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Microsoft has been drawing attention to the
additional improvements that it is doling out to
Windows 8.1 at its annual Tech-Ed conferene.
The Verge reports that one of the features that
has been of particular interest is the support for
a native fingerprint reader.
Users would know that although earlier versions
of Windows supported fingerprint readers, they
did so through third-party drivers and software.
For Windows 8.1, though, Microsoft aims to
improve the native support and also introduce
the option to use one's finger to unlock.
"Swiping or touching a finger on a reader will
allow Windows 8.1 to authenticate a finger
against a Microsoft Account," the report
elaborates. Not just that, according to the
report, users will also be able to buy apps or log
in to apps using a fingerprint reader.
The report even quoted Michael Niehaus, a
senior product marketing manager at Microsoft,
as saying that the company is "working very
closely" with two to three manufacturers to
introduce the support. Reportedly, he also said
that the company is also working to introduce
folder support for fingerprints. "We're also
working with this so that you can actually take
folders and say this folder requires fingerprint
access to get into, so different levels that we're
looking at," he explained.
In addition to that, the company is also known
to be working with various OEMs to get them to
add fingerprint readers into laptops, tablets,
keyboards and mice. The report quoted
Microsoft's Stephen Rose as saying, "You'll
begin to see these be more pervasively available
just to make it that much easier to log in to
Windows."
http://tech2.com/news/software/fing...ncludes-option-to-lock-foldersa-finger/875516
additional improvements that it is doling out to
Windows 8.1 at its annual Tech-Ed conferene.
The Verge reports that one of the features that
has been of particular interest is the support for
a native fingerprint reader.
Users would know that although earlier versions
of Windows supported fingerprint readers, they
did so through third-party drivers and software.
For Windows 8.1, though, Microsoft aims to
improve the native support and also introduce
the option to use one's finger to unlock.
"Swiping or touching a finger on a reader will
allow Windows 8.1 to authenticate a finger
against a Microsoft Account," the report
elaborates. Not just that, according to the
report, users will also be able to buy apps or log
in to apps using a fingerprint reader.
The report even quoted Michael Niehaus, a
senior product marketing manager at Microsoft,
as saying that the company is "working very
closely" with two to three manufacturers to
introduce the support. Reportedly, he also said
that the company is also working to introduce
folder support for fingerprints. "We're also
working with this so that you can actually take
folders and say this folder requires fingerprint
access to get into, so different levels that we're
looking at," he explained.
In addition to that, the company is also known
to be working with various OEMs to get them to
add fingerprint readers into laptops, tablets,
keyboards and mice. The report quoted
Microsoft's Stephen Rose as saying, "You'll
begin to see these be more pervasively available
just to make it that much easier to log in to
Windows."
http://tech2.com/news/software/fing...ncludes-option-to-lock-foldersa-finger/875516
