Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 faces the camera with a Windows laptop

A video of the device in action has leaked showing its motirized deck featuring an advanced camera system and the ability to unlock a laptop.

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Huawei MateBook E announced with a vastly improved Folio Keyboard

The MateBook E takes on from the original MateBook and improves every last detail of the Folio Keyboard that needed improving.

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Convertible PC craze catches on with Alcatel PLUS 12

You won't be able to chug power on the go with this Windows 10 convertible, but the PLUS 12 does offer LTE in its complementary keyboard.

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HP Elite x3 fingerprint sensor will be activated via OTA

As HP ramps up its export operations for the latest and greatest Windows 10 Mobile phone yet, we’re finding out that fans of Microsoft and hunky hardware might have to wait to get their fingerprint fix.As Windows Hello is prepared to support fingerprint-based biometric security, it seems that the ...

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Wallet 2.0 for Windows 10 Mobile avails NFC Tap to Pay

Microsoft is finally going to catch up to the Joneses on the mobile payments frontier with the release of its Wallet 2.0 app for Windows 10 Mobile. There’s one big addition that arguably should’ve been working since 1.0 and that’s the ability to Tap to Pay using NFC.Windows ...

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Debut of Windows Hello fingerprint sensors chases HP Elite x3 launch

It’s a little disconcerting that we might be seeing Windows Hello finally working with fingerprint sensors right around the time when Windows 10 Mobile’s first product with a fingerprint sensor is scheduled to launch. Of course, Microsoft has had some nastier spills, but when you’re ...

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I’m excited about Windows Hello and this is why

Perhaps one of the more underrated features of Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile is the slick looking Windows Hello feature that takes biometric authentication to the next level. Windows Hello is poised to start accepting your face, your fingerprint, or your iris and unlock your phone or computer in a blink – No pun intended. Well, ok maybe it was intended. But there are a couple of outside-the-box considerations to take into account when you think about what this really means.First, let’s get some of the negatives out of the way. Not every computer is going to have ...

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Video shows how well Windows Hello works on the Lumia 950 XL

Microsoft’s Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL will be here soon, and beyond introducing users to Windows 10 Mobile (those who aren’t Insider testers, anyway) and Continuum, they’ll also open the door for a new way to secure your smartphone with beta support for Windows Hello. Thanks to a front-facing infrared camera, the phones will be able to quickly authenticate users by taking their picture. It sounds promising – ...

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Windows Hello seems powerful enough to protect your data from your twin

The biggest issue with facial recognition software, is that well, my older son looks a lot like me. We’ve seen Google work hard at fixing this in its latest versions of Android, but that is no guarantee on every scenario. Microsoft has been working hard on that regard with Windows Hello, and today we’re shown how.Microsoft’s launch of Windows 10 included a bevy of new services, and when it ...

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