It's February 1: The first "official" day of the Steven Sinofsky Windows era. Yes, I know Senior Vice President of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Sinofsky has been working on Windows Vista and ...

Q: What’s Windows Hello, and should I be using it? A: If you’re like most computer users, getting into your PC involves typing in a password or maybe even a PIN. Windows Hello is akin to what most of ...

Contain your excitement, here comes another new Windows operating system from Microsoft. On October 22, barely three years after it debuted the less-than-stellar Windows Vista, Microsoft will launch ...

From Seattle, NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on how important this is to Microsoft. WENDY KAUFMAN: Microsoft made its name and stunningly large sums of money as the undisputed king of personal computing.

Windows Hello gives Windows users an alternate way to log into their devices and applications using a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. Here’s what the technology does, who uses it and the ...

Microsoft's Windows Hello biometric, PIN, and hardware authentication system is slowly growing in popularity, according to a new report from Microsoft. For those unaware, Windows Hello allows users to ...

It's possible to bypass Windows Hello facial recognition, but it's complicated enough that most people shouldn't be concerned. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Chances are that Windows Hello, a Windows 10 feature designed to recognize you and wake up your PC, will instead give you a blank stare. The promise of Windows Hello is that it eliminates the need for ...

It's really been ages since I've done an editorial. I think what kind of happened is what always happens; you end up busy for a few weeks and don't get a chance to do it and by the time you finally ...

Windows Hello lets you sign in to Windows 10 with facial recognition, a PIN, or your fingerprint. Not all Windows 10 computers are compatible with Windows Hello, but compatibility can be added. Using ...

Thanks to Windows Hello, unlocking and logging in to your Windows 11 devices is easy and secure. From Apple’s FaceID feature found on iPhone, or the fingerprint and face scanners found on Android ...

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