AuthenTec's Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) Solution Now Available with ASUSteK Notebooks.New ASUS ASUS Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (Queen's University) ASUS Air Support Squadron (USAF) ASUS Annual Support & Update Service ASUS Administrative Support/Utilization Notebook Lineup Includes AuthenTec's WBF WBF World Bridge Federation WBF World Batch Forum WBF World Boxing Federation WBF World Bodybuilding Federation WBF Wood-Burning Fireplace WBF World Burn Foundation WBF Washington Biotechnology Foundation WBF Water-Based Drilling Fluid Solution for Multiple Touch-Powered PC Client Features MELBOURNE, Fla. -- AuthenTec (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AUTH AUTH Authority/Authorization/Authorized AUTH Author Auth Authentication AUTH Aristotle University of Thessaloniki AUTH Authentication Service ), the world's leading provider of smart fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been solutions, today announced that leading PC manufacturer and longtime customer ASUS is now shipping multiple notebooks using AuthenTec's Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) solution. AuthenTec's WBF solution has been integrated into multiple ASUS notebook models that also include AuthenTec fingerprint sensors for enhanced touch-powered features including security, convenience and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. . 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 operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . WBF allows developers of fingerprint management applications to work with supported fingerprint sensors in systems using Windows 7, providing ease of fingerprint sensor integration for PC manufacturers and a more consistent user experience. "ASUS has once again demonstrated its leadership in the IT market by offering products that incorporate cutting-edge technologies, including our newest line of notebooks that use the new Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) solution offered by AuthenTec," said James Tung, ASUS Deputy Product Director. "These are among the first production notebooks in the world to integrate the new WBF architecture, and we are very pleased to bring these Centrino II-based notebooks that leverage the touch-enabled features of AuthenTec's sensors and WBF solution." "ASUSteK continues to differentiate their products with the addition of new features and capabilities, including the new Windows Biometric Framework," said Tom Aebli, AuthenTec Vice President of PC Products. "ASUS is now offering WBF as an integrated solution on notebooks well ahead of the rest of the industry. We look forward to supporting the integration of WBF into ASUS' Centrino 2 notebooks, as well as their next generation notebooks with new Intel core The latest generation of the Intel x86 family of CPUs. Core supersedes the 13-year run of the Pentium, which was introduced in 1993. It essentially represents the ninth generation of the x86 architecture, the first chip appearing in the IBM PC in 1981. processors when introduced in 2010." Millions of today's PCs include AuthenTec smart fingerprint sensors to enable security, convenience, personalization and navigation. Based on the Company's patented TruePrint[R] technology to deliver extremely accurate and reliable fingerprint imaging, AuthenTec sensors read below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where a person's true fingerprint resides. TruePrint allows AuthenTec to offer the smallest sensors on the market, yet provide all the security, privacy and convenience afforded in its larger form factor devices. About AuthenTec AuthenTec brings multiple touch-powered features including navigation, personalization, convenience and security to nearly 50 million PCs and peripherals, cell phones and other products. The Company's newest generation of smart sensors, software and TrueSuite[TM] client applications give users secure one-touch access to their favorite websites, online social networks and digital identity. AuthenTec has the broadest product and patent portfolio in the industry today, and helps enable the Power of Touch[R] for millions of people at home, at work or on the move. For more information, visit www.authentec.com or follow us at twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. 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