WDN "Developer Of The Week"

FindMap (Week of 09/03/02)
Alex McNaught, Founder and Managing Director, FindMap receives this week's WDN developer spotlight for his company's efforts in developing Location Enabled Applications "down under". FindMap is available in a number of flavors including WAP, SMS, Java, and MMS with responses returned to clients in text, colorful maps, or images. FindMap is a strategic developer partner with Nokia, and an alliance partner with Ericsson. For further information we encourage you to contact them at info@findmap.com.au - Note: Alex and his company we recently recognized in the Sydney Morning Herald - see article Mapping out the next 'must-have' mobile feature... kudos to Alex from the WDN!


Alchemy Technology (Week of 08/26/02)
Alchemy Technology Sdn Bhd (ATSB) assists companies and businesses in the design and delivery of end to end mobile solutions. Alchemy was formed in 1996 principally to bring the Psion range of PDAs and Industrial handhelds into Malaysia. Brother and sister team Victor Liew, the Managing Director, and Angelyn Liew, the Chief Financial Officer, were motivated by a belief that there was significant scope for the development of real mobile computing, however the laptops available at that time were too expensive, bulky and had poor battery life - More info at http://www.alchemy.com.my.

Authentic (Week of 08/19/02)
This week's spotlight is turned on to Authentic, developers specializing in fingerprint biometrics. AuthenTec is a leading semiconductor company providing advanced biometric fingerprint sensors to the PC, wireless, PDA, access control and automotive markets. The company's FingerLoc and EntréPad product families utilize the patented TruePrint™ technology, the first technology capable of imaging everyone under virtually any condition. TruePrint images below the surface layer of the skin to the live layer where the true print resides, thereby eliminating surface-level contamination issues. Based in Melbourne, Florida, AuthenTec has assembled a global network of partners, solution providers and customers including Texas Instruments, IBM, Delphi Automotive, Acer, Synaptics, Asus, Harris Corporation and SCM Microsystems. For more info be sure to check out www.authentec.com

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