It would be great if it also includes digital finger print option to enable security using finger printes as an alternative to password.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:53 AM Subject: [AI] Microsoft Developing Wireless Keyboard for Vista, Windows > Microsoft Developing Wireless Keyboard for Vista, Windows Live > > Friday, July 14, 2006 > > Microsoft's hardware division is developing a slim wireless keyboard that > will make it easier for users to access Windows Live services and features > in > its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. > > Dubbed the Ultimate Keyboard, it will be announced later this year as part > of a desktop package, said a source familiar with Microsoft's plans. The > system > will come with a wireless laser mouse, the source said. View > an online teaser > about the keyboard here. > > A Windows Live Call button will provide one-touch access to a list of > Windows Live Messenger buddies online to initiate a videoconference or > chat session. > Pressing the button will automatically log a user into Windows Live > Messenger and open a list of contacts currently online. > > A Gadgets button will provide similar access to Gadgets in Windows Vista; > Gadgets are mini-applications that appear on the computer screen to > display news, > sports, weather information, and the like. > > The ergonomic keyboard will include a round button at the bottom--below > the space bar--that will initiate the Start menu of Vista or Windows XP, > the source > said. It will supersede the Windows Start menu keys traditionally found > next to <Alt> keys on a keyboard. > > Ultimate Keyboard's keys will be backlit, and their illumination will be > adjusted based on surrounding light and the proximity of users, the source > said. > The keys will light up if the room is dark or if a user is close by. > > A dock will be included with the desktop package to charge the keyboard > and mouse simultaneously from a computer's USB (Universal Serial Bus) > port. The > keyboard and mouse will come with built-in batteries. The cordless > keyboard and mouse will communicate wirelessly with a computer within a > 30-foot range, > using Bluetooth technology. > > The Ultimate Keyboard is just one in a growing stable of hardware products > that Microsoft is developing to promote the use of Windows Live services. > Last > month, the company > launched two videoconferencing Webcams , > LifeCam VX-6000 and LifeCam VX-3000, to ease videoconferencing with > Windows Live Messenger and to create photo blog entries on Microsoft's > Windows Live > Spaces community site. > > Read and confirm this story! > > > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: dl_vikas > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
