from AT&T.
November 30, 2009
InforSync World
LG eXpo is the first, and fastest, projector phone
AT&T and LG today announced the LG eXpo, a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone that features a number of firsts for the U.S. smartphone market. The LG eXpo will use a 1GHz processor, like the European HTC HD2 we recently reviewed, and this makes the LG eXpo the first phone on the U.S. market to hit the 1GHz mark. Clearly, a new round of GHz wars are upon us. The LG eXpo can also use the new LG Mobile Projector, a pico projector that snaps right onto the back of the LG eXpo. This makes the new device the first on the U.S. market with that functionality.
The LG eXpo also gets some interesting security options in the Smart Sensor, made by AuthenTec. The optical cursor at the bottom of the phone's face is also a fingerprint scanner, which eliminates the need for pass codes or unlock gestures. This could make the LG eXpo an enticing device for serious business users, along with the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, a must for editing documents on the go. The Smart Sensor will also offer cursor control and a featured turbo scroll function to help get through long documents and Web pages quickly.
November 30, 2009
This Week In Consumer Electronics
LG Smartphone Boast 1 GHz Processor
LG is promoting a new AT&T cellphone as the first smartphone in the U.S. with 1GHz processor, first smartphone with fingerprint ID technology to unlock the phone, and first U.S. phone with optional snap-on pico projector.
November 18, 2009
Third Factor
AuthenTec ships record fingerprint sensor
AuthenTec announced the shipment of its 50 millionth fingerprint sensor.
Founded in October 1998, AuthenTec established a previous industry benchmark of 25 million sensors in November 2007 and took less than two years to double that mark to 50 million. AuthenTec’s 50 millionth sensor was shipped to Fujitsu Limited for integration into its smart phone, where it will be used for touch-powered features including security, navigation, personalization and convenience.
October 30, 2009
Trading Markets
AuthenTec Reports Shipping 50 Millionth Fingerprint Sensor
AuthenTec, a provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced the shipment of its 50 millionth fingerprint sensor, establishing a new record for the fingerprint sensor market.
According to AuthenTec, the company's 50 millionth sensor was shipped to Fujitsu Limited for integration into its newest smart phone, where it will be used for touch-powered features including security, navigation, personalization and convenience.
NEWS & EVENTS
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AuthenTec to Present at Upcoming August Financial Conferences
07/29/2010
AuthenTec Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results