Microsoft, DigitalPersona to collaborate on biometric suppor

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Microsoft plans to collaborate with Digital Persona to integrate biometric security into Windows and other select products. On Tuesday, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant issued a statement confirming that it had anointed Digital Persona as the "preferred supplier" for integrating biometric technology in future product offerings from Microsoft.

The integration of biometric technology such as fingerprint readers and retinal-scanning devices into Windows would enable very secure authentication.