AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Adds Power of Touch Features to New Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini Convertible Notebook.

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH), the world's leading provider of fingerprint sensor products and solutions, announced today that its fingerprint sensors are being integrated into the new Fujitsu LifeBook[R] U810 mini convertible notebook. This Microsoft Windows Vista[R]-enabled mini convertible notebook, available next month, is the latest in a growing number of notebooks that rely on AuthenTec sensors to provide Power of Touch([R]) features -- user security, personalization, convenience and navigation.

AuthenTec's popular AES2501B slide fingerprint sensor adds personal authentication to the LifeBook U810, the world's smallest tablet convertible. The LifeBook U810 notebook combines go-anywhere portability with ease of use. AuthenTec's sensor greatly reduces the risk of compromised data in the event the mini notebook is lost, stolen or left unattended.

"The AuthenTec fingerprint sensor continues to be a key component in the suite of security features incorporated into Fujitsu mobile computers," said Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product marketing, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation. "The highly mobile LifeBook U810 mini convertible notebook is the perfect candidate for the quick, easy and iron-clad security delivered by the AuthenTec fingerprint sensor. Not only can a user's fingerprint swipe replace authentication; a single authentication can launch Windows, and replace various application logins."

"Fujitsu understands the importance that fingerprint sensor security and convenience brings to its new LifeBook U810 mini notebook, a portable and powerful convertible aimed at an ever-more-mobile workforce," said Tom Aebli, AuthenTec's director of PC Segment Marketing. "We are pleased that Fujitsu has once again recognized the Power of Touch that our fingerprint sensors can add to secure mobile computing. More and more manufacturers are recognizing the value AuthenTec sensors are bringing to mobile platforms."

AuthenTec's AES2501B combines advanced security and touch-powered features in a solution that is used in millions of biometric notebooks, tablets, desktops and PC peripherals worldwide. Every AuthenTec fingerprint sensor is based on the company's patented TruePrint[R] technology, the only solution in production that reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where a person's true fingerprint resides. This unique subsurface approach enables AuthenTec sensors to read virtually every fingerprint, every time.

About AuthenTec

With more than 20 million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in providing fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch[R] 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. The company's customers include: ASUSTeK, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, HTC, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and Toshiba, among others.

Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, and LifeBook are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. TruePrint and The Power of Touch are registered trademarks of AuthenTec, Inc. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.

Certain information in this news release, particularly information regarding future economic performance and finances, and plans, expectations and objectives of management, is forward looking. Many factors could affect the Company's actual results and cause such results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the text under the heading "Risk Factors" on Page 8 of AuthenTec's recent Form S-1 which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of publication, and we undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.