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Synaptics, the leading developer of human interface solutions, has announced a turnkey USB fingerprint reader that can give biometric authentication to PCs. On June 1, Synaptics unveiled the Turnkey ...

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 ...

Synaptics has been working with partners like Microsoft and Lenovo to make computers more secure with multi-factor authentication. Biometric methods of authentication help to reduce the probably of ...

A scanner used to identify a person's fingerprint for security purposes. After a sample is taken, access to a computer or other system is granted if the fingerprint matches the stored sample. Laptops ...

Samsung is telling Galaxy device users they’ll soon be able to use their phone’s fingerprint sensor to unlock nearly any Windows 10 PC. The Samsung Flow app currently lets users unlock a Galaxy TabPro ...

Windows 10 has a lot of great features in it, but one in particular requires new hardware: Windows 10’s Hello biometric login and authentication system. If you don ...

Biometric security, at least in theory, has been around for a decade. But the use of biometrics for computer security and user authentication has failed to attract much practical interest to date ...

Windows users might be interested to know that BIO-key’s fingerprint readers and accessories are designed to provide both convenience and secure login to Windows 10. These innovative devices are part ...

Apple is rumored to bring its Touch ID fingerprint sensor to the MacBook Pro later this year, but Windows PC makers could potentially beat it to the punch, thanks to new technology from Synaptics that ...