A university in China has found a new way to get students to show up for class: install fingerprint scanners in the classroom. The successful, if controversial, effort began last month at Hunan ...

Thanks to the movies, we're quite comfortable with biometric scanning, but are fingerprint scanners ready for the office? And are they as easy to defeat as we've seen at the cinema? There is no doubt ...

A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

Samsung’s latest smartphone can utilize fingerprints to unlock your device, access private content, and even authorize payments. Here's what you need to know to get started. Dan Graziano is an ...