BRIEF: AuthenTec Inc. and Taiwan's ASUS roll out Windows 7 biometric laptops
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AUTH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Biometric electronics maker AuthenTec Inc. said Friday its fingerprint-recognition systems are part of the new Windows 7-based laptop computer rollout by PC-maker ASUS of Taiwan.
Melbourne-based AuthenTec said its "smart fingerprint solutions" are featured in various versions of new notebook PC models that are now being shipped worldwide by ASUS.
Its fingerprint-ID systems provide the ASUS computers with touch-powered security and operation capabilities integrated with Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system.
"AuthenTec has worked closely with Microsoft throughout the development of the Windows Biometric Framework -- an architecture for biometric fingerprint sensors and devices, and a key addition to Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system," AuthenTec said in a statement.
ASUS officials said its new Windows 7 notebook PCs "are the first in the world to integrate the new Windows Biometric Framework architecture."
Overall, millions of PCs worldwide now include AuthenTec smart fingerprint sensors, according to the company, which is a spinoff of Melbourne-based Harris Corp.
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