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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iris recognition gadget eliminates passwords]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imagine logging in to Facebook or eBay with just a blink of an eye. A new gadget for consumers may soon make that possible.EyeLock will enable you to log in to a Web site with the blink of an eye.(Credit:Hoyos Group)Designed by the Hoyos Group, a device called EyeLock uses iris-recognition as an alternative to passwords to log you in to password-protected Web sites and applications. Although similar eye-scanning devices are already used in the business and industrial markets, Hoyos calls EyeLock &quot;the first and only portable iris-scanning device for consumers.&quot;The scanning device, which resembles a wand, plugs into a base that connects to your PC via a USB port. After you install the software and choose the sites and applications that you want to iris-protect, you pass the scanner in front of your eye. A snapshot is taken of your iris to confirm your identity. Assuming you're the real you, you're then granted immediate access to the secure Web site or application.With security always a primary concern, the company boasts that the device is unhackable.&quot;Every time you log in, it reads your iris and creates a unique key, which is a series of numbers, and this key changes every time you log in, so no one can hack it,&quot; Tracy Hoyos, assistant marketing director, said in an interview with CNN.And despite what people may have seen in certain science-fiction films, the device will only work with a live person.&quot;If someone kills you, it won't work, because once you die your eye automatically flattens so your iris isn't the same,&quot; Tracy Hoyos told CNN.The company hasn't yet revealed a launch date but said the EyeLock will sell for $99 once it hits the consumer market. Demonstrated at a tech show in San Francisco on Tuesday, the EyeLock employs the same technology that Hoyos uses in its portfolio of more advanced iris-scanning products for government agencies and corporations.&quot;Iris-based systems guarantee a level of security and identity protection that is unparalleled by any other biometric, password encrypted or card-based system in existence today,&quot; Jeff Carter, chief business development officer of Hoyos, said in a statement. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lenovo beats estimates with surge in earnings]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lenovo ended its third quarter with solid gains in earnings and sales but cautioned that uncertainty in the global economy may impact the road ahead.For the quarter ended December 31 (PDF), the Hong Kong-based PC maker took in a profit of $99.6 million, a healthy 25 percent boost from the $79.5 million earned a year ago. That handily beat estimates from analysts polled by Reuters, who were looking for net income of $86.2 million, according to Reuters.Sales rose 22 percent to $5.8 billion from $4.7 billion in the prior year's quarter, helping Lenovo grow the fastest among the world's top five PC makers for the fifth quarter in a row, according to the company. Lenovo also said that PC shipments for the quarter grew by 20.6 percent compared with the average industry rate of 3.4 percent. At home, quarterly results were also helped by Lenovo's 32.2 percent market share in China, its highest ever.&quot;Our core PC business continues to deliver balanced growth. At the same time, we saw great momentum in our mobile Internet business which double the sales of the Lenovo smartphone from previous quarter,&quot; Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said in a statement. &quot;This growth was driven by investments in marketing, product development, and the creation of a new, more focused Mobile Internet and Digital Home business group.&quot;Despite the robust quarter, Lenovo is warning that growth over the near term could be affected by the still uncertain economic climates in the U.S. and Europe.&quot;The worldwide PC market growth has further moderated in the quarter, and certain challenges in the global economy and debt crisis in the mature markets remain,&quot; the company said in its earnings report. &quot;Lenovo, however, remains cautiously optimistic about the market outlook and confident that the Group will continue to outperform the worldwide PC market.Beyond its own core PC market, Lenovo has been looking at other opportunities to drive growth. The company recently kicked off a joint venture with NEC to create a PC business in Japan. And its new mobile Internet group is designed to focus ontablets and smartphones, as well as such items as smart TVs, cloud computing, and the digital home.Lenovo launched its LePhone smartphone in China in early 2010 and in the U.S. toward the end of the year. The company has also been prepping its first tablet, dubbed LePad, which is slated to hit the market this summer to take advantage of Android 3.0 Honeycomb.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pricelock raises $12M to control fuel costs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pricelock, a company offering online fuel hedging and price protection for businesses in the U.S., has raised over $12 million in second-round financing.Pricelock is the first company to use technology and commodities knowledge to bring predictability to fuel prices. By combining demand, Pricelock wants to allow small and medium-sized businesses to control fuel costs in ways that had only been obtainable earlier by larger companies.Says CEO and Founder Robert Fell, a4APricelock has demonstrated the economic benefit of online fuel price protection programs to U.S. businesses of all sizes, especially small and medium-sized companies.a4The company also offers Carbonlock, which is a patented a4Agreen fleeta4 program that allows fleets and businesses to acquire certified carbon offsets and become carbon neutral.In this round, Pricelock, whose investors already include Goldman Sachs and Artiman Ventures, received new investments from Barclays, RenaissanceRe Ventures, and Travelers Insurance. Artiman Ventures participated as well.Pricelock is headquartered in Redwood City, California and was founded in 2006.Next Story: Flickr head of service announces his departure from Yahoo Previous Story: Google Maps adds electric car charging station locationsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Fuel Costs, PricelockCompanies: PricelockPeople: Robert Fell          Tags: Fuel Costs, PricelockCompanies: PricelockPeople: Robert FellConrad Egusa is a contributing writer at VentureBeat. A serial entrepreneur, hea4a4s also the founder of CampusKiwi, an angel investor backed company headquartered in New York, and 2minutePrep, an educational preparation company. You can follow him on Twitter at @conrad_egusa, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at  @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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