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Un scanner d'empreintes
digitales qui se connecte au PC !
Microsoft Launches
Computer Fingerprint Scanner Seattle Times | September 9 2004
Extraits
«Comment:
After the 'Al-Qaeda cyber attack' this system will be mandatory
for anyone who wishes to access the Internet. If you refuse
to scan or have a securiy threat level above yellow then your
surfing days are over. Microsoft is announcing today its first
hardware products to use fingerprint recognition, a technology
that has made inroads in the office environment but is barely
existent for home users.
Three
new company products will use fingerprint readers to log on
a user to a computer and store passwords used at Web sites.
They were developed by Microsoft's hardware group, a small
team in Redmond that focuses on mice and keyboards, not software.
The
products are a sign of the Microsoft's hardware group's evolution.
Years ago, computer hardware meant mice and keyboards in shades
of beige, dark beige and light beige, said Tom Gibbons, general
manager of the group. Now, two generations of people have
used the computer a lot, he said, and their tastes and interests
in hardware have become more sophisticated. "Computer users
actually have become quite capable, whether they feel like
they are or not," he said. In developing the fingerprint readers,
Microsoft found users had an average of 15 user-name and password
combinations as they navigate the Web.»...
«"There
are a lot of things that you log on to every day where this
could be very convenient," said Crawford Del Prete, an IDC
analyst in the communication and hardware-research division
who was briefed by Microsoft on the new products. "Microsoft's
biggest challenge will be reaching those people and communicating
this as a convenience device as opposed to a safety device.
" Del
Prete said basic security rules should be followed when it
comes to passwords: Change them often, use passwords with
numbers and letters in them, and don't use obvious words like
a pet's name or a mother's maiden name. "Once you've done
that, you still have to type in all those passwords all over
the place," he said. "This is a way to easily manage them."
Microsoft is also announcing today other keyboards, as well
as an optical mouse that can be used wirelessly with notebook
computers. The mouse can work up to 3 feet away from its receiver,
which plugs into the computer, and can work for three months
on one battery, Microsoft said.»
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