Portable fingerprints at CES

Already floating around the net are reports on gadgets being showcased at the Consumer Electronic Show. It's still not officially up and running, but sites like Gizmodo and Engadget are way ahead of the game.

Here's a brief rundown of some things that this one reporter already spotted. Lexar has a keychain drive with a fingerprint sensor, and also making its first appearance at CES is this flash drive that he didn't cover.

Lexar Media, flash memory maker, showed off USB keychain drives that protect the files stored on them using biometrics. They can scan your fingerprint and prevent someone who finds the drive--should you misplace it or leave it somewhere--from accessing your files. I've lost more than a few keychain drives and tried hard not to think about the files I left on them and how they might be used.

A first look at CES.

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[Fingerprint Readers]

A fingerprint reader is a piece of hardware that can be attached to a computers to verify the user's identity before granting access to the system. Fingerprint readers can help secure sensitive data, such as personal or financial records, from unauthorized users. Professionals and others who travel with a portable computer may especially benefit from the additional security of fingerprint readers over passwords.

[Biometric Time Clock]

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