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To: brad greene who wrote (6135)	1/12/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

FASTGATE developments . . . (IBM's biometric immigration system) . . . According to the Irish Times of January 9, IBM has concluded its FASTGATE testing in Bermuda, and apparently they are ready to move on to other airports. If you don't recall, IBM has been working up a commercial alternative to the INS' INSPASS palm geometry/smart card check for international frequent flyers. (INSPASS is not standing still, either: travellers from the US, Canada and Bermuda are already eligible for enrollment, and the US has a preliminary agreement with the immigration officials in Canada, Germany, Netherlands and Britain to have compatible systems.) Nevertheless, the IBM system is less clunky, because it is set up to work with any commercial magnetic stripe card, such as ATM cards, credit cards, frequent flyer cards, telephone cards, etc. The traveler registers the commercial card with the immigration officials and has a quick enrollment. Then, whenever the traveller wants to pass through customs on the card, it is cross-checked with the bio-ID handprint via a central, global IBM data base made locally available at that airport. IBM is ready to expand to airports in Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Heathrow (London). IBM goal is to get 20 million travellers enrolled and receive payment from the card issuers on a per click basis . It would be up to the card issuers, who can advertise this feature to their customer base, to determine how or if to bill the user. IBM is looking at tens, if not hundreds, of millions of paid transactions per year. I hope IDX is connected to this project through their palm printer. Next item, not quite as dramatic: The January 7 Montreal Gazette reports that a Canadian national commission has recommended to the government that it use biometrically-coded identity cards for its up to 220,000 annual refugee applicants. There is presently a lot of fraud in this program. David PS -- Brad, you scooped me on the bootup security release. It's all happening very quickly, but not very quietly if you're watching it.

To: brad greene who wrote (6135)	1/14/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: J L Segal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26039

News after today's close: Phoenix BIOS System Software Selected by IBM for PC Products: Tuesday January 13, 5:16 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Phoenix BIOS System Software Selected by IBM for PC Products SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1998--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:PTEC - news) -- the leading supplier of standards-based compatibility software for the PC industry, announced today that it has entered into a technology licensing agreement with IBM. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will use Phoenix BIOS 4.0 core technology in the development of IBM BIOS and firmware for a range of its PC computer systems. ''We are delighted to be working with a recognized industry leader in BIOS software,'' said Michael Jackman, vice president of systems and technology for the IBM PC Company. ''Adding IBM technology to the Phoenix standard core technology will help focus our development investment in product differentiation, providing additional value to our customers.'' ''This agreement represents a major milestone that further expands the worldwide use of our system software,'' said Jack Kay, president and CEO, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. ''We are very proud to have the originator of the PC architecture as a Phoenix customer and are fully committed to supporting IBM with a wide range of Phoenix resources.'' Phoenix Technologies is the leading innovator and supplier of enabling software and services fundamental to personal computers, servers, peripherals and information appliances. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Phoenix Technologies is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: PTEC - news) with offices worldwide including Geneva, London, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo. Information on Phoenix Technologies products is available at: www.phoenix.com Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their owners. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: