The semi-rugged Samsung NB30, which was previously revealed during CES 2010, is now available for sale on Newegg. The Samsung NB30, built for rough usage, features a spill-resistant keyboard and a fingerprint-resistant lid that protects it from minor scratches. It also has a hard drive protection system, designed to protect your hard disk by shutting more »

Fujitsu is releasing the “world’s first fingerprint-enabled waterproof cell phone.” This must be for the millions of companies who have very top secret underwater adventures. Or maybe it’s for Batman.

The phone, called the Fujitsu F-01A, will have a 3.5-inch touchscreen, run the Symbian OS, has Google Maps powering its GPS, a 5.2 megapixel camera, and a TV tuner. So you’re underwater, authenticating yourself with your fingerprint to watch TV. Okay. Perhaps the waterproofing of phones is in response to the thousands of people who have dropped their phone in the toilet.

Toshiba is bringing in two new highly-durable laptops into its Tecra series. These are the 15-inch Tecra A10 and the 14-inch Tecra M10. Both laptops come with a well crafted chassis that can withstand drops and shocks. Additionally both feature a fingerprint scanner and Toshiba’s EasyGuard for data security purposes.

These two laptops are both packed with Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology or Intel Centrino with vPro Technology featuring a Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista for the operating system, Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G connectivity for the M10, DVD RW super multi drives, as much as 250GB of hard drive space and anywhere from 2GB to 8GB of RAM.

Lenovo has recently announced their latest mobile phone; the P960. Overall this is really a fairly basic model, but it does have one really cool feature that we have yet to see on a wide variety of mobile phones; fingerprint biometrics security.

In this case the fingerprint security is handled by Atrua Technologies and the scanner is located on the right side of the phone, towards the bottom, or next to the keypad, and can be used to protect “sensitive data” which can include your address book, call history or even messages.

Another recent FCC discovery is showing off a new mobile handset coming from HTC, dubbed the Census. The FCC document, unfortunately did not reveal many details about the Census, and we can mostly just make assumptions about its features based on what we see from the accompanying picture. Based on the image, the Census appears to have a fingerprint reader and bears a logo for the wireless technology company Harris. Likewise, the handset seems to have a touch-sensitive display as no keyboard can be seen, and the keypad is also not a standard numeric style.

Asus has quietly introduced the U6Ep notebook in the Chinese market. From its technical specifications, you could immediately see that the U6Ep might score big again for Asus similar to what they achieved when the Eee PC was released. The Asus U6Ep features a 12.1-inch widescreen display, biometric fingerprint for enhanced personal security, Intel 2.6GHz more »

If you’re anything like 79% of the population, you probably don’t even know what Biometric is. Just kidding. What I meant to say was, if you’re anything like most people you’re frustrated. Your frustrated with your job, your family but most of all your frustrated with carrying around a key chain loaded with keys, fumbling more »