Remember all the high-tech facial recognition security systems that you'd see in sci-fi movies or action-packed TV shows? Now you can star in your own imaginary movie and save the world (Jack Bauer style) by using Luxand’s latest log-in program.

Blink!, Luxand’s newest facial-recognition log-in application, adds an extra layer of protection by using advanced biometric identification. Users can log onto their computers by simply looking into a webcam.

Logins can work during the day or at night, and it doesn’t matter if users are wearing sunglasses, get a new hairstyle or shave (or grow) their beard.The application supports both Windows Vista and Windows 7 in 32-bit or 64-bit.
And best of all, it’s free.

So wear your sunglasses, get a dye job and go undercover because Blink! will still know who you really are.

You may have seen it already, there is a hoax floating around the BlackBerry network.

They are using BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) to pass on a note suggesting that you must forward it on to your whole contact list. The message is not from Research In Motion (manufacturer of BlackBerry) and you should not forward it on to anyone if you do get it.

There are people suggesting it is a virus, but it doesn't appear to have any virus features, it more resembles the traditional chain-letter (like the ones from a few years back, that told you bad luck was coming your way if you didn't forward it to 10 friends).

So if you get this message, just delete it, don't forward it on, Research In Motion did not send it out, they know who their active users are!

A copy of the message is listed below.

There was an interesting article the other day on PCWorld.com by Dan Moren about the susceptibility of installing apps on your phone.

When we install a program on our computers, we are very weary of the source, making sure the company is legit, and that the program doesn't include malware, spyware, or even a virus whenever we can, but what about our smartphones?