Acer Laptop W/Fingerprint Recognition System

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday October 2, 2001 @02:21AM from the building-it-in dept.

Dekaner writes "Acer has announced the TravelMate 740 with a built-in fingerprint recognition security system. The fingerprint sensor is part of the notebook? s palm rest. Users must train the recognition system, which is then used to boot the machine or to decrypt files stored on the hard disk. The TravelMate has a 1.2 GHz Pentium III processor, a 15-inch screen with a resolution of 1400 by 1050 pixels, built in 56K modem and Ethernet connection, and it can be supplied with either 128 or 256 MB of memory. It can be configured with a second hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD, or a DVD-CD-RW drive. It will go on sale in October."

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FP by ellem · 2001-10-02 02:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Finger Print!

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This .sig is fake but accurate.
Just add a DNA analyzer too... by TheMidget · 2001-10-02 02:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

and cuming up with a suitable source of DNA samples should not be difficult...
Re:I wouldn't trust it by ButtChicken · 2001-10-02 02:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Agree, this brand is useless