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Fingerprint Reader Can Help Navigation
News The desktop security company plans to sell the scanner, named the U-are-U Firefly, to laptop and personal digital assistant makers that want to allow users to protect their data with a fingerprint scan.
[May 6, 2003, 8:56]
Fingerfox
Downloads It allows you to use MS Fingerprint Reader device with Firefox. This tool works like a workaround to make MS Fingerprint Reader fill the forms of a Web page shown in Firefox. Then it remembers on which page and which form it has been used and popup...
[September 27, 2007, 12:54]
ThinkPads With Integrated Fingerprint Readers Secure Your Mobile Workforce
White Papers The ThinkPad® integrated fingerprint reader puts security at your fingertips. Insight offers the full range of ThinkPads with integrated fingerprint readers at affordable prices, so you can lock down the tools your mobile workforce depends on to...
[August 10, 2008, 1:16]
Microsoft Launches Biometric Access Peripherals
News The keyboard includes a fingerprint reader which will enable users to store their biometric ID and use that as authentication when logging onto password protected sites - having stored the passwords locally on the device.
[March 11, 2005, 8:50]
FingerAuth Password Manager
Downloads These days are now over: using FingerAuth Password Manager and an ordinary fingerprint reader, you simply touch the reader with any finger and the software will enter the information for you instantly, instead of filling in all of the fields of a...
[October 26, 2007, 0:31]
Comdex '99: Get Ready For The Biometric Mouse!
News Third, and possibly the most important, some biometric developers believe they have hit on a biometric platform that will be widely accepted -- a fingerprint reader in a mouse. The SecuDesktop 1.4 mouse houses a glass fingerprint reader on its side.
[November 15, 1999, 10:14]
Intel's Security Spec For Notebook PCs
News Basically, after turning on the PC, the user will be required to "authenticate" him or herself by using a fingerprint reader or other biometric device; a Universal Serial Bus (USB) token or key; and a smartcard or other authentication device, said...
[March 6, 2000, 14:02]
Biometric Checks Get Air-passenger Approval
News The manual check before going through security is then replaced by an automatic barrier activated by the passenger's fingerprint and a biometric reader verifies the passenger again at the boarding gate.
[June 21, 2007, 12:12]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Integrated Fingerprint Reader The fingerprint reader is a wonderful addition. The OmniPass software included with the Lifebook walked me through activating the fingerprint reader with my Windows account, and registering two fingers to control it.
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Photos: Biometrics Up Close And Personal
News The fingerprint reader did not initially capture an acceptable image. The error rate for ten fingerprints is 0.01 percent and for one fingerprint, 0.1 percent. This biometric reader scans and checks the vein patterns in the back of a hand, and can...
[March 27, 2006, 17:40]
Fingerprints Mark Tighter Security On IBM PCs
News IBM's security update will offer several new methods of logging on to a PC or computer network, including support of a fingerprint reader and proximity badge. The fingerprint reader stores an image of a person's fingerprint and requires a matching...
[February 20, 2002, 9:00]
When Three-factor Security Isn't Enough
News They could do something that is a combination of an ATM card and a fingerprint reader, perhaps with the fingerprint reader right on the card. The third factor, and one which has recently been getting a lot of attention, is who you are; it is always...
[August 7, 2003, 11:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And -- oho -- it's the new one with a fingerprint reader. The fingerprint reader is not to be used as a security device, it says. I presume the fingerprint scans I have on entry and exit are there for convenience only, and also redefines what...
[March 11, 2005, 17:10]
Microsoft Releases New Handheld OS
News The h5000 line gains two new models; the $649 h5550 has 128MB of memory, a fingerprint reader, and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The h5150, which lacks the fingerprint reader or built-in Wi-Fi, will sell for $549, HP said.
[June 23, 2003, 8:03]
Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog Comment Update - I found a newer driver for the AuthenTec fingerprint reader (7.9.0.4), but after installing that Windows Update still doesn't offer SP1 to me. Obviously something else is still lacking, but I'm not sure what.
[March 20, 2008, 11:24]
Changing Fingerprints
Talkback I have to say, the fingerprint reader on my Toshiba laptop struggles to recognise my finger on the best of mornings. Its like my prints change overnight.
[May 27, 2008, 11:38]
GrFinger
Downloads Many fingerprint readers are supported, including the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader. GrFinger is a powerful fingerprint scanning/matching library. It comes in two flavours: DLL and ActiveX formats. A sample application source code is provided in...
[October 24, 2005, 10:46]
GrFinger Biometric SDK
Downloads Featuring support for Microsoft Fingerprint Reader. GrFinger Biometric SDK is a groundbreaking fingerprint recognition Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows you to integrate biometrics in a wide variety of applications.
[September 7, 2006, 2:46]
Biometrics Network Logon
Downloads Biometric Network Logon is built under Fingerprint SDK's support for multiple fingerprint readers allows you to choose the more suitable reader. Usually, the fingerprint libraries provided by the manufacturers only support their own device.
[July 12, 2008, 2:16]
Banks Nearing Agreement On Web Security
Talkback However even Microsoft state "The Fingerprint Reader should not be used for protecting sensitive data such as financial information or for accessing corporate networks" I would imagine that if it is a cost thing then if a unit has to be supplied to...
[April 18, 2005, 12:20]
