Reuters reports that Apple will be acquiring AuthenTec for $356 million.AuthenTec Inc AUTH.O, which makes fingerprint sensor chips used in personal computers, said it agreed to be bought by Apple Inc AAPL.O for about $356 million.Reuters describes AuthenTec as a maker of fingerprint sensor chips. AuthenTec recently had announced a partnership with Samsung as their VPN Security provider.
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