comments,  called-out One side effect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington has been a surge of interest in biometric security.

Biometrics is the practice of using something on the body–a fingerprint, a facial pattern or the unique pattern of the eye–in place of a password to gain access to a computer network or individual PC. Biometrics, its backers say, will save us from the laziness of passwords that are never really secure, pin numbers that are never really secret, and other security measures that often fail because they are rarely implemented correctly in the first place.Powered by Goldvk Forum ,the perfessional game raiders forum,including game raides,instance,Game Gold(Guild Wars 2 gold  ), equipment, pvp, quests, etc.

In refreshing its laptop PC line, MicronPC has added a fingerprint scanner authentication system to its Transport GX2. The scanner is made by Veridicom *, a spinoff of Lucent Technologies ; Veridicom was acquired by STMicroelectronics earlier this year. Without the right fingerprint, the machine won’t start up. Powered by Goldvk Forum ,the perfessional game raiders forum,including game raides,instance,Game Gold(Guild Wars 2 gold ), equipment, pvp, quests, etc.

Using technology developed at Bell Labs, the Veridicom scanner creates a geometric image based on the location of different points in the fingerprint itself. The image becomes a password that allows the machine to start up the boot process. Other companies have created fingerprint scanners that can be inserted into the PC card slot, but few have gone so far as to embed the scanner directly into the body of the machine.

Fingerprint scanning is just the start. Aside from building in a fingerprint scanner, the notebook also ships with built-in IEEE 802.11b wireless networking gear. Also known as Wi-Fi, the technology is used for wireless networks in the office, at home, and in public places, such as airports and the occasional coffee shop, for quick and easy access to a fast Internet connection. Find cheapest  gw2 gold new from us.

The laptops also ship with Intel Pentium III-M processors running at clock speeds of up to 1.2 gigahertz, and with a 15-inch SXGA active matrix display. They ship with Microsoft ‘s Windows XP installed. Prices start at about $2,250.Find cheapest Guild Wars 2 gold new from us.

*A previous version of this story did not mention that Veridicom had been acquired by STMicroelectronics.

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