AuthenTec Adds Security and Touch-Powered Features to NEC Packard Bell's New Consumer Desktop PC -- iXtreme Gold; Fingerprint replaces password for security and ease of use.MUNICH, GERMANY & MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Advanced fingerprint sensors from AuthenTec, which feature the company's award-winning TruePrint(TM) technology, are being added to NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Packard Bell's newest iXtreme Gold desktop PC - providing advanced security and unique easy to use new touch-powered features for the consumer market. AuthenTec, the world leader in fingerprint sensor innovation and sales for more than five years, announced that Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. selected the company's EntrePad 2501A sensor to be embedded into the Packard Bell iXtreme Gold Keyboard, which is specifically designed for the consumer market. AuthenTec's EntrePad 2501A fingerprint sensor replaces the need for passwords -- allowing authorized users to easily and quickly access their private Internet pages and files by simply sliding their finger across the sensor surface. At the same time, the sensor restricts access to the computer and its files to only those enrolled - keeping information private. Packard Bell is also tapping into the EntrePad 2501A's Power of Touch(TM) capabilities to enable users to perform other functions, including fast user switching Fast user switching is a feature on some modern multi-user operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora.[1] It allows users to switch between user accounts on a single PC without quitting applications and logging out. . Fast user switching enables each individual authorized user to simply swipe a finger across the sensor to quickly and automatically bring up their individual desktops and favorite applications. "We are excited that Packard Bell has selected AuthenTec and is embedding our biometric fingerprint sensor directly into its keyboard, which is being bundled with its consumer Desktop PC," said Scott Moody, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AuthenTec. "AuthenTec's fingerprint sensors are specifically designed for consumer applications looking to add advanced security and easy to use benefits at the simple swipe of a finger." "Our users appreciate the benefits that AuthenTec's Power of Touch provides," said Alexandre Vecchietti, Sales & Marketing Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. - Digital Home BU, Packard Bell. "We're pleased to select AuthenTec for the first consumer desktop computer in Europe with biometric fingerprint functionality." The iXtreme Gold Desktop PC will be available from European retailers in early September 2005, starting at an estimated price of 899 EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) (note MSRP is country dependent). For more information about Packard Bell iXtreme Gold, visit www.packardbell.com. The EntrePad 2501A selected by Packard Bell is the most secure and proven slide sensor for PCs available today. The sensor uses AuthenTec's award winning TruePrint technology, the only sub-surface based solution that is: --Extremely reliable - capable of reading virtually every fingerprint under virtually any condition. Unlike surface based technologies, TruePrint is not affected by grimy grim·y adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty. grim  i·ly adv. , oily or scarred
fingers because it reads below the outer surface to the live layer
below.
--Highly accurate and secure - AuthenTec's unique TrueMatch pattern-based matching technique, combined with TruePrint's high-quality images, enables the company to continuously develop smaller sensors, without sacrificing the highest level of security or ease of use. --Very durable - TruePrint's high accuracy enables AuthenTec to use thicker protective coating than surface based sensors, making its sensors very durable for the PC and other markets. AuthenTec sensors are durability tested to greater than 10 million swipes - the highest in the industry. Founded in 1998, AuthenTec is the number one supplier of biometric fingerprint sensors to the PC and wireless markets - with AuthenTec sensors in more than 5 million devices, including notebook and tablet computers, portable hard drives, password managers, mice, pens, keyboards, memory keys, cell phones and other products. About AuthenTec With more than five million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in fingerprint sensor innovation and sales to the PC, wireless, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning FingerLoc(R) and EntrePad(R) sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch(TM) by utilizing the company's patented TruePrint(R) technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication See authentication. . The company's network of partners, solution providers and customers include: Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. , APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. , Compal, Cherry, Fujitsu Computer, Computer Associates, Fellowes, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , LGE LGE LG Electronics LGE Local Government Employers (UK) LGE Laser Guided Energy LGE Louisville Gas & Electric LGE Loop or Ground-start, Exchange (Newbridge) , Microsoft, Motion Computing, NEC Packard Bell, Samsung, Tatung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Quanta quan·ta n. Plural of quantum. , Wistron, among others. Visit www.authentec.com. About Packard Bell Operating in Europe since 1991, Packard Bell is the consumer division of NEC Computers International and the number one home PC brand in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK (Source: IDC - January 2005). As consumers have become more tech savvy and discerning, and the world of personal computers and home electronics have converged, Packard Bell has continued to extend its brand and expand its range of products, which today includes leading-edge desktops, notebooks and digital entertainment solutions (MP3 players, video players/recorders, home networking and flat-panel TVs). Packard Bell's unswerving dedication to the consumer market is embodied in its recognized ability to anticipate and meet the ever-changing users' needs. For more information, please visit http://www.packardbell.com *A photograph of Packard Bell iXtreme Gold keyboard and AuthenTec's EntrePad 2501A fingerprint sensor are available upon request. |
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