1.   A new fingerprint reader keeps others from logging onto your computer.

2.   Acer plans to gradually add the fingerprint reader to all of its high-end laptops.

3.   Compaq recently introduced a fingerprint reader that can be installed on any Windows laptop with a PC card slot.

4.   Identix will introduce a computer-user identification system for company-wide networks that replaces passwords with fingerprint readers.

5.   Rather than relying on the password included on its Windows operating system, the Acer laptop includes a biometric fingerprint reader.

6.   Sherwood said the fingerprint readers that Oceanside installed for city workers cut down on the number of passwords they had to remember.

7.   The company began using fingerprint readers to authenticate voters in Third World elections, but found the readers bulky and expensive.

8.   The systems ranged from fingerprint readers for voter identification to touch-screen ballots and digital registration cards.

9.   Other add-ons for the Pocket PC format include a GPS device and a biometric fingerprint reader that secures the device from unauthorized use.