"IBM Introducing Fingerprint Reader into Laptop"
- Thread starter Wunderchu
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BS.
DH should have double check these PR/marketing BS papers they're working from often.
IBM is lying, period.
MicronPC TransPort T2200 ~$2,000:
HP were selling its fingerprint-secured laptops, even PDAs (!) a year ago, as well as Samsung, Gateway, Acer etc are selling theirs since quite some time.
PS: Some info for the background: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18310867
You've been able to get biometric mice for a while - ones that read your fingerprint to unlock a standard PC. Dunno how really secure they are, though.
cool, didn't know so many companies were already using finger print scanners...T2k said:MicronPC TransPort T2200 ~$2,000:
HP were selling its fingerprint-secured laptops, even PDAs (!) a year ago, as well as Samsung, Gateway, Acer etc are selling theirs since quite some time.
PS: Some info for the background: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18310867
Wunderchu said:cool, didn't know so many companies were already using finger print scanners...T2k said:MicronPC TransPort T2200 ~$2,000:
HP were selling its fingerprint-secured laptops, even PDAs (!) a year ago, as well as Samsung, Gateway, Acer etc are selling theirs since quite some time.
PS: Some info for the background: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18310867
They do but average peeps didn't wanna pay extra for it. Similar threads
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