A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

DigitalPersona plans to announce on Tuesday a fingerprint scanner for laptops and handhelds that doubles as a jog dial. The desktop security company plans to sell the scanner, named the U-are-U ...

We know conventional passwords aren’t the most secure, especially if they’re re-used across multiple sites. Biometrics are often a quicker and more effective approach, but most older devices don’t ...

AOOSTAR has just revealed its new GEM12 Pro Mini-PC, which can be configured with up to AMD's latest Ryzen 7 8845HS "Hawk Point" APU, and it features a built-in fingerprint scanner and even a display.

We’ve got two hacks in one from [Serge Rabyking] on fingerprint scanning. Just before leaving on a trip he bought a laptop on the cheap. He didn’t pay much attention to the features and was ...

File this under things I should have noticed right away but didn’t. But if you take a look at the press shots for the upcoming Eee PC 1004DN, you’ll notice that the DVD drive isn’t the only unusual ...

Synaptics is a name known to many in the industry as a company specializing in interface controllers, like laptop touchpads and mobile touchscreens. Lately, it has also been raising its profile in the ...

Some laptops feature a built-in scanner that links your fingerprint to your logons for accounts and file access. This provides businesses with an additional way to secure critical and sensitive ...

Microsoft has unveiled a nifty new keyboard with a clever little security measure built into it. One of its keys is not like the others, instead housing a fingerprint scanner that can be used to ...