Saturday, March 28, 2009

Apple to Go Full Biometric?

Apple to Go Full Biometric?

When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc. 


Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.



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Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository

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Apple to Go Full Biometric?

When looking at patents filed by Apple, one can identify one dealing with recording, storing and checking biometric information. Planned to be integrated in any devices, from the iPod to the computer, patent claims are broad enough to cover all type of biometrics, from the digital prints to voice signature, including face recognition, hand palm identification, etc. 


Even though it is not new, and other computer manufacturers such as HP have already integrated digital prints recognition to some of their notebooks, the patent describes also other technologies and parameters such as the way and the speed with which a password is typed on the keyboard, as a signature too. If you are willing to learn more about this patent, visit the article published by Macnn.



Presented By:


Microsoft's anti-Mac pricing campaign takes to the web
In a new series of web ads, Microsoft portrays two slot machines, one ringing up a Mac with bits of garbage, and the other presenting a cheaper generic PC along with the Zune, Xbox 360, and other things buyers could get with the money they'd save with the PC.


Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application
Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository

iPhone apps: Unlike Guide, Health Cubby, HumorDb
Unlike Global Guide ($20) includes travel guides for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Miami, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Vienna. The guides can point users to places of interest that are close to their current location. To accommodate users that may be traveling the guides are all stored within the application allowing users to access the information even when no internet conne...


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