Face Recognition Goes Mainstream For Notebooks

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 7, 2008 @06:01PM from the don't-get-too-mangled-at-the-bullfights dept.

MojoKid writes "Consumer and business-class computer security has clearly become more sophisticated over the years. Recent advances in recognition technology have brought forth new capabilities, like what can be found in Toshiba A305 series notebooks. Toshiba's Face Recognition software allows you to log in to the system simply by having your face properly recognized by the integrated webcam during Windows startup. Of course, the system's TrueSuite Access Manager also allows you to do the same, only using your fingers and the integrated fingerprint reader. However, TrueSuite goes a step further with the fingerprint reader, also allowing you to log in to Web sites, applications, and networks as well by using just your fingerprints."

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Now, wiith preloaded crapware! Do not buy. by Animats · 2008-06-07 18:45 · Score: 5, Informative

The A305-S6845 comes with a fairly crowded Windows desktop, filled with icons for pre-loaded software and web links to numerous free offers.
This thing has substantial crap preloaded onto it. It even has Vongo pre-installed, which is very hard to uninstall. It has PowerCinema installed, which not only is hard to uninstall but uses resources when idle. And those are just the ones known to be malware. Buy from another vendor.