Recent News
July 12, 2007
Government Computer News
“A one-stop shop for authentication?”
The PlusID uses the AES2510 fingerprint scanner from AuthenTec. The scanner uses radio frequency to read the print rather than optical or thermal imaging.
July 12, 2007
Bizjournals.com
“Samsung's newest product gets AuthenTec sensors”
AuthenTec Inc. has announced that Samsung is incorporating its biometric fingerprint sensors into Samsung's new Q1 Ultra, a very small, portable personal computer designed to improve anytime, anywhere access.
July 10, 2007
Florida Today
“AuthenTec selected in Samsung PC deal”
AuthenTec Inc. in Melbourne has been selected by Samsung Electronics Co. to provide fingerprint identification systems for Samsung's new line of handheld personal computers.
July 9, 2007
Help Net Security
“New Samsung ultra-mobile portable PC with a fingerprint sensor”
AuthenTec's AES1610 fingerprint sensor will be used in Samsung's new Q1 Ultra model ultra-mobile PC for consumers. Samsung’s Q1 Ultra combines extreme portability, rich multimedia versatility, advanced connectivity and the full power of a Windows Vista-enabled desktop PC, and is the first Samsung UMPC to offer AuthenTec’s Power of Touch to “on-the-go” users.
July 9, 2007
Orlando Sentinel, FL
“AuthenTec gets deal to protect Samsung handheld computers”
Electronics maker Samsung has selected Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. to provide fingerprint-identification access systems for a line of Samsung's handheld personal computers, the companies said today.
June 28, 2007
Motley Fool
“AuthenTec Is the Real Deal”
The average computer user keeps about 25 passwords. If you're anywhere close to average, there's a good chance that some of yours reside on sticky notes on the side of your computer monitor. As identify theft and online security breaches grow increasingly common, AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) is pursuing a better way to keep digital information secure.
June 27, 2007
Bizjournals.com
“AuthenTec starts public trading today”
Biometric fingerprint sensor manufacturer AuthenTec Inc. begins trading publicly on Nasdaq today under the symbol "AUTH" at an initial price of $11 per share. The company is planning to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
June 27, 2007
Forbes
“AuthenTec Prices Initial Public Offering”
AuthenTec Inc., a provider of fingerprint sensors, said Wednesday it priced its initial public offering of 7.5 million shares at $11 per share.
June 26, 2007
Reuters
“AuthenTec IPO raises $82.5 mln, within range”
Technology firm AuthenTec Inc. on Tuesday raised $82.5 million in an initial public offering priced within a forecast range. Melbourne, Florida-based AuthenTec designs chips with fingerprint authentication sensors for PC and wireless customers such as Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo Group Ltd. and LG Electronics , it said in the filing.
June 19, 2007
FLORIDA TODAY
“AuthenTec's sensors added to a dozen new notebook PCs”
Taiwan-based ASUSTeK Computer Inc., also known as ASUS, said it is using the AuthenTec sensors as a standard feature in its new 2007 Windows Vista-model notebook PCs, designed for businesses and consumers.
June 14, 2007
Wireless Week
“Closing in on Commercial NFC”
AuthenTec conveyed similar enthusiasm about its own biometric fingerprint sensor sales, saying it has shipped more than 7 million sensors to Asia that are incorporated into PDAs and cell phones with NFC capabilities.
May 28, 2007
Government Computer News
“Show of hands; Census tests biometric PDAs for large-scale use in 2010”
The PDA's biometric security does away with passwords completely. At training, each enumerator is registered to a handheld computer equipped with fingerprint scanning and verification capability from AuthenTec.
May 16, 2007
Wireless News
“Cherry Integrates AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Technology into New FingerTIP Biometric/Smart Card Keyboard Family”
The AES2501 fingerprint sensor is being integrated into a new USB biometric keyboard family recently introduced by Cherry GmbH, a manufacturer of keyboards for professional office and industrial applications.
May 8, 2007
Florida Today
“AuthenTec Involved in Census Test”
The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday began a seven-week test run on collecting data for the 2010 Census, with two Melbourne companies, Harris Corp. and AuthenTec Inc., playing key roles.
May 7, 2007
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES
“The next U.S. census will count on a handheld computer”
Harris’s security measures -- include AuthenTec's AES1510 slide fingerprint sensors -- played a key role in the government's decision to select Harris.
April 25, 2007
Digital Media Asia
“Hitachi's W51H is 'first' biometric phone available to KDDI subscribers”
Authentec, a provider of fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions, announced that its AES1510 fingerprint sensor will be a standard feature on Hitachi s new flagship 'win' series phone, the W51H.
April 11, 2007
Wall Street Journal
“Fingerprints Give a Hand to Security”
One day soon, it may not matter that you lost the house key or can't find all five documents required to renew your driver's license. Instead, you'll need just your fingerprints for identification.
March 28, 2007
TMCNet
“AuthenTec Unveils Biometric Fingerprint Sensor”
AuthenTec has launched the AES1710 biometric fingerprint sensor for the wireless market. According to the company, the fourth generation biometric fingerprint sensor meets critical performance standards necessary for widespread mobile commerce (M-commerce), security and convenience applications for full featured phones, and smart phones.
March 28, 2007
Help Net Security
“Biometric authentication integrated into OmniPass Mobile Edition for PDA’s and cell phones”
AuthenTec and access control markets, and Softex Incorporated announced the integration of OmniPass ME to work with AuthenTec’s biometric fingerprint sensors. This will allow the user to securely and conveniently manage PDA and cell phone authentication before critical device operations such as logon, password replacement and file encryption can be performed.
March 17, 2007
Florida Today
“AuthenTec plans public stock offer; Sales rising, but firm has never made a profit”
Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc. announced Friday it had filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. That means AuthenTec, a Harris Corp. spinoff that started in 1998, plans to go from a private company to a publicly traded one. The company also revealed in its filing that, while its sales revenue is rising, it has never made a profit, losing about $20.9 million in the last two years alone.
March 16, 2007
Reuters
“AuthenTec files with SEC for $86 million IPO”
AuthenTec Inc., a mixed-signal semiconductor company, filed with regulators on Friday to raise up to $86.25 million in an initial public offering of common stock. The Melbourne, Florida-based company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns & Co., Cowen and Co., Montgomery & Co., and Raymond James are underwriting the IPO.
March 5, 2007
Sacramento Bee
“Baby boomers lead push for user-friendly gadgets”
Remembering computer and Web passwords is a challenge for anyone, but for those increasingly affected by forgetful "senior moments," it's even tougher. That's why Larry Ciaccia, president of AuthenTec Inc., a Florida fingerprint recognition technology company, thinks his technology will appeal to older users. AuthenTec fingerprint readers are showing up on computers, where users can sign on and enter password-protected Web sites by swiping a finger, instead of typing a password.
February 15, 2007
Electronic Design
“What About Security?”
Other NFC phones and devices, such as those from LG, are integrating AuthenTec’s FingerLoc and EntrePad biometric readers, which incorporate TruePrint fingerprint recognition.
February 14, 2007
InfoWorld
“Biometrics to ease CIOs' cell phone concerns; As cell phones begin to carry more productivity apps -- and more sensitive data -- the need for security grows. AuthenTec is pushing biometrics as the solution”
A biometric systems vendor has a pitch for CIOs nervous about company executives losing their mobile phones and risking the loss of confidential information. AuthenTec, a developer of biometric fingerprint technology, wants to address concerns handset manufacturers may have about adding advanced security features to their product by reducing the size, power consumption, and cost of its touch-powered sensors.
February 13, 2007
Internet.com
“Mobile Commerce: Tapping the Untethered Market”
By Michelle Megna
And, a poll of 500 cell phone users conducted last April by AuthenTec found that 58 percent of those surveyed would purchase a phone with m-commerce, wireless banking and biometric security features, 47 percent would consider switching service providers to do so and nearly one-third would pay an additional $20 to $50 more to upgrade to a phone with such capabilities.
January 7, 2007
U.S. News & World Report
Landis has invested in companies like SiRF Technology, which makes GPS chips, and AuthenTec, whose success in biometric sensors like fingerprint readers could lead to an initial public offering soon. Their products are emblematic of technology innovations, which should accelerate as the sector enjoys a rebound. "This year, it's tech's turn," Landis says.
January 19, 2007
WindowsForDevices.com
“Fingerprints are no longer only skin deep”
Sophisticated, radio frequency-based fingerprint sensor technology may soon be a common aspect of retail environments that use Microsoft's Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) operating system. AuthenTec's "TruePrint" fingerprint sensing technology goes beyond simple optical pattern recognition, to penetrate the finger's outer surface, according to the company.
January 16, 2007
The Technician
“Feature: Interview with Scott Moody, CEO of AuthenTec”
Alumnus heads a company with breaking fingerprint technology that reads past the outer layer of skin to the live layer underneath. January 15, 2007
