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Evolution of Electronic Passport Scheme Using Cryptographic Protocol Along With Biometrics Authentication System

Evolution of Electronic Passport Scheme Using Cryptographic Protocol Along With Biometrics Authentication System

...already acquired their new electronic passport. The e-passport is equipped with contact-less chip which stores personal data of the passport holder, information about... Read more

1 March, 2012
BCARDReader 1.1

BCARDReader 1.1

...and manage lead data on an iPad or iPhone. BCARD's are contact-less 'touch-and-go' smart cards used at many trade shows to... Read more

1 September, 2011
BCARDBrowser 1.2

BCARDBrowser 1.2

...to send data to a website of your choosing. BCARD's are contact-less 'touch-and-go' smart cards used at many trade shows to... Read more

20 July, 2011
BCARD Reader Lite 1.8

BCARD Reader Lite 1.8

...to store BCARD data to your phone's contacts. BCARD's are contact-less 'touch-and-go' smart cards used at many trade shows to... Read more

19 March, 2011
So Near and Yet so Far: Distance-Bounding Attacks in Wireless Networks

So Near and Yet so Far: Distance-Bounding Attacks in Wireless Networks

...protocols have been suggested for application in access control tokens (e.g., Contact-less smartcards that open doors), to prevent relaying attacks where a local... Read more

1 January, 2011

Europe speeds up electronic ID plans

The EU may introduce a standard health insurance card for all member states next year, followed by passports containing a biometric ID chip Read more

23 October, 2003 by Munir Kotadia
Technical Solutions for Privacy Protection in RFID

Technical Solutions for Privacy Protection in RFID

RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is used to automate data capture allowing contact-less identification of objects using radio frequency. While RFID technology has several... Read more

16 December, 2009

Simple phones aren?t just for the old folk

...the doctor – ouch!) then swipe a card with the phone using its contact less near field communications technology when you want to make a call... Read more

18 February, 2010

Govt's lack of laptop security 'alarming'

...significantly increased by augmenting passwords with a security token, such as a contact-less smart card. The survey was conducted of 117 employees at the... Read more

15 September, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Smartcards 'pushing credit card crime to Australia'

...protection features are higher. Visa Australia, which is seeking to integrate its contact-less chip credit cards with smart card-based state public transport mass... Read more

19 March, 2003 by Andrew Colley
Palm Scan for iPad 1.0

Palm Scan for iPad 1.0

...and apply it to the scanner. Fujitsu engineers have come up with Contact Less Palm Vein Authentication Technology." The machines scans vein structure and layout... Read more

6 April, 2010
Embedded Controller Based Smart Card Access

Embedded Controller Based Smart Card Access

...proposed a low cost embedded controller based smart card which consists of contact less card and a card reader. This Card reader is ideal for... Read more

24 October, 2008
Card Listener 3

Card Listener 3

Card Listener is a new concept for integrating contact less card with most of the legacy desktop applications. It allows a... Read more

19 March, 2008
A Smart Card Based Prepaid Electricity System

A Smart Card Based Prepaid Electricity System

...advent of multi-application smart card operating systems for both contact and contact less applications has put smart cards on the edge of information technology... Read more

1 December, 2006
Smart Cards and their Operating Systems

Smart Cards and their Operating Systems

...serve many different applications. Memory cards are used mostly as telephone cards, Contact-less cards have an embedded microprocessor chip but also contain a miniature... Read more

27 November, 2001

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