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Pioneer Sees Java In Watches, Phones, Smart Cards
News One of Gosling's original visions for Java was that it would add complex features to handheld devices such as smart cards, phones, and watches. Gosling said some of the greatest challenges Java developers face are scaling Java and the virtual...
[February 13, 1998, 9:48]
Smart Cards Get Boost From Sun, Compaq
News Financial companies have failed to popularise so-called smart cards, but the new effort is different in several ways, which could mean success this time. Also backing the smart-card push is Compaq, which announced Monday that its home computers...
[June 6, 2001, 9:27]
Smart Cards Get Heavy With Goods Vehicles
News Smart cards and digital signatures are to be introduced in heavy goods vehicles and buses by next summer, to comply with new EU rules designed to better ensure that drivers are keeping within the law.
[October 23, 2003, 18:00]
Smart Cards Will Boom.... If Standards Are Harmonized
News The arrival of multi-purpose smart cards -- cards that can be used to pay for transport, phone calls and other low-value public services -- will drive the take-up of the technology skywards. But commuters are unlikely to see smart cards replace...
[February 2, 1999, 14:05]
Smart Playing Cards: A Ubiquitous Computing Game
White Papers Smart Playing Cards? application, a ubiquitous computing game that augments a classical card game with information-technological functionality by attaching RFID tags to the cards. Recent technological advances allow for turning parts of everyday...
[July 1, 2004, 0:00]
Smart Cards Arm Against Decryption Attacks
News He estimated that between 250 million and 400 million smart cards come out annually that could be vulnerable to DPA attacks. Now that it has received needed patents, Cryptography Research will embark on a more aggressive effort to license...
[April 19, 2004, 9:35]
Netscape To Support Hardware Tokens, Smart Cards
News Also, Netscape said it would support the RSA Labs Public Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS #11) for smart cards and tokens, allwoing security vendors to integrate products with Netscape software. The firm said the move will let mobile users a secure...
[August 7, 1997, 16:59]
Microsoft Expands Windows For Smart Cards And GSM Phones
News Microsoft announced Thursday it will expand its Windows for Smart cards initiative to embrace the GSM platform. Jonathan Roberts, general manager of Microsoft's productivity appliance division said: "GSM carriers will not only be able to choose...
[October 7, 1999, 15:44]
Government Wants Your View On Smart Cards
News The government on Thursday launched draft proposals for the introduction of smart cards as a way of pushing its electronic government agenda. According to the government's report, smart cards could be used to authenticate people who want to access...
[July 31, 2003, 15:25]
The Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem For Smart Cards
White Papers Secure applications in smart cards present implementation challenges particular to the platform's memory, bandwidth, and computation constraints. Smart cards have extremely rigid constraints on processing power, parameter storage, and code space...
[February 1, 2004, 23:00]
Smart Card Alliance Releases New Smart Cards And Biometrics White Paper
White Papers Smart Cards and Biometrics in Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification Systems" outlines how smart cards and biometrics enhance security, privacy, performance and return on investment in secure identification (ID) systems.
[September 8, 2004, 0:00]
News Burst: Co-op Set To Roll Out Smart Cards
News The Co-operative Bank is set to replace all its customers' conventional debit and credit cards with "smart cards" based on computer chips. Smart cards, such as those used in telephones, are thought to be more secure than magnetic-strip cards and...
[November 8, 1999, 10:22]
News Burst: BT To Trial Smart Cards
News Smart cards to enable workers to log on to offices from home are to be trialled by BT, the company announced Tuesday. Head of smart cards at BT, Steve Brown, believes they will become invaluable on the Net.
[November 16, 1999, 12:02]
The Secure Access Using Smart Cards Planning Guide
White Papers Smart cards and their associated PINs are an increasingly popular, reliable, and cost-effective form of two-factor authentication. Administrators are increasingly aware of the dangers that result if they rely only on user names and passwords to...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Comdex: Microsoft Sees £1 Smart Cards
News The software giant was demonstrating smart cards at its huge stand at Comdex, although it seemed that the technology was not attractive enough to lure many visitors, illustrating that the North American market is still mostly virgin turf compared...
[November 18, 1998, 9:57]
UK Banks Trial 'smart Chip' Credit Cards
News The new cards contain secure 'smart' chips that make it harder for criminals to 'skim' and make copies for fraudulent use. Major retailers, banks and consumers are today beginning a trial of credit and debit cards that will use secure chip...
[May 20, 2003, 11:12]
Smart Cards Get Heavy With Goods Vehicles
Talkback Your article fails to mention that the industry is dead set against the introduction of these digital tachographs as large flaws have been found with them; and that the vehicle manufacturers are not expecting to meet the Aug 04 deadline for all...
[October 23, 2003, 20:49]
Gates Calls On Industry To Mobilise On Security, Smart Cards
News The dominant approach would be physical possession of a smart card. "I would say today that the weakest link in security management is that passwords are used to identify who is running the system," Gates said.
[May 9, 2000, 16:19]
US Report: Mastercard, Visa In Trouble Over Smart Cards
News Department of Justice claims the two credit card giants conspired to delay smart cards for about a decade. Smart cards are credit-card look-alikes that use an embedded computer chip -- rather than a magnetic stripe -- to store data and run small...
[October 8, 1998, 9:20]
Government Wants Your View On Smart Cards
Talkback Stupidity is at an all time high. The more of this trash you produce, the more poor people without a place to live exist. You cannot even understand the first amendment, nor freedom of speech. How in the world do you think it is possible, to...
[August 4, 2003, 2:28]
