So now Toshiba has come up with not one, but two finger print activated mobile phones! The Toshiba Portege G900 and G500 (how do they come up with such sexy names, hmmm?) have built in scanners which double up as touch sensitive scroll bar tools. The finger print identity feature is supposed to improve security, particularly for all those mobile phone users who have their PINs conveniently written down on a slip of paper in their back pockets, or for those who talk in their sleep...
Some smart wag on Slashdot (an anonymous reader of course) has suggested that thieves are now more likely to chop off your hand if they desperately want your data. Been watching too many Sci Fi films, I reckon.
Anyway, for this latest innovation, I think Toshiba should be congratulated. Let's all give them a big hand.
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